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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 Apartments and its owner, Steele Belle Meade Inc. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, alleges "unr...
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 financial hole has felt like a full-time job. Being without a stable home doesn’t help. “It fee...
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-making, capacity-building and narrative change. 0:34 – New evidence shows violent, abusive Vallejo P...