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By Zachary Schultz

Tenant association president and founder Oliver Hill, Sr. at his house in Orange

Tallahassee, FL – Tallahassee’s public housing tenant association is claiming that plans to redevelop Orange Avenue Apartments, the largest public housing community in the city, will result in displacement and that those plans proceeded without resident participation.

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By Zachary Schultz

![Oliver Hill, Sr. Community Center at the Orange Avenue Apartment.](https://i.snap.as/34EAJCEi.jpg “Oliver Hill, Sr. Community Center at the Orange Avenue Apartment. Oliver Hill, Sr. Community Center at the Orange Avenue Apartment.

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Tallahassee, FL – November 5 marked the due date for 2019 applications to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. This year the city of Tallahassee has submitted two applications along with $1.3 million to secure funding for the redevelopment of Orange Avenue Apartments, currently the largest public housing community in Tallahassee, a 200-unit complex is on Tallahassee’s Southside.

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