by the El Reportero’s staff
Advocates ask for expansion of tenant law at City Hall.
Tenants advocates make a last minute push on Monday to convince the Board community organization to expand OMI the Legislation Banning Evictions of Households With Children, which will end most no-fault evictions of children.
The legislation would prohibit the evictions of households with children for the purposes of a landlord or relative moving into their apartment. At press time, a vote on the issue that was scheduled to take place on Jan. 12 was move to February, according to a member of St. Peter’ Housing organization.
The legislation was approved by the Land Use Committee in December but Sup. Sophie Maxwell cast a surprising vote against a measure which would have ended most no-fault evictions of children.
Children advocates have urged that families with children be added as one of these protected classes, as evictions are also especially difficult on children, with numerous studies showing that forced moves impairs learning and childhood development.
