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#MoneyToLevelApartmentsInGazaAndBuildSettlementsButAffordableHousingIsBroke

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: Under the proposed ordinance, 20% of affordable apartments in city-funded properties would be reserved for lower-income applicants who live in census tracts that the city deems “high-displacement” areas. Additionally, 15% of affordable apartments would be set aside for lower-income applicants living within the same City Council district as the available affordable housing units.

“We can’t continue to allow displacement to tear apart families and communities in the Bay Area,” Mahan said.

mercurynews.com/2024/03/21/san

The Mercury News · San Jose Mayor Mahan calls for Council to pass anti-displacement ordinance to combat gentrificationBy Kate Talerico

Justice for All has made formal submissions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about the upcoming Israeli Real Estate Event exhibition in NJ and NY of properties in illegal Israeli settlements in the . Additionally, legal analysis has been submitted to the U.S. Attorneys for the Districts of NJ, Eastern NY, and Northern NY, calling for immediate investigation and steps instituted to disallow the upcoming sales in Teaneck, NJ, Lawrence, NY, and Flatbush, NY. These offered properties are in clear violation of international law.

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Justice For All · Justice For All urges the DOJ to stop US sales of homes in illegal West Bank settlements - Justice For AllMarch 8, 2024 Justice for All urges DOJ, HUD, and District Attorneys to Investigate and Disallow Sales in NJ and NY of Illegal Settlements in the West Bank Justice for All has made formal submissions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about the upcoming Israeli Real…
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: The criminalization of homeless people has caused the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to raise concerns. In a report following its 2023 review of the United States’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the committee called upon the United States to abolish laws and policies criminalizing homelessness at all levels and adopt legislative and other measures that protect the human rights of all people.

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: Wise asked the officer to contact the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services. She hoped that the agency could care for her just for as long as she had to be in jail — which turned out to be three days.
When Wise got out of , however, DFCS didn’t return her children. The reason, according to court documents and the case plan the agency gave her, was that she lacked stable and for her kids.

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