Background NHA buildings are located in nearly every neighborhood in the city of Newark, com- prising over 8,700 units, and providing housing for over 20,000 residents. Many NHA developments were rife with drugs and gangs, mothers and children were prevented from moving freely throughout their neighborhoods, and seniors needed more protection. In 2006, the Newark Housing Authority was laboring under the threat of a Feder- al takeo

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