Episode 175: Groundbreakers, part 1
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audio
Categories Via RSS |
Government
Science
Social Sciences
Publication Date |
May 16, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:27:59

For many renters, evictions can depend on the whims and wishes of their landlord. And with no right to a lawyer in housing court, there’s almost no chance to fight back and win. But that all recently changed in New York City and San Francisco. Professor Jamila Michener explains how both cities came to enact groundbreaking new laws to help tenants get access to a lawyer and what the movements behind these laws say about the power of organizing.

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