Evictions

Eviction Defense in Detroit Shows the Power of Self-Organization
The recently viral videos of a physical eviction defense effort in Detroit not only shows the violent nature of evictions and the state, but the importance of developing institutions of self-organization in order to challenge the growing threat of evictions facing the working class and oppressed.
Tristan Taylor
April 8, 2023Housing Activists Publish Statement Against Sweeps and Call Rally for Friday
Brooklyn Eviction Defense and Rent Refusers Network have put out a statement against the recent evictions of an unhoused encampment at Tompkins Square Park. They have called a Rally this Friday, April 8th to demand an immediate end to the sweeps and real housing for every unhoused person in NYC.
Brooklyn Eviction Defense
April 7, 2022Black Brooklyn Family Fights Attempted Eviction — Gentrification Is Violence
Sherease Torain and Queen Afua have been forced to fight to keep their home after a case of deed theft. Gentrification is violence.
Left Voice
February 20, 2022New York’s Eviction Moratorium Ends Today. We Demand Free Public Housing For All
New York’s eviction moratorium expires today, and hundreds of thousands of households across the state are at risk of eviction. We cannot turn a blind eye to a single eviction, and we must demand rent cancellation and free public housing for all.
Emma Lee
January 15, 2022Thursday’s Catastrophic Supreme Court Decision Puts Millions at Risk
The Supreme Court’s decision to end the limited eviction moratorium on Thursday reveals once again that the institution does not serve the interests of working people.
James Dennis Hoff
August 27, 2021A Partial Eviction Moratorium Is Not Enough. Forgive All Rent Now
A partial eviction moratorium went into effect this week in the United States, but it isn’t enough. We must have a full cancellation of rent and forgiveness of all back rent owed.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
August 7, 2021Eviction Moratorium Expired, Millions Face Homelessness
After a half-hearted attempt to extend the eviction moratorium failed, the House of Representatives left for summer vacation.
Emma Lee
August 2, 2021Brooklyn Residents Attempt to Reclaim 1083 Broadway
An affinity group of local residents has chosen to access the ground-floor commercial space of a building in the Broadaway/Myrtle corridor in Brooklyn, New York.
Broadway/Myrtle Corridor Residents
July 22, 2021Philly Housing Activists Are Fighting Evictions in the Streets
The eviction housing crisis is hitting home in Philadelphia, with the local Democrats protecting the landlords at the expense of renters and shutting down emergency measures for the unhoused. But Philly is home to a powerful housing movement that is fighting back.
Jason Koslowski
December 26, 2020Fighting the Megatowers: A Tale of Two Bridges
A group of neighbors in New York City is going up against the courts and big real estate interests to stop the construction of four luxury towers planned for the Lower East Side waterfront. Their efforts have successfully blocked construction. For now.
Steph Kranes
October 23, 2020