These Cities Are About to Make It Harder for Landlords to Evict People Posted on August 28, 2017 by Jimmy Tobias in The Nation In 2013, Randy Dillard found himself on the wrong side of an eviction notice. “I was numb,” he says of the moment he discovered the notice from his landlord. “I was frightened. I was scared. I didn’t know what to do.” A single parent of five a ..Read More
Help Homeless Kids Go Back to School Posted on August 24, 2017 by Christopher Barca in Queens Chronicle Shopping for school supplies is oftentimes an unexpectedly expensive endeavour. But for homeless children, it’s not often they have the luxury of breaking out that brand new binder or notebook on the first day of classes. So Borough President Melinda Katz is ..Read More
Cities Are Guaranteeing Tenants Access to a Lawyer to Help Them Fight Eviction Posted on August 24, 2017 by Eillie Anzilotti in Fast Company In 2013, Randy Dillard was living with his four sons and a daughter in an apartment at 198th Street and Bainbridge in the Bronx. The windows were broken; mold and mildew streaked the walls. In the winter, Dillard’s family had to boil water on the stove to ba ..Read More
The City Council’s Fair Share Bill is Unfair to Homeless Families Posted on August 22, 2017 by Shelly Nortz in City and State New Yorkers understand that homelessness is a serious problem: 93 percent say it is a very serious (69 percent) or serious (24 percent) problem, according to a May 2017 Quinnipiac University poll. We notice that there are more people on the streets and we feel ..Read More
Today’s Read: The City Council’s Fair Share Bill is Unfair to Homeless Families Posted on August 23, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone As rents in the city continue to soar while renter incomes remain stagnant, more and more New Yorkers are left with no option but to apply for shelter with the NYC Department of Homeless Services. Unfortunately, the City has often faced local opposition to ope ..Read More
NYC Rents Rising Twice As Fast As Wages, Except for Wealthiest, Study Finds Posted on August 16, 2017 by Amy Zimmer in DNAinfo Yes, New York City is way less affordable now than seven years ago. Case in point: An apartment going for $2,000 a month for rent in 2010 would now get $2,657 a month, a report published Wednesday from real estate search engine StreetEasy reveals. ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York Becomes First City to Guarantee Lawyers to Tenants Facing Eviction Posted on August 14, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone In a tremendous victory for tenants at risk of displacement and homelessness, a new law will correct a longstanding imbalance in housing court by guaranteeing access to legal counsel for low-income New Yorkers facing eviction. Thanks to years of steadfast advo ..Read More
New York City Guarantees a Lawyer to Every Resident Facing Eviction Posted on August 14, 2017 by Kriston Capps in CityLab On Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law an act that guarantees legal representation to any low-income resident facing eviction. This is the first law in the nation to establish a right to counsel in housing cases, the culmination of a pus ..Read More
New York Becomes First City to Guarantee Lawyers to Tenants Facing Eviction Posted on August 11, 2017 by Ashley Dejean in Mother Jones Randy Dillard is a single parent with five children in the Bronx. In 2013, he became so sick with emphysema he had to be hospitalized for about two months. Upon returning home, Dillard’s landlord served him eviction papers. “That’s when my nightmare bega ..Read More