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Coming soon: "Displaced," a three-part series WPLN News Investigates
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Each day, thousands drive past the brightly painted Riverchase Apartments just across from downtown Nashville. They’ve provided a rare combination of affordable units and skyline views. But one by one, they’ve been getting boarded up, and major changes are coming.
WPLN’s Ambriehl Crutchfield reviewed more than 1,600 inspections to understand how the apartments continued to decline despite government inspections, what low-wage residents are doing to find new homes in the city’s hot housing market, and why organizers are at odds about the way forward.
Each day, thousands drive past the brightly painted Riverchase Apartments just across from downtown Nashville. They’ve provided a rare combination of affordable units and skyline views. But one by one, they’ve been getting boarded up, and major changes are coming.
WPLN’s Ambriehl Crutchfield reviewed more than 1,600 inspections to understand how the apartments continued to decline despite government inspections, what low-wage residents are doing to find new homes in the city’s hot housing market, and why organizers are at odds about the way forward.
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