Crystal Tower (Photo: Courtesy of Crystal Towers United)
Michael Douglas, a public housing tenant in Winston-Salem, says he has grown tired of waiting to be represented on the Housing Authority’s board of commissioners.
Without a representative on the nine-member board, Douglas said his concerns and those of other public housing residents aren’t being addressed.
“They give us enough to shut us up and to make us go sit down,” said Douglas, who lives in Crystal Towers, a 201-unit public housing high rise near downtown that houses low-income residents. “But when we ask questions, we’re troublemakers. It’s not that, it’s just that we need self-determination about how we live and the things that are presented to us.”…