Pittsburgh Union of Regional Renters (PURR)
@TenantProject
A regional tenant union organizing for housing justice. #CancelRent Contact us: [email protected] Organize w/ us @ http://bit.ly/JoinPURR
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Open letter from advocates for unhoused people calls on Downtown shelter to stop kicking people out for ‘minor infractions’ publicsource.org/pittsburgh-sec…
Walnut Capital going hard on pressing charges in support of genocide. But then again, why *wouldn't* one of the leading COVID evictors be into the mas death and displacement of Palestinians? pghindependent.com/post/pittsburg…
Evictions have devastating effects on households & communities. Yet nationally, only 3% of tenants in eviction cases have an atty, compared to 83% of landlords, which exacerbates imbalances of power. Join us in calling for a Right to Counsel in PGH! bit.ly/RTCnow
Filling in places the unhoused sleep at with rocks is nasty work. I’ve heard of hostile architecture, but hostile landscaping is a new one. #Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh opens Section 8 waiting list for the first time since 2018 | 90.5 WESA wesa.fm/development-tr…
Join us to knock doors, speak with neighbors, and gather signatures for a petition to ensure tenants have the right to legal representation when faced with losing their homes. THIS Saturday, March 9 at 10am in Friendship RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/tenant-…
Wall Street buys hundreds of homes in Pittsburgh area, turns them into rentals cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/new… @AndySheehankdka
Packed room for the Housing Justice Table’s Tenant Organizing 101 workshop today. Thanks to everyone who came out on this cold day! Get in touch with us if you want to get involved in growing tenant power with us this year!
Code Blue extended through the morning of Jan 22nd (so far emergency shelter is not available on the evening of the 22nd). Other warming centers and rec centers will be open for warming with varying hours. Please help your unhoused neighbors get inside today.
RENTERS: Come build power with us & other leaders from the Housing Justice Table for a tenant organizing workshop on Sat. 1/20 from 1-3 PM! Please register at bit.ly/tenants4thewin
To do so, be on the lookout for this dork in blue and this chud in the ball cap and shades who pretends to be an outreach worker to take advantage of our homeless neighbors. There are more recent images of the former on his acct's videos.
Don't talk to or let this project veritas, Andy Ngo RTing RWer near your actions.
Reposted; code blue tomorrow and Friday! Apologies yall
The answer has been and remains, NO. You should still read the article.
As Pittsburgh clears tents, Allegheny County makes it official: The Smithfield Street homeless shelter will not reopen. Does the county have the beds to handle winter shelter needs? @EricJankiewicz and @StephStrasburg raise questions - and get some answers publicsource.org/pittsburgh-win…
Do you live in Bedford Hill/Memory Lane? shorturl.at/htDX2
Bolstered by the response to its previous crimes against homeless humanity, the @MayorEdGainey admin is doing more collective punishment: wesa.fm/politics-gover…
The @MayorEdGainey admin continues to be even more hostile to poor people simply hoping to stay and live in Pittsburgh than he was in his stint on the @urapgh. Whether it's with gunshots, housing policy, or homeless sweeps, they just put more and more blood on their hands.
Tent encampments can be removed by the city if they are within 10 feet of Pittsburgh roads, trails or sidewalks, or for numerous other reasons under a new policy, @EricJankiewicz reports publicsource.org/pittsburgh-hom…
NEW: Nearly a third of people San Francisco police use force against are homeless, an @sfstandard data analysis finds. The analysis adds a new layer to the debate around the role of policing in responding to homelessness. My latest with @NoahBaustin sfstandard.com/2023/08/24/san…
sfstandard.com
San Francisco Police Used Force on Homeless People More Than 1,300 Times in 5 Years
A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals how many use-of-force cases involved San Francisco's homeless people.
In the mayor and police chief's press conference today we heard a lot of concern from members of the media that there wouldn't be enough cops left working today. Fear not! There were 10+ @PghPolice officers on grave dancing detail, patrolling Bill Hardison's vigil.
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