"Meanwhile, Rodolfo Santos, the founder of renters’ group Jersey City Tenants United, said that limiting inspections to high-rises “continues a trend” of policies that benefit mainly upper-class residents instead of lower-income tenants."
🙏🏾 Peter D'auria
https://t.co/P1AmGR6emM
A completely preventable tragedy. Evictions kill.
Families are dying. We need basic eviction protections like #HAVP and #GoodCause.
https://t.co/3ssPiJfDh0
Powerful new research provides robust new evidence on the damaging effects of evictions. Evictions increase homelessness and hospital visits and reduces earnings, durable goods consumption, and access to credit. And they increase indebtedness https://t.co/HSAQQin3K9
This will be fun! We need to do economic development for the people, not for high-end gentrification. Small biz, artists, food vendors & community orgs need affordable space.
Study found Native & Asian young adults were 56% & 70% less likely to exit homelessness into a permanent housing situation than their white counterparts. https://t.co/3hklz8wTvd
“We have innocent people in here”
Inferring those who speak up are guilty of a crime.
Comparing #Justice4Drew protestors to Jan 6th rioters is insane but then again we are talking about Joyce Watterman
Call Jersey City Code compliance and ask them to make sure your buildings gas infrastructure is up to code because last week 3 fire trucks came in response to a week and they'll will tell u their job isn't to enforce any codes.
Officials at HUD say older adults are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, making up a larger and larger share of homeless people overall.
So when we fight for affordable housing, we fight for everyone to have a place to call home. https://t.co/EMTeTWNc3J
Frankensteining apartments is a freebie to landlords who don't even have to document the changes they make to increase the rent.
Let's end this practice that turns affordable apartments into monsters (extremely high rents)!
Reach out to see how you can get involved!