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Posted inClimate & Environment

LA emergency storm response system doesn’t do enough to consider unhoused residents

Lisa Kwon by Lisa Kwon September 6th, 2023September 6th, 2023

Organizers say the current system for emergencies operates too slowly to support unhoused Angelenos

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Posted inPolitics & Democracy

Disabled people of color continue to fight for accessible housing

by Bianca Gonzalez July 26th, 2023July 27th, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

New York City landlords benefit when renters don’t know their rights

by Jenika McCrayer June 20th, 2023June 22nd, 2023
color photograph of an outdoor protest. a black man carries a young child on his shoulders and waves a black flag with large green text that reads "black housing"
Posted inRace

Housing is the first place to look when considering reparations for Black people

by Brian Copeland June 14th, 2023June 14th, 2023
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Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Oakland houseless encampment residents say they were displaced without an alternative living space

by Alexandra Martinez May 10th, 2023May 10th, 2023
color photograph of an outdoor protest. people in masks hold up cardboard signs reading "solidarity with our unhoused neighbors" and "protest our unhoused neighbors"
Posted inPolitics & Democracy

Oakland’s ‘Cob on Wood’ still at risk of further evictions

by Alexandra Martinez January 31st, 2023January 31st, 2023
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

NYC policy to hospitalize houseless people criminalizes poverty

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a Black person in a winter coat rides a bicycle past a homeless encampment
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

What will it take to meet the challenge of houselessness in Los Angeles?

by Frances Nguyen October 26th, 2022May 8th, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

California Department of Transportation evicts part of the largest encampment in Oakland 

by Alexandra Martinez October 12th, 2022May 9th, 2023
Posted inRace

How unsafe housing conditions led to 2 fatal fires in a week

by Roshan Abraham January 26th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

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