Door-knocking organizers to prevent evictions
Fund housing justice organizers to canvass areas with high eviction filings or luxury development and share residents' rights and resources to help families keep their homes.
English title and summary written with AI from the resident's text.
The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Funding for housing justice organizers to canvas/doorknock in parts of Boston with the highest rates of eviction filings and/or highest rates of luxury development. Organizers can share info on residents' rights and resources.
Who it helps and why
This project will help Boston families and households most at risk of eviction keep their homes. These are people that are at risk of non-payment eviction as well as no-fault eviction. A recent report from MIT and City Life/Vida Urbana found that 70% of market-rate eviction filings are in census tracts where the majority of residents are people of color (see bostonevictions.org). In Boston, stopping evictions is clearly a way of advancing racial and economic justice for our city.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 12, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Community
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
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