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#BlackQuantumFuturism activiating @communityfutureslab Chicago at the @chicagoarchitecturebiennial on September 19 - @communityfutureslab will be open in @chiculturcenter through January featuring events and activations with Chicago-based community orgs working on access to housing issues. | x Black Utopias? panel on September 21 at Chicago EXPO | #communityfutureslab #expochicago #blackfutures #housingfutures #diytimetravel #gentrification (at Chicago Architecture Biennial) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2VI0D6FKt3/?igshid=rzuooq1ld9cu

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#CommunityFuturesLab co-creator and CLS attorney Rasheedah Phillips joins PACDC Policy Director Beth McConnell on an op-ed in Philly Inquirer about a new law that would create development of affordable housing units! In the rapidly gentrifying area of Sharswood-Brewerytown area community members have consistently been vocal at community meetings about the need for affordable housing in our area! We look forward to working with community members to support these policies at two upcoming hearings. Email [email protected] for more information! http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/affordable-housing-philadelphia-low-income-maria-quinones-sanchez-darrell-clarke-20171117.html?amphtml=y&mobi=true #housingfutures #communityfuturisms #northphilly #changeinaction

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Are you a tenant who has experienced eviction or the threat of eviction? Join the Mayor’s Task Force on Eviction Prevention and Response listening session for residents, scheduled for January 11 from 6:00-8:00pm at 801 Market St. The Task Force is seeking input from community members who have experienced eviction or who was otherwise forced to move from their rental housing. Food, child care, and bus fare will be provided at this meeting. Please contact [email protected] to RSVP or questions. You can find out more information about the Task Force here: http://www.phila.gov/hhs/accomplishments/Pages/default.aspx Please share widely with your networks! #housingfutures #communityfuturisms #residentvoices #philly

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#CommunityFuturesLab Creator testifying before City Council today and the Planning Commission last week in support of recently introduced Mixed Income Housing legislation for a program that will create affordable housing units through development and payments to the housing trust fund. "We are long overdue for a mandatory inclusionary housing ordinance." | #housingfutures #communitylegalservices #communityfutureslab #affordablehousing #phillyaffordablecommunities (at Philadelphia City Hall)

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West Philly Gentrification displaces hundreds of low-income, elderly, and disabled residents! #communityfutureslab co-director and Community Legal Services attorney Rasheedah Phillips and some of the residents are quoted in WHYY/Newsworks about the devastating effects of displacement and lack of protections for tenants #evictedphilly #housingfutures

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Signs in support of #PhillyEvicted hearing tomorrow in City Council on Philly's eviction crisis impacting Black families, single mothers, disabled, and seniors | #communityfuturisms #CommunityFuturesLab #housingfutures

[communityfutureslab]

On March 20th, @PHLCouncil will hold a hearing on Philadelphia's eviction crisis. #CommunityFuturesLab Co-Director and Community Legal Services Managing Attorney Rasheedah Phillips will be testifying along with other advocates. Learn more about the issues at: https://clsphila.org/learn-about-issues/eviction-crisis-philadelphia #Philly #LegalAidHelps #housingfutures

[communityfutureslab]

Fair Housing and Disability Rights Thursday February 16, 2017 | 3:30-5:30pm Next #HousingFutures workshop we will be joined by the Fair Housing Rights Center of Southeastern PA for a workshop on fair housing rights and laws for residents who need accommodations to their unit in order to live comfortably in their homes with a disability. During this workshop attendees will learn about housing discrimination against persons with disabilities, resident rights to reasonable accommodations and modifications, and landlord obligations under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), with examples and scenarios. Come with questions! FREE ALL AGES ACCESSIBLE SPACE Please RSVP at [email protected] | #communityfuturisms #disabilityrights #northphilly #tenantrights