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New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction
New York City may become the first to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.
Tutors in the Fine Art of Eviction Under Fire in San Francisco
San Francisco lawyers Bornstein & Bornstein and their “Rent Control Boot Camps” have become the latest symbol for inequality in the Bay Area.
What Will Privatizing Evictions Do to People in Illinois?
A new Illinois bill allows property owners to turn to “third parties” to enforce eviction notices if the sheriff fails to do so.
The Bleaching of San Francisco: Extreme Gentrification and Suburbanized Poverty in the Bay Area
San Francisco is experiencing a wave of unprecedented hyper-gentrification and urban removal.
The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
Small groups of community organizers are shouldering the Herculean task of protecting such neighborhoods abandoned by the federal government.
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Under Tents: Statement on Forced Evictions
On the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we call on the international community to act against the human rights abuses taking place in Haiti in …
Raw Video: Police Drag Occupy DC Activists to Break Home Eviction Blockade
An effort to prevent a home eviction in Washington, DC, today turned ugly when US Marshals and local police officers armed with guns and riot shields forcefully removed members …