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News StoryTenants file for class action against one of Virginia’s most prolific eviction law firms
Ned OliverVirginia Mercury
September 9, 2020
News Story
Unable to evict, some landlords accuse tenants of abandoning homes they’re still living in
Ned OliverVirginia Mercury
April 27, 2020
Op-Ed
Legal aid, facing state cuts, remains crucial during pandemic
Mark BraleyVirginia Mercury
April 22, 2020
News Story
Job losses, evictions and utility cutoffs: Being poor amid COVID-19 outbreak
Ned OliverVirginia Mercury
March 13, 2020
Op-Ed
COVID-19 Exposes Deadly Gaps in Our Social Safety Net
Angela CiolfiVirginia Mercury
March 19, 2020
Poverty is not caused by poor people; it’s caused by system failure, discrimination and intentional exploitation. And our response to COVID-19 proves that it does not have to be this way. Together, we can create systems built to ensure that low-income communities and communities of color do not repeatedly bear the brunt of acts of nature like the coronavirus, or the human-made acts of inequitable laws and policies. We can make systems that work for low-income communities and communities of color all the time, not just during a crisis.
News Story
Report: Virginia rarely helps workers collect unpaid wages from deadbeat employers
Ned OliverVirginia Mercury
December 4, 2019
Ronaldo Gonzalez Vasquez says his employer owed him two weeks of pay when his once-reliable boss stopped responding to phone calls and text messages.
News Story
Tenants facing eviction almost never have lawyers. Now, an attorney trawls a courthouse lobby handing out free advice
Ned OliverVirginia Mercury
May 15, 2019
Tenants facing eviction in Virginia are almost never represented by lawyers. But that’s about to change as a flood of cash begins to flow to legal aid groups around the state.
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