Activists Are Mobilizing to Create an Eviction-Free United States
Ronel Remy, an organizer with City Life / Vida Urbana, speaks during a Rally to Stop Evictions and Foreclosures at the Brewer Fountain in Boston on October 11, 2020.
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The signs posted in the first-floor windows of 1234 Pacific Street in Brooklyn tell an increasingly familiar story: “We are striking to cancel rent in New York state during the COVID-19 public health crisis. We are striking because we cannot pay, or in solidarity with those who cannot pay. We will not go hungry or without medical care in order to pay rent.”
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Portland exceeds goal for COVID-19-safe shelter beds this winter KATU Staff
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had a goal of making 300 COVID-19-safe shelter beds available this winter. On Friday, the city announced that they have exceeded that number.
With the opening of the Greyhound Shelter earlier this week, the city now has 365 beds available. The sleeping pods are 64-square-foot shelters that are insulated and heated. According to the city officials, the pods can be assembled and disassembled in less than an hour and have an expected life span of 5-10 years.
The shelters were opened by the Joint Office of Homeless Services and are operated by local non-profits.
December 17 2020
Partnership between Portland, Multnomah County, Do Good Multnomah nonprofit and St. Johns Church to provide shelter to 19 residents.
A leafy street in St. Johns is about to get 19 new neighbors.
A coalition of local officials, faith and nonprofit leaders are racing to meet a planned January opening of Portland s newest outdoor transitional shelter St. Johns Village before the worst of winter s chill arrives. Being houseless is difficult. Nobody is really excited to live in a tent on the street, said Chris Aiosa, executive director of Do Good Multnomah, the agency that will manage the site. This is an opportunity for folks to have their own place, to have a door that locks.
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Multnomah County Commissioners Vote to Extend Residential Eviction Moratorium Through July 2, 2021 “It means so much to so many people right now who are suffering with no immediate end in sight. Residents of a Southeast Portland apartment complex watch a passing protest march on Nov. 3, 2020. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated December 17, 2020 The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this morning to keep tenants housed by extending the eviction moratorium until July 2, 2021 plus a six-month repayment grace period to pay back rent.