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Interview about the Gaston Institute

Interview with a housing choice voucher holder who finds more safety for her grandsons with her move from South Dallas to Richardson, TX.

Ms. Harp, ICP’s first Sublease Initiative tenant, talks about her new neighborhood that she was able to access after her two month housing search.

Mother of now adult children talks about what a help housing mobility counseling was for her and can be for other mothers while connecting them to opportunity.

Kendra talks her about her move from Mississippi with her housing voucher seeking better education opportunities for her two children, which she found in Little Elm, TX, where her young son loves being able to walk to school and ride...

Ms. Ford talks about her move from Oak Cliff to another part of the City of Dallas with her housing choice voucher two daughters. While her children do well in school, Ms. Ford has her eyes set on the degree...

Lisa Mays (50) is interviewed by Niya Butler (16) about living on Franklin Road in Marietta, GA, volunteering her time with YELLS, a community organization, and being proud to be 50.

A discussion about the Latino experience in Dallas, TX, small business owners and the threat of housing displacement in Oak Cliff neighborhoods with Jennifer Rangel, urban planner and author of "A Geographical Examination of Urban Planning - Oak Cliff as...

Danielle talks about the value of the post move assistance she received from her ICP housing mobility counselor while living in her unit with her housing choice voucher.

I interviewed Maria Najera about her experiences migrating as a child, navigating the United States and pursuing a career as a child and family advocate. Her experiences allow her to draw connections about a correlation between quality of life and...

Homeowner talks about her efforts with her neighbors to speak out against the demolitions in her historic neighborhood.

John-Paul and Montserrat about growing up in the U.S as members of the Latin-A, (LatinX, Hispanic, Latino) community, not fitting into a box and sometimes feeling ostracized by the Latin-A communities as well as they communities where they lived, worked...

Leonor tells her story about living is a communist, war torn Nicaragua and having to leave the country with her four small children to live in the US.

In this interview, I talk to my 94yo Colombian Great-grandmother about anti-racism and anti-Blackness in America, spoken mostly in Spanish.

Mother of two talks about how neighborly her community is where she, her teen son and daughter moved.

Ms. Revels, a housing choice voucher holder and ICP client, shares her excitement to move to her new home which will be across the street from her job.

Interview on Latino Studies

Former public housing resident talks about her family’s experiences after moving to low poverty non-segregated neighborhoods with her housing choice voucher.

Mother talks about the new recreation opportunities for her young children since her move.

Ms. Jones talks about the opportunities her new housing voucher has afforded he as she moved to her new community.

Mother of young children talks about her son's adjustment in his new elementary school after a move from West Dallas to an eastern suburb.

Housing mobility counselor and property manager of suburban tax credit apartments reflect on helping ICP voucher families move to well resources low-poverty communities.

Ms. Lewis talks about how, after a four year wait, she received a housing choice voucher that helped her move from her Dallas neighborhood where she heard gunfire to Rowlett, TX where she feels better about raising her two young...

A short interview of Member and activist Dolores Hernández of the Immigrants with Disabilities (IWD).

Friends Augustine "Chris" Baca (74) and Alberto Gutierrez (54) talk about family history and what it means to be Chicano.