Where’s the bailout for the poor?

18 11 2009

Nov. 17 2009 – 3:04 pm – True Slant

Fifty people gathered around  Lenise Forrest’s home in the Cabrini rowhouses, asking a very pertinent question: “Where’s our bailout?”

They gathered to stop Lenise from being evicted and to start a new movement – the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign. They say they’re going to stop any eviction in the city that’s happening because of a person’s economic means. The rich got bailed out, they say. We will not be put out.

The sheriff was supposed to come at 9 a.m., but he never came. Word among volunteers was that the press attention had scared him off. Perhaps tomorrow. But hopefully, a settlement will be reached before then.
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Media: Residents and supporters set up eviction blockade at Cabrini Green

18 11 2009

Tenants: Evictions in the midst of bank bail-outs and economic crisis are unacceptable and immoral

by Willie J.R. Fleming and Matt Ginsberg-Jaeckle – SF Bay View

When the Cook County Sheriff’s Department arrives to evict Cabrini Green resident Lenise Forrest and her family Tuesday morning, they will be confronted and prevented from doing so by residents and supporters from around the city. Lenise Forrest has been a resident of Cabrini Green for 19 years. She has worked in the community for 12 years, including three years working for Holsten Development moving residents into the new mixed-income community. Now she is about to be moved out – onto the street. Read the rest of this entry »








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