Half of the site has since been turned into residential housing.
"I've been trying to get into public housing for 10 years," she said.
The park was then sold on to a religious group who developed the site into housing.
The organization has put more than 4,000 people into permanent housing.
If the city doesn't decide to turn it into housing.
The city does little to help people move into permanent housing.
That was before her family moved into public housing, with all its crime, drugs and poverty.
The building is still set to be converted into social housing.
The old school, opened in 1862, has been turned into housing.
Since then it has been converted into professional office space and senior housing.