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Raleigh crowd gathers amid concern over rezoning part of New Bern Avenue
Source: CBS17.com
Raleigh affordable housing bond aims to intersect transit investment, affordable housing
Source: CBS17.com
Winston-Salem and apartment tenants at odds over repair plans
Source: JournalNow.com
Tenants and their supporters gathered in front of a city-owned apartment building on Monday to protest a city plan to move out the residents temporarily while apartment conditions are checked and an outside staircase is repaired. Attorney Yolanda Taylor speaks during a news conference held by Housing Justice Now.
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Vision for Raleigh Transit Corridors Spark Affordable Housing Concerns
Source: IndyWeek.com
Yolanda Taylor, attorney and member of the Wake County Housing Justice Coalition, tells the INDY that with Raleigh’s expected business and economic boom, rent prices are likely to go up, and the city must get more creative in ensuring affordable housing.
Does Raleigh’s affordable housing bond do enough for the city’s poorest residents?
Source: NewsObserver.com
The Affordable Housing bond should focus on those with the greatest need Raleigh leaders should push for a new bond that focuses primarily on extremely low-income people and creates policies that will slow gentrification. These historically low-income communities want revitalization after years of disinvestment,” said Attorney Yolanda Taylor.
Attorney Yolanda Taylor highlighted the racial and economic disparities of utility disconnection and evictions
“Nationally, one in four Black renters lived in a county where the Black eviction rate was more than double the white eviction rate. As compared to white households, a 2020 national survey showed Hispanic households were 15 times more likely to be disconnected and Black households were 6 times more likely,” said Attorney Yolanda Taylor.
Source: AppVoices.com
Meredith alumna calls out professor who used racial slurs
A tenured professor at Meredith College is under investigation by the school and under fire from students who say she used a racial slur in class last fall.
“This should not be an environment that our institutions of learning, that they’re holding up this standard of white supremacy in the classroom,” Raleigh lawyer Yolanda Taylor said.
Source: WRAL.com
Report: Majority of North Carolina’s incarcerated population are Black
In this report, Attorney Yolanda Taylor explained for the one in four North Carolinians with criminal records who have served their time, many are unable to financially support themselves and their families. Taylor also noted legislation such as the Second Chance Act, signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper last year, will help more individuals get on their feet after incarceration.
Source: TheCharlottePost.com
Whose Streets Our Streets Virtual Summit
Attorney Yolanda Taylor participated in Advance Carolina’s 12-hour virtual summit on the right to assemble in protest of North Carolina HB 805.
Statewide Housing Network Imagination Session
Attorney Yolanda Taylor joined housing advocates from across North Carolina to discuss a vision for a housing bill of rights.
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