housing crisis
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Analysis
Tacoma tenants’ rights initiative supporters win in court, pledge to win at the polls in November
Over the summer organizers collected more than 7,000 signatures to secure a place on the upcoming November ballot for a…
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Tenants disrupt board as it voted to raise rent across New York City
On May 2, tenants and housing organizers stormed the stage in the middle of a vote by the New York…
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D.C. tenants demand mayor and council cap the rent in District-wide day of action
The day of action was the culmination of weeks of outreach and organizing, and sought to give voice, credence, and…
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Mayor Wu breaks promise to solve Boston’s homelessness crisis
This summer, the Wu administration is poised to abandon even more people to the streets as their main initiative at…
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Cleveland tenants demand fair treatment, compensation after displacement due to burst water pipe
“I came home from the store and saw water coming out the ceiling,” one resident described.
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Greene County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office war on the homeless with arson attack
Sheriff's deputies in Greene County are alleged to have burned the tents of homeless people on at least three occasions.
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Social housing initiative wins big in Seattle
The city has seen a rapid increase in housing costs in recent years, with rent and home prices skyrocketing, making…
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Los Angeles Tenants Union holds People’s Assembly to address housing crisis
On December 3, several hundred attendees participated in the first People’s Assembly organized by the Los Angeles Tenants Union since…
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Tenants fight slumlord negligence which caused a fire in Athens, Georgia
“No smoke detector went off… no sprinkler, no nothing went off. If it wasn’t for my one-year-old baby waking me…
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‘Affordable’ for whom? Providence community protests plan to turn Superman Building into luxury apartments
According to that proposal, 228 of those apartments will be market rate apartments, and only 57 units will be affordable…
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