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And the child tax credit doesn’t look like a midterm winner in a new poll.

SC apartment harassed, discriminated and threatened illegal eviction, lawsuit claims State (Columbia, SC) Apr. 20—GREENVILLE, S.C. — A national civil rights organization filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Greenville apartment complex alleging the owner tried to evict tenants based on illegal criminal background checks. The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, based in Washington, D.C., was joined by South Carolina Appleseed, Nelson Mullins law firm in suing Belle Meade Apartmen...

America’s racist housing rules really can be fixed Vox.com 2/17/2021 This is the fourth time Kennetha has been homeless. She and her husband have five kids, the youngest of whom is just 8. They’ve been threatened with truancy for keeping their cameras off during remote learning — a grace they hoped would spare themselves some privacy over their living situation. At 37, Kennetha is haunted by an unfinished bachelor’s degree that has left her nothing but debt. Digging herself out of a ...

0:08 – Biden’s equity orders: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Thomas Silverstein (@T_Silverstein) is a Counsel in the Fair Housing & Community Development Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.  0:20 – Biden Orders: tribal sovereignty and consultation Sunny Red Bear (@Sunny_Red_Bear) is the Director of Racial Equity for NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power, through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grant-ma...

The most lopsided economic event imaginable: Wave of evictions threatens Black, Latino tenants POLITICO 12/15/2020 By Katy ODonnell and Janaki Chadha © Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Demonstrators gather for an anti-eviction rally in Brooklyn on Sept. 1, 2020. As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc on the nation, it is exacerbating long-existing racial disparities in housing — and those disparities mean that ultimately, even more people could get sick. The expiration of t...