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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 stream through the parking lot, constantly picking up and dropping off tenants, who use the transit syste...
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, and 7-Eleven. Buses stream through the parking lot, constantly picking up and dropping off tenants, w...
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, and nursing homes. About 4,000 people live here. About 60% are immigrants, mostly from Africa, and a ...
Virginia tenants fear they'll 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 they're 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 clamoring to get in on the region's housing market as Amazon builds its second headquarters in nea...