eviction
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Black People Set to be Disproportionately Affected as Eviction Moratorium Ends
In March, the federal government issued a moratorium on evictions due to the closures and job losses that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. On July 25, the moratorium expires and unless Congress acts fast, thousands of Black people are at risk of losing their housing. Analysis conducted by The Center of Public Integrity (CPI) has…
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White Woman Evicted for Yelling Racial Slurs at Black Soldier
In recent months, we’ve seen people lose their jobs as a result of being racist. A woman in North Carolina has learned that it can also cost you your home. WTVD reports that Diamonte Ugbesia was visiting a friend at the Kings Cross apartment complex in Fayetteville, N.C., last week when a white woman came…
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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Moms 4 Housing as Group Continues Fighting for 'Fundamental Right' to Safe, Affordable Shelter
Alameda County prosecutors dropped charges against the group Moms 4 Housing and its supporters on Thursday, nearly a month after they were forcefully evicted and briefly jailed from the vacant West Oakland home they were squatting in. “This is the right result; the just result,” EmilyRose Johns, an attorney representing Moms 4 Housing, said in…
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City of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear Arrests
That’s the spirit. Here’s some corporate and civic kindness for MLK Day. On Monday, Moms 4 Housing announced that it had struck a deal with Oakland’s Mayor Libby Schaaf and housing developer Wedgewood Properties to sell the vacant Oakland house, located at 2928 Magnolia Street, to them. The agreement follows last week’s eviction and arrests…
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A White Woman Charges She Got Kicked Out of Her Rental for Having a Play Date With Black Folks
A white woman from Georgia is suing her former landlords, saying they evicted her because she dared to have black guests over at the home she rented from them. Victoria Sutton claims in a suit filed Wednesday that Patricia McCoy and her husband, Allen McCoy, hurled racial slurs and threatened her with violence after she…
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R. Kelly Is Facing Eviction, Hot and Fresh Out the Kitchen
R. Kelly’s (self-inflicted) issues are compounding. Next up? Arrears. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the R&B singer has to pay more than $173,000 of delinquent rent to his landlord as well as court fees and he has a week to do it… or risk eviction. January 21 is the fateful day, to be exact. So,…