12/14 Rally By Strong Tenants Against Evictions

by Strong Tenants Against Evictions

Thu, Dec 14, 2000 2:08PM

STAE speaks out on Thursday, Dec 14 at the Housing Authority offices at 4:00pm!

Homeless families who receive Section 8 vouchers have only six months to find housing in the Bay Area's red-hot housing market. If a family fails to find housing, the voucher is returned to the Housing Authority, and eventually to the federal government. Strong Tenants Against Evictions (STAE) will speak out at the Housing Authority on Thursday Dec 14, 2000 4:00pm, to demand that time limits be lifted until the families can find adequate housing. The Housing Authority currently only provides limited extensions on a case-by-case basis.

Strong Tenants Against Evictions is a coalition of current and former subsidized housing residents, homeless families, and allies. We work together to expand low-income housing and against policies which exclude any tenant from shelter.

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§support

by anon

Fri, Dec 15, 2000 2:58AM

i support this.

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§Section 8

by Pat Kincaid (laughter [at] aol.com)

Fri, Dec 15, 2000 4:59PM

I oppose this.

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§Thanks STAE

by Disabled Woman

Tue, Dec 19, 2000 12:18PM

It gives me hope to see that people are actively standing up for the rights of disabled and poor people in San Francisco. I am a former SF resident who received an OMI shortly after becoming disabled. I was forced to move to southern california with friends, where I then became homeless for two years while waiting for my disability to be approved. Now that I have disability, I am unable to even apply for Section 8 housing because the program is not even open to applicants here. The last time they opened it, it was only open for one day before they closed it again indefinetly. The waiting list here for people who were lucky enough to sign up averages EIGHT YEARS, depending on which city you apply in. And there is no one here who is organizing for our rights. Most homeless people here are disabled and had their disability denied. I wish we had the strength and power here to be able to organize like people are in San Francisco. If I still lived there, I'd be out there with you. Thank you so much for working to help others!

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§Ah. The voice of hate.

by DJEB

Mon, Oct 8, 2001 3:16AM

Wow, imagine that! Pat Kincaid opposed to the right to housing for the poor (which includes children who didn't ask to be poor or whatever right-wing excuse you can dream up)?! I imagine Pat is also opposed to article 22 and article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Try plugging "Pat Kincaid" into a search engine and see link after link of hate scroll by.

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