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Housing displacement is not only detrimental for individuals, families, and communities, but also has a heavy fiscal impact on the State. Eviction is meant to be a last resort in landlord-tenant disputes, however, as it stands, there is significant room for discretion when it comes to filing an eviction. Broadening #JustCause eviction protections to all renters would ensure individuals are not evicted without fault and, if eviction proceedings are necessary, expanding #RightToCounsel would provide legal assistance to families who need it. Both policies would reduce evictions and provide greater security to #CT tenants.

She Leads Justice supports the Connecticut Tenants Union in their call for a Just Cause law, SB 143, which has successfully passed out of committee! which has successfully passed out of committee! Housing stability is a human right and we're one step closer to ensuring it for ALL CT residents. Stand with us for #TenantRights #HousingJustice. linktr.ee/justcausect #SheLeadsJustice #SLJLegislativePriorities24

Summary of missteps and malfeasance associated with Jackson County Missouri's land acquisition, design and construction funding of new detention center: - Land acquisition exacerbated the County's homeless crisis. - RFQ issued without approved funding plan. - Proposed funding plan includes issuing special obligation municipal bonds to avoid violating Missouri Constitution. - Groundbreaking ceremony held without approved project funding plan. - Financial advisory services contract awarded without required legislative appropriation. - Jackson County Missouri has been collecting $19 million annually of additional property revenues since 2019 reassessment for the new detention center without voter approval, disproportionately affecting property tax payers. - $273,985,000 special obligation municipal bond issuance violated Article VII, Paragraph 26 (a) of Missouri Constitution.

We need stable, healthy, affordable homes, not the enrichment of #CorporateLandlords who discriminate against California families! A historical undercover investigation by Housing Rights Initiative found rampant discrimination & clear violations of the law by real estate companies against families with Section 8 vouchers. This is the largest largest housing discrimination case in California’s history, against 203 real estate agents, brokerage firms and landlords, including some of the largest real estate companies in the country: Coldwell Banker, EXP Realty, Sotheby's International Realty, and RE/MAX. Francisco Dueñas, Executive Director of Housing Now! CA: “Expanding the supply of affordable housing would mean corporate landlords being less likely to turn qualified tenants, including those with Section 8 vouchers, away, and to “cherry pick” their tenants, as there will be more available units, as opposed to the status quo where tenants are forced to compete for the same few units." Read the full press release at https://lnkd.in/dcFkMTaB, and view Human Impact Partners (HIP)'s related research on how corporate landlords' predatory practices harm health at https://lnkd.in/gJ9rkyub

What’s #housinginsecurity got to do with the legal sector? Hear from our Board CEO and Commissioner, Fiona McLeay, at the launch of our #Advancinghousingjustice report and grant round in June. ‘Housing is a fundamental right … it’s connected with our emotional and physical security and deeply rooted to our sense of belonging.   ‘A lack of housing, therefore, can threaten social cohesion, and that in turn has implications for people’s interactions with the justice system and the rule of law. Those things are really important to us as the regulator of the legal profession and as a significant funder of #AccesstoJustice initiatives in Victoria.’ Watch the full video and find out more about the Advancing housing justice report by Gerard Brody on our website. https://bit.ly/3KZUCtS

📢 🗞️🚨Supreme Court oral arguments for Johnson v Grants Pass begin at 10 AM EST today and can be live streamed at the link below. This is a pivotal case challenging discriminatory ordinances against the unhoused, and in particular the unsheltered population. The criminalization of homelessness perpetuates cycles of poverty and marginalization. The outcome of this case could have far-reaching implications for the rights and well-being of homeless communities nationwide. https://lnkd.in/eMFxCRjy.

Latest in my attempt to raise appropriate alarm about government plans to introduce a new mandatory ground for eviction 6A in the Renters Rights Bill. Mandatory possession must be given against tenants, where their landlord has been given a banning order and breached it, or where they have had a licence application refused or revoked. Forget about moral arguments for a second and just look simply at how this will impact upon tenants of landlords with large portfolios. 50 tenants spread across 10 HMOs who will all face immanent eviction and homelessness due to the council refusing a licence application perhaps simply because article 4 directions dont permit HMOs or a licence has been refused for some other issue not directly related to tenant safety but still 50 people will be evicted. Its mandatory, so judges in possession hearings wont be able to exercise any discretion in the granting of an order. If you are an enforcement officer, would this knowledge impede any decisions on possible action you make take? If you are a tenant, would this knowledge make you think twice before complaining to the local authority or providing a witness statement? Coming in next year.

Last chance to register! Only a few spots left for MLRC's Fundamentals of Housing Law training on 24 September 2024. Learn about key topics, including: Background legal principles; Fair procedures; Access to social housing; Emergency homeless accommodation; and HAP & Homeless HAP. #training #housinglaw #socialhousing

#legalupdate: Ever wonder if neighbors can enforce municipal codes on property maintenance requirements or other nuisance ordinances? After all, neighbors are usually the reporting party and have to live next to blight, substandard houses, illegal land uses, etc. This comes up a lot in #codeenforcement. In a new ruling, the #CA Court of Appeals just answered the question in the negative. Ruling attached to this post. Unless an ordinance expressly empowers private parties to enforce local codes, only the government can enforce them. Neighbors still have private nuisance rights under State Law. #localgov #municipal #cities #citymanager #nuisance #neighbors #community #publicsafety #legalupdate Civica Law Group, APC Civic Business Journal California Association Of Code Enforcement Officers Municipal Management Association of Southern California (MMASC) American Association of Municipal Executives MuniReg National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) #housing

#LEGALUPDATE: Reminder to cities and counties in California - by 1/1/25, a policy must be adopted and implemented to conduct multi-family housing inspections. The Attorney General issued a warning to #localgov and the law includes a right to sue for non-compliance. Also, make sure to comply with new #law, SB 1465 which improves enforcement over #substandard buildings, regardless of zoning. Goal is to avoid another #Ghostship tragedy. Civica Law Group, APC International Code Council California Building Officials League of California Cities National League of Cities California Association Of Code Enforcement Officers Municipal Management Association of Southern California (MMASC) Association of Town & City Management American Association of Municipal Executives #citymanagers #publicsafety WICED of California Larry Brooks https://lnkd.in/g7ZBZ-Xf