TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY (WSKG) – Even with state and federal moratoria in place, the fear of eviction still exists. A coalition in Ithaca, powered by a $1 million grant, is trying to address the problems faced by tenants vulnerable to eviction.
Liddy Bargar, a housing expert at the Tompkins County Human Services Coalition, said evictions are a racial equity issue.
“We know that based on the local data that we got that Black, female head of household is the highest, the most likely to be evicted in the City of Ithaca,” she said.
Ithaca Tenants Union protests outside a landlord’s office in downtown Ithaca. (Celia Clarke/WSKG)
New legislation seeks to protect renters from no-cause evictions in Washington
January 26, 2021 7:08 PM Esther Bower
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SPOKANE, Wash. Lawmakers heard testimony today over House Bill 12-36, a new piece of legislation granting more protection to renters.
Under current Washington rental laws, a landlord can tell a renter to get out without giving them reason why they’re getting evicted. Once this notice is delivered, tenants have only 20 days to find new housing.
“A 20 day no-cause notice means that you can pay your rent on time every month and obey all the rules; but, if you’re in a month-to-month tenancy, your landlord can serve a no-cause notice, and you have to be out in 20 days. It’s very oppressive, and tenants live under that cloud,” said Terri Anderson, the Spokane Director of the Tenants Union of Washington.
by Kshama Sawant • Jan 22, 2021 at 9:30 am
People need the time to catch up on back rent. ABLOKHIN / GETTYIMAGES.COM
A tsunami of evictions will hit Seattle in the coming year without bold action by the Seattle City Council. Tens of thousands of evictions, disproportionately in communities of color, will likely overwhelm the courts, shelters, and streets, as people lose their homes. This would be a human catastrophe on a scale that the city hasn’t seen in a century, on top of the unprecedented economic costs that our city would be forced to bear for shelters, emergency housing/food, healthcare emergencies, and public safety crises.
Landlords Pascale Hubert and her husband Ronald Mcdonald , have left their backyard teepee after Clarence Valley Council warned the couple they were in breach of an infringement notice.