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Biscayne Times, April 1, 2010

Little Farm Trailer Park Highlighted in Biscayne Times

Biscayne Times focuses on mobile home issues at Little Farm Trailer Park while incorporating Marcos Feldman's FIU study and SFJwJ Executive Director Alyce Gowdy Wright thoughts on Little Farm.

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CBS 4 Miami, March 18, 2010

FIU Study Sheds Light On Affordable Housing Crisis

Jasmine Kripalani of CBS 4 Miami reports on FIU researcher Marcos Feldman's report, Mobile Home Parks under Pressure of Redevelopment: A Participatory Survey Research Project.

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CBS 4 Miami, March 12, 2010

I-Team: Jackson Employees Rally But State Says No

Jim DeFede from CBS 4 reports on Jackson Memorial Hospital's fight to keep its doors open and Alyce Gowdy Wright of South Florida Jobs with Justice highlights the importance of the hospital to the Miami community.

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Miami Herald, August 25, 2009

Sweetwater trailer park residents protest planned apartments

Theo Karantsalis of the Miami Herald explains the protest at Li'l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater.

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Miami Herald, July 20, 2009

Marlins stadium needs better job pitch - by Daniel Shoer Roth

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Miami Herald, March 11, 2009

Miami remake stuck in neutral

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Miami Herald, February 11, 2009

Letter to the Editor -What would the stadium mean to community

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Miami Herald, March 25, 2008

Trailer Homes the End of the Line by Marcos Feldman

It's no wonder that Miami-Dade County finds itself in an affordable housing crisis. Our county leaders are unwilling to implement policies that preserve what's left of our affordable housing, let alone build enough housing to meet the need in our community.

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Miami Today, February 21, 2008

Miami-Dade Stalls Mobile Home park rezoning by Lou Ortiz

The Miami-Dade County commission Tuesday extended a moratorium on mobile home park conversions another 90 days after a two hour hearing in which residents from mobile home parks pleaded for the county's help to keep their homes.

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Daily Business Review, February 19, 2008

As Mobile Homes Disappear by Erik Kalis

Miami-Dade County is struggling with an offshoot of the housing crisis: the rapid decline in mobile home parks, often the residence of last resort for low income families.

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