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Housing

'The CDC Must Appeal Immediately': Trump-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Pandemic Eviction Moratorium

A federal judge said Thursday that the CDC's pandemic eviction moratorium is unconstitutional.

'Crucial' New Project Exposes How Far-Reaching US War on Drugs 'Has Contaminated Six Critical Systems'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The Drug Policy Alliance on Tuesday launched a new online initiative entitled "Uprooting the Drug War." (Image: DPA)

"If we want drug war reparations," said Drug Policy Alliance's executive director, "we need to identify ALL the ways the drug war intentionally harms our communities."

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America 'Should Be Ashamed': Texas Teen Forced to Use College Savings to Prevent Mom's Eviction

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"This is not a feel-good story," said Public Citizen on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. "It's a dystopian nightmare." (Photo: Twitter screengrab from ABC7 News)

"Americans owe $70 billion in back rent that they won't be able to pay. If we...

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'Eviction Moratorium Is Not Enough': 200+ Groups Demand Rent Cancellation, Debt Relief

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Sign says "Cancel rent or people die"

"To prevent an eviction disaster and the public health crisis that would come...

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President Joe Biden signed a series of racial justice executive orders and memoranda at the White House on January 26, 2021. (Photo: Dog Mills/Getty Images)

'A Big Step': Progressives Welcome Biden Executive Order Ending DOJ Private Prison Contracts, But Say This Is Just the Start

Maricopa County constable Lenny McCloskey speaks with a tenant after evicting her for non-payment of rent on October 2, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

'Subsidizing the Spread of Covid': Report Shows Corporate Landlords Received Public Funding Yet Still Kicked Out Tenants

New York Lawmakers Poised to Pass Nation's Strongest Eviction Ban as Millions Face Housing Insecurity

Tens of millions of people at risk of eviction in one week "can't wait for Trump and McConnell to get on the same page," said former HUD secretary Julián Castro, adding that the CDC "must extend the moratorium immediately." (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

'Holidays Can't Be Jolly If Your Family Is Not Safely Housed': Progressives Urge CDC to Extend Eviction Moratorium

'Merry... Christmas': Watch Rep. Debbie Dingell Drop House Gavel in Disgust Over GOP's Covid-19 Cruelty

Diane Yentel of the National Low Income Housing Coalition said that the consequences of congressional inaction on housing relief "will be deadly and costly—for children and families, for communities, and for our country's ability to contain the pandemic." (Photos: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images and John Moore/Getty Images)

Wall Street Titan Gloats Over Pandemic Profits From Rentals as Eviction Tsunami Looms

In Just 'Two-Ish Minutes,' AOC Details Progressive Accomplishments From First Two Years in Office

Convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) delivers remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage)

Biden Provokes Frustration by Sidestepping Rep. Fudge for USDA, Treating HUD as 'Consolation Prize'

"For many people, eviction can lead to death," said Helen Matthews of City Life/Vida Urbana, a housing nonprofit in Boston. (Photo: Matt Stone/ MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)

'Home Means Everything': Campaigners Aim to Stop All Evictions for Duration of Pandemic

Millions of Tenants 'Headed for Absolute Disaster' After New Year, Owing Average of Nearly $6,000 in Rent and Utilities

Without Climate Action, Number of Low-Income Homes Affected by Flooding Projected to Triple By 2050, Study Shows

Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez escorts a family out of their apartment after serving an eviction order for non-payment of rent on September 30, 2020 in Phoenix. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

'Housing Is Healthcare': Evictions Have Exacerbated Covid-19 Pandemic, Research Shows

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People's Action

On Day Rent is Due, People’s Action Hosts Day of Action Solidarity Rallies and Calls for Rent Cancellation

People's Action

As Congress Negotiates COVID Relief Bill and Budget Reconciliation Process Begins, People’s Action Announces Priorities to Protect Everyday People

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC, Bowman & 52 Congress Members Call on HUD, Treasury to Reform Emergency Rental Assistance

People's Action

People’s Action Statement on President Biden’s Executive Orders

Center for Popular Democracy

Tenants Across the Country Announce They Will Not Leave Their Homes Amid the Impending Mass Eviction Crisis

People's Action

People’s Action Statement on Rep. Fudge’s Appointment to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Views

Bill Quigley

Past Time to Remember Thousands Displaced and Left Behind by Hurricanes Laura and Delta

Marisa Endicott

Covid-19 Exposed the Urgency for a Right to Housing

Eleanor J. Bader

Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands Housing for All

Sonya Acosta

Preventing Spike in Evictions Will Help Limit COVID-19’s Spread

John Buell

Whoever Wins the Election Will Face Severe Eviction Crisis, as 30 Million Brace for Homelessness

Alex Kotch

Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic

Rosaline John Baptiste

Remember the Truly Vulnerable

Taylor Griggs

Can You Afford to Breathe in the Pacific Northwest?

Dana Floberg

On September 1, Struggling Families Face Evictions Both Online and Off

Sofia Lopez, Sara Myklebust

Make Corporate Landlords Pay the Bills During the Pandemic