They’re Spending in the Neighborhood, but Not Working In It.
This weekend, I saw it with my own eyes—Black communities spending hard-earned dollars in fast food restaurants, but not working behind the counter. No jobs, no ownership, no economic circulation.
When money leaves our neighborhoods, so does the TIF funding—that means no garbage cans, no street repairs, no youth programs, and no growth.
We don’t learn about money in our communities. And that’s the real crisis.
So I asked:
If you had to build a program for an underfunded Black neighborhood, what would it look like?
Here’s my answer:
🟩 The National Tenant Union Fellowship House™
A 3–4 month program for 40 youth (ages 18–24) offering:
✔️ Financial Literacy
✔️ Job Readiness
✔️ 6-Week GED Support
✔️ $5,000 Completion Stipend
✔️ Skills + Structure = A Different Future
We are shifting our people from consumers to creators.
🔥 Join us today as a member of the National Tenant Union™:
👉 https://buy.stripe.com/cN25m14j45mTb6MaEG
💔 And if you're moved to give—we’re raising funds to stop the eviction of a senior cancer survivor who’s lived in her home for 20 years.
No donation is too small. This is what community care looks like:
👉 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-rent-relief-for-a-cancer-survivor
🗣 “We are born looking like our parents… but we die looking like our choices.” — Bishop Bronner
Let’s start choosing different.
Welcome to season 8. This is the first episode. I’m going to breakdown what’s going on in housing. What we need to do it fix it and how long we have to fix it.
Workforce Housing is being threatened. Workforce housing is working homeowners and renters. HUD has the subsidized renters and federal mortgages, but what about the rest of us?
Find out here. Thank you for listening!
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This episode is for renters. Let's deal with what it will take to get you out of an Eviction Cycle!
Here is the LinkedIn page where you can comment your answer to the question I asked.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/theapartmentlady/?viewAsMember=true
#rentersonly #affordablehousing #theapartmentlady