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Harassment and lockouts pressure renters to leave their homes — but renters are fighting back with a little help from their friends. One way: “stoop court” sessions.

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A look back at a 1970s evictions fight in San Francisco – one that booted several predominantly single Filipino men out of the hotel where they rented rooms – serves as inspiration to Minneapolis renters who aim to buy their building from …

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I grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, one of the most diverse, densely built neighborhoods in the world. Boutique shops now stand side by side with bodegas, and rising rents are changing the face of this once-affordable enclave.

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In June 2020, I interviewed Joseph Gaston and Christana Gamble, two Black people who live in Cleveland, Ohio, about their struggles to find housing after completing prison sentences. Their experiences illuminate a mass incarceration …

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The need for spaces to house people experiencing homelessness is at an all-time high. Organizations throughout San Diego County have steered towards purchasing distressed hotels as a way to provide a safe and effective space for people …

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When COVID struck, a group of tenants in the South Bronx went on rent strike. Will it work?

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As a housing crisis set off by the Covid-19 pandemic has put low-income tenants at risk of eviction, a counterintuitive proposal to help renters buy their apartments has emerged. It’s an idea that originated during a 1970s eviction battle …

Read more at The New York Times