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USA TODAY spoke to constituents in lawmakers' districts about their thoughts on the Biden impeachment inquiry and what issues they feel are important.

As apartments become an investment of choice, tenants are taking a page out of the union playbook to stop evictions and other profit-driven moves.

At a rally outside Southern Towers (4901 Seminary Road), residents and community activists shared stories of rent increases and poor living conditions, shouting slogans against property owner CIM Group. CIM Group purchased the buildings

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Local labor representatives have come out in force against potential city funding in the development of the Hotel Heron in Old Town. A proposal spearheaded by

Many of them work in service industries —as cooks, Uber drivers, nursing aides— jobs that have been especially affected this past year. "I don't have money to pay rent," resident Mahlet Kassa says.

Tyrone Turner/WAMU toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU Several residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., briefly had a campaign asking the landlord to "cancel" rent during the pandemic. Tyrone Turner/WAMU The Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., —right outside Washington, D.C.,—is like a city. It has five massive high-rise apartment buildings, along with its own bank, dry cleaners, and 7-Eleven. Buses strea...

Pam Fessler MORE Several residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., briefly had a campaign asking the landlord to "cancel" rent during the pandemic. Photo by Tyrone Turner - WAMU The Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., —right outside Washington, D.C.,—is like a city. It has five massive high-rise apartment buildings, along with its own bank, dry cleaners, a...

Virginia Immigrants Hit Hard By Pandemic Fear Eviction, Housing Squeeze By Pam Fessler  April 26, 2021 The Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., —right outside Washington, D.C.,—is like a city. It has five massive high-rise apartment buildings, along with its own bank, dry cleaners, and 7-Eleven. Buses stream through the parking lot, constantly picking up and dropping off tenants, who use the transit system to get to work at nearby office buildings, hotels, restaurants, an...

Virginia tenants fear theyll be displaced by Amazon workers MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This March 15, 2021 photo provided by Hannah Kane shows tenants protesting at Freddie Mac headquarters in McLlean, Va. Residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex fear theyre being squeezed out. They see warning signs all around: the complex of five, 16-story buildings sold last year for half a billion dollars, at a time when investors and speculators are ...