by csjadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Housing, News, Transportation
“It’s not just renters who could be pushed out the door. Diana Painter is deputy director of the Coalition for Social Justice in New Bedford. She says that as the rail line barrels toward completion, corporate investors are buying out longtime homeowners,...
by csjadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Housing, News
Housing is an issue we are continuing to follow and stay engaged on. New Bedford eviction actions mount as legal services languish...
by csjadmin | Jun 21, 2021 | Housing, News
“’There are still many people out there facing eviction,’ said Diana Painter, deputy director for the Coalition for Social Justice, one of many housing advocate groups in the area working to connect tenants with legal services and rental relief programs...
by csjadmin | Jun 21, 2021 | Housing, News, Welfare
“’Most don’t know about the programs available until they are already in (housing) court.’ That much was clear for Sigute Meilus, with the Coalition for Social Justice, who on a rainy June afternoon was knocking on the doors of renters facing eviction,...
by csjadmin | Feb 4, 2020 | Childcare, Housing, Transportation, Welfare
This month’s activist meetings in New Bedford and Brockton focused on some themes we may all be familiar with – the struggle budgets of families. Both had a presentation on CSJ’s Early Education and Care Campaign, outlining the convening of partners...