FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Growing Renter Resistance Movement Takes on High Rents, Evictions and HUD Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9/8/17
Contact: Jess Clarke, media@righttothecity.org, 844-788-2489 Ext. 809
Growing Renter Resistance Movement Takes on High Rents, Evictions and HUD Cuts
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Right To The City Alliance Statement on the Proposed Federal and Local Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Cuts
Right To The City Alliance Statement on the Proposed Federal and Local Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Cuts
March 10, 2017
Across the country, low-income and working-class renters and workers are the bedrock of local economies and communities. The Trump
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Viewpoint: You Can’t Evict a Movement: Strategies for Housing Justice in the United States
Introduction
This roundtable on housing struggles is Viewpoint’s inaugural “movement inquiry” feature, in which we ask people across the United States to share organizing experiences so that local lessons can be bridged towards more regional, national, and international strategies.
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Labor Notes- Fighting Eviction When Your Home is Your Workplace
Originally publised in Labor Notes
The sun was setting as María Estevez welcomed 30 supporters to her small front yard in Boston for a vigil this fall. Her family’s home of 10 years was decorated with colorful bilingual signs with
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SHELTERFORCE: Rossana Torres: Taking on the FHFA
Originally published in Shelterforce
The following is a first-hand account from Rossana Torres on the need for the government to contribute to the National Housing Trust Fund. In July, 2013, Torres joined with Right to the City and the National
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RTC Fall Updates: FHFA Lawsuit, Fannie & Freddie Day of Action, RTC’s new office!
This fall RTC is keeping the pressure on Fannie & Freddie as we lead a growing movement calling on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to stop serving Wall Street greed and ensure that low income communities and communities of
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New York Times- Give the National Housing Trust Fund, It’s Due!
Originally published in the NY Times Room for Debate
by Representative Keith Ellison Oct. 17, 2013
Did you ever couch surf? Not surfing on a beach, but moving with your family from place to place when you have no
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Huffington Post- LAND TO THE TILLERS: RESPONSES TO LAND GRABS
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LAND TO THE TILLERS: RESPONSES TO LAND GRABS
By Tory Field and Beverly Bell
Deepa Panchang also co-authored this article.
Part 23 of the Harvesting Justice series