Ms. Ward Eviction Defense
MULTIMEDIA – NYC Residents Rally to Prevent Eviction of Elderly Bed-Stuy Homeowner
Rally to Support Intro 48 & Vacant Building Tour
In New York City, there is an extreme shortage of affordable housing. Advocates and grassroots organizations contend that this contributes to homelessness for many vulnerable New Yorkers. At the same time there are hundreds of vacant buildings throughout the City. In response to this situation there is a grassroots effort in New York City to [...]
Day of Action
May 19, 2010, New York, NY —Wednesday, on the anniversary of Malcolm X’s birth, the community organization Picture the Homeless and its Housing Not Warehousing Coalition orchestrated three banner drops. Transgressing into vacant buildings in Brooklyn and East Harlem in the early morning, they dropped banners that read “Homes Not Shelters / Casas No Refugios,” [...]
Picture the Homeless Chasing Chase
Homeless-led organization Picture the Homeless rally outside JP Morgan Chase headquarters in Manhattan.
United Nations Investigates Brooklyn Housing
Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing visits with residents in Brooklyn, NY.
UN Housing Rapporteur Kicks Off U.S. Tour in New York City
Town Hall Meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik. October 22, 2010.