Search Results for evictions

Doorway to magistrate court, the court which conducts eviction hearings

Cobb County October 31, 2023

Cobb’s Housing Stability Court aims to provide an alternative to eviction

Cobb County Magistrate Court and the Center for Family Resources will run a new accountability court called the Housing Stability Court. While Cobb’s other accountability courts, administered by Superior Court, …

A section of the map of Israel that includes Gaza

International October 9, 2023

The Israel-Hamas war: No matter who loses, Iran wins

by Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between…

A series of medical images including a medical cross, a capsule and a checklist, overlaid with a stick figure under a crushing bag marked "debt"

Health Care September 19, 2023

A Father Dreamed of a Home for His Family. Medical Debt Nearly Pushed Them Onto the Streets.

This article by Noam N. Levey first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Noam N. Levey September 11, 2023 DENVER — Kayce Atencio used to be haunted by…

Housing August 21, 2023

No quick fix for Georgia’s affordable housing shortage

by Aaleah McConnell, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 19, 2023 The supply of affordable housing units is at extreme lows in…

Monica DeLancy, Cobb SCLC President Dr. Ben Williams, and Cobb SCLC Field Director Rich Pellegrino outside at rally

Housing June 1, 2023

Renters Rights activist Monica DeLancy’s eviction hearing is scheduled for June 9, 2023

Renters rights activist Monica DeLancy, a resident of Mableton, is scheduled for an eviction hearing on June 9, 2023 at 9 a.m. in Cobb County Magistrate Court. DeLancy said after…

Housing December 19, 2022

Voters embraced affordable housing initiatives. Advocates say Congress should do the same.

by Casey Quinlan, Georgia Recorder [This article was first published in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission] December 19, 2022 Voters in Colorado approved a…

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Health Care December 1, 2022

Her Apartment Might Have Put Her Son’s Health at Risk. But ‘I Have Nowhere Else to Go.’

This article by Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly December 1, 2022 ATLANTA — When Louana Joseph’s…

2022 Elections May 12, 2022

Q & A with Monica DeLancy, Democratic hopeful for Georgia House District 39

By Arielle Robinson The Courier spoke with well-known renters rights advocate and founder of We Thrive in Riverside Renters Association Monica DeLancy, who is running for Georgia’s House of Representatives…

L-R We Thrive in Riverside Executive Director Monica Delancy, Cobb Legal Aid attorneys Jennifer Yankulova and John Gainey (photo by Larry Felton Johnson)

Renters April 14, 2022

Cobb renter’s rights group gets $50,000 grant from Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation

We Thrive in Riverside Renters Association, a renter’s rights organization based in South Cobb announced in the following press release that they’ve received a second $50,000 grant from the Oprah…

furniture thrown out front after an eviction

Renters February 21, 2022

Renter struggles remain as Georgia’s assistance program dodges federal funding claw back

by Clay Voytek, Georgia Recorder [this article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]February 21, 2022 Janell Wise has lived in the same apartment since she moved to…

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