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Listen: What life is like for seniors in 2 different Chinatown buildings

Part I: ‘I live in a room full of roaches’ You wouldn’t think anyone lives in this building, but a lot of people do. The building is in need of repairs…

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KCRW placeholderBy Ruxandra Guidi • Nov 14, 2016 • 1 min read

Part I: ‘I live in a room full of roaches’

You wouldn’t think anyone lives in this building, but a lot of people do. The building is in need of repairs and filled with roaches. But many of the residents, who pay just a few hundred dollars for a room, have nowhere to go.

Part II: Inside Metro, seniors fight for better conditions

Meet the unlikely group of senior renters who organized for better living conditions. And to their surprise, they won.

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    Ruxandra Guidi

    multimedia journalist and contributor to High Country News

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    Bear Guerra

    Staff Writer

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