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Advocates File Complaint Against Riverside Over Rejection of State Funding for Quality Inn Project
“Councilmembers opposed to this project repeatedly framed the proposed supportive housing project as inherently criminal, dangerous, and incompatible with the community – not based on objective evidence but based on generalizations about the people who would reside in the development,” said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP Staff Attorney. “Statements that equate homelessness and behavioral health disability with criminality and violence reflect the type of stigmatizing stereotypes that cannot lawfully form the basis for this decision.”
Learn MoreCoronado Tenants File Suit Against Corporate Landlords and City for Violating State Law and Displacing Residents
“When the building owners accepted public funding to rehabilitate their private property, they entered into a contract with the City to keep the housing affordable and follow the laws of the state. Both the City and the owners have fallen short in their duties here,” said Melody Osuna, Staff Attorney for the Public Interest Law Project.
Learn MoreLawsuit Challenging San Francisco’s General Relief Practices Moves Forward
The San Francisco Superior Court issued a strong ruling preserving core challenges to how San Francisco administers general relief cash assistance.
Learn MoreAdvocates File Complaint Against Riverside Over Rejection of State Funding for Quality Inn Project
“Councilmembers opposed to this project repeatedly framed the proposed supportive housing project as inherently criminal, dangerous, and incompatible with the community – not based on objective evidence but based on generalizations about the people who would reside in the development,” said Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP Staff Attorney. “Statements that equate homelessness and behavioral health disability with criminality and violence reflect the type of stigmatizing stereotypes that cannot lawfully form the basis for this decision.”
Learn MoreCoronado Tenants File Suit Against Corporate Landlords and City for Violating State Law and Displacing Residents
“When the building owners accepted public funding to rehabilitate their private property, they entered into a contract with the City to keep the housing affordable and follow the laws of the state. Both the City and the owners have fallen short in their duties here,” said Melody Osuna, Staff Attorney for the Public Interest Law Project.
Learn MoreLawsuit Challenging San Francisco’s General Relief Practices Moves Forward
The San Francisco Superior Court issued a strong ruling preserving core challenges to how San Francisco administers general relief cash assistance.
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