The This is hell.

live from late capitalism where the earth is

hell. Live from Lake Capitalism where the only thing that is not privately owned is our own privacy and who knows how long we'll own that.

This is how and unbelievably that now includes

public housing policy which is now being driven by the looming specter of

private concerns yes what was once a program to make certain low income people

had adequate housing has seemingly become a program to enrich connected developers, realtors,

and even local sports team owners who happen to be major

supporters of big city mayors.

And it's not only happening here in Chicago across the United States as federal housing

policy has shifted away from actually

housing people to buttressing gentrification in formerly low-income

communities. The needs of the wealthy are outweighing the needs of those who

are not so well-off. Returning to this is hell today is the Authority keeps giving up valuable land while HUD rubber stamps the deals and

most recently Chicago officials withhold key financial information as city

hands public housing land over to wealthy ally of the mayor.

That story includes the sub headline Mayor Lori Lightfoot has pushed a plan to lease public housing

land of the Chicago Fire soccer team, but as the deal awaits federal approval, the

Chicago Housing Authority has kept key details hidden from the public and other

officials. Mix's work has focused on politics and government including investigations of local and federal gun

policies, secret police databases, and corruption at Chicago City Hall.

This is Mick's second appearance on this as hell. He was on the show way back in 2015 to talk

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