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Public Housing Evictions Spark Concern in Asheville

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,

Published January 20, 2015 at 12:25 PM EST

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Public housing residents in Asheville are raising concerns with the city's housing authority because of a recent rise in evictions.

The rise in evictions seems to be coinciding with a massive and controversial overhaul of the housing authority's funding and management.

Host Frank Stasio talks to reporter David Forbes who has been writing about this issue for the Carolina Public Press.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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