Showing posts with label eviction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eviction. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Sindicat: evading eviction in one of Europe's most densely populated cities


Near Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is one of the most densely populated cities in the EU and home to a large migrant community. Dedicated to protecting the most vulnerable members of this fringe society, a group of young volunteers set up Sindicat, a renters union that is working relentlessly to counteract the housing crisis engulfing the often undocumented residents

Monday, November 2, 2020

Millions of Americans can't pay rent | 2020 Election


 Long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, low-wage workers in the United States were already struggling to pay their rent, and were being evicted at rates much higher than in other similar countries. In the US, one in 40 renters has been evicted ー compared to one in 89 in the UK, one in 227 in Denmark, and one in 25,000 in France.


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