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Tenant organizers urge Richmond to invest $9 million in emergency housing aid as evictions rise
Summary
A community organizer from New Virginia Majority asked council to invest $9 million in a family crisis fund and urged support for an anti-rent-gouging bill as eviction hearings proceed, saying current city rental-assistance programs are insufficient and inaccessible to many residents.
Josue (Abraham) Castillo, a community organizer with New Virginia Majority and a resident of the Sixth District, told council he works with tenants in neighborhoods with some of the highest eviction rates in the city and described widespread housing instability.
"If we can find $2,000,000 to expand an animal shelter last year, then we can expand funding to keep our community members housed," Castillo said,…
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