West End residents say it's 'time to let up' on low-income housing for their neighborhood

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West End residents say it's 'time to let up' on low-income housing for their neighborhood

For three generations Christopher Griffins family called the West End home. But now, he has to visit his 71-year-old father in Roselawn.Ironically, it wasnt the new development brought in by FC Cincinnati that led to his father being kicked out of his beloved neighborhood. It was a massive expansion of low-income housing.Melvin Griffin was among more than two dozen people who were displaced from Arts Apartments at Music Hall. He left after 27 ye…