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  • How Cleveland levels the playing field for tenants facing eviction

    August 22, 2023 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Legal aid programs like The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland provide legal counsel to people who can’t afford it, particularly in housing cases between landlords and tenants. The Legal Aid Society’s Right to Counsel Cleveland (RTCC) provides counsel to low-income residents facing eviction with a child in the household. RTCC launched in July 2020 and by 2022 16% of tenants facing eviction had court representation.

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  • How a mobile-home park saved its community from a corporate buyout

    August 04, 2023 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    When the Westside Mobile Home Park went up for sale, it brought the threat of displacement to those who lived there. So, the Elevation Community Land Trust partnered with the residents of the Durango, Colorado, community to form a housing cooperative. Now, the park's land is owned by a community land trust that offers each resident 99-year leases for significantly cheaper than if the park was attached to the real estate market.

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  • Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!'

    July 26, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Groups like Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Black & Beyond the Binary Collective aims to provide safe, affordable housing to people in crisis — specifically members of the LGBTQ+ community. The group partners with other local organizations to raise funds through donations and events like drag shows to help address extreme rates of homelessness and housing discrimination within the LGBTQ+ community. These groups have helped more than 200 people access housing in the past four years and are continuing to acquire funds to expand their services.

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  • How Philadelphia Kept Thousands of Tenants From Being Evicted

    July 13, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A program that came about during the COVID-19 pandemic requires tenants to be granted an opportunity for mediation with their landlord if they owe less than $3,000 in back rent before the landlord issues an eviction notice. If after 30 days there isn’t an agreement — or the tenant hasn’t shown up to the mediation — the landlord can follow through with the eviction. This program provides tenants with an opportunity to stay in their homes and has helped more than 4,000 people since starting in late 2020.

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  • Community Land Trusts Are Building Disaster-Resilient Neighborhoods

    April 25, 2023 |

    Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Monroe County, Florida

    Community land trusts, like the Florida Keys Community Land Trust (FKCLT) help people access affordable housing and aid in disaster recovery by stopping land from entering the real estate market and increasing in price. FKCLT rents land trust units to families earning 80% or less of the local median income at about $1,000 per month.

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  • When Tackling Homelessness, Prevention is Often the Best Medicine

    April 20, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    A Portland shelter’s Homeless Prevention Program provides rent assistance to families who have not yet been involved with social services and are about to lose their homes. In 2022, the program helped 93 families pay back rent, pay past-due utilities, or create payment plans with their landlords.

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  • Tenants Empowering Tenants

    March 13, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    Tenant advocacy group Long Beach Residents Empowered (LIBRE) works with renters and helps them advocate for themselves against tenant harassment, unsafe living conditions and unjust evictions. LIBRE is divided into various campaigns, each with a different focus, like neighborhood organizing or training others about how to fight for tenant protection and advocate for policy change.

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  • Saving Black homes lost to tax inequity

    March 02, 2023 |

    The Emancipator |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Tax Sale Benevolence Program reaches out to owners of properties in Cook County, Illinois, with tax debt to help them pay it off and connect them to helpful resources so they do not lose their homes.

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  • How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

    January 11, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Cooper Park Houses community is a historically Black, low-income housing complex. While the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated longstanding issues of gentrification and access to housing, the Cooper Park community has worked to advocate for themselves and their community, fighting industrialization and development that could put their homes at risk by banding together and collaborating with other local organizations.

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  • How tenants around Portland fight back against landlords

    January 04, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Don’t Evict PDX (DEPDX) works with tenants to prevent evictions through education and helping tenants to organize and advocate for themselves. From fighting eviction notices to helping tenants learn how to effectively communicate with landlords, DEPDX offers a slew of services and resources all without people needing to become members of the group or pay any dues.

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