A small group of activists protested the closing of Fort Hill public housing project during a Marietta Housing Authority meeting on Wednesday.
Fort Hill is the last of Marietta's public housing complexes and is scheduled to be demolished once residents are relocated. The activist group of former residents and local civil rights leaders want the complex, in an historically African American area of the city, preserved and possibly renovated. MHA has said renovation costs are too high, and the authority has received federal permission for the demolition.
At the very least, the activists have requested MHA build another multi-family complex in place of Fort Hill for low-income residents. Currently, residents moved from the complex are being relocated to other residences using federal housing vouchers.
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