The United Front Against Displacement

The United Front Against Displacement is an anti-gentrification organization.

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Dispatches Against Displacement is the national publication for the UFAD. We seek to make exposures on a local and a national level to help clarify different questions and issues in the movement against gentrification in order to help strengthen the movement as a whole.

Urban Core is a neighborhood newsletter in Boston published by the Urban Core editorial board in coordination with the United Front Against Displacement.

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NYC Housing Struggle is where we share documents and information from NYC, including material put together with The People of Harlem River.

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• May 22 in Oakland: Come Together, Speak Out, Fight Back! Defending public housing in the Bay AreaMay 11, 2021
  Join public housing tenants from Cypress Village and Lockwood Gardens in Oakland and Sunnydale in San Francisco in a discussion about recent tenant organizing efforts. The San Francisco and Oakland Housing Authorities, just like Housing Authorities across the country, have been forcing tenants to live in dangerous conditions in order to justify selling public housingContinue reading “May 22 in Oakland: Come Together, Speak Out, Fight Back! Defending public housing in the Bay Area”
• TENANTS FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS RALLY AT HARLEM RIVER HOUSES TO STOP RAD/ PRIVATIZATION CITYWIDEMay 3, 2021
  For Immediate Release: May 3, 2021 Residents of Harlem River Houses and Fulton Houses were joined by neighbors from across the five boroughs on Saturday May 1st at Charles Young Triangle in East Harlem (153rd and Macombs Pl) for a rally and march, and to commence a rent-strike starting the same day. The rent strikeContinue reading “TENANTS FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS RALLY AT HARLEM RIVER HOUSES TO STOP RAD/ PRIVATIZATION CITYWIDE”
• Truth Commission on RAD/PACT and the privatization of public housing: May 4th on ZoomMay 3, 2021
  Comisión de Verdad  Programas de RAD y la privatización de alojamiento publico  Martes, el cuatro de Mayo, 20214 de la Tarde por Zoom https://zoom.us/jointeléfono: 929-436-2866ID de Reunión: 836 8367 7223Contraseña : 399431 Panelistas incluyen residentes de edificios convertidos por RAD, o están en proceso de ser convertidos/privatizados. Ellos platicarán sobre abusos or violaciones con respectoContinue reading “Truth Commission on RAD/PACT and the privatization of public housing: May 4th on Zoom”
• Protest at Harlem River Houses, NYC – Saturday, May 1, 1pmApril 29, 2021
  NYCHA/ RAD is breaking the law in its scheme to hand ownership of public housing over to the worst predatory banks and property managers in NYC. In the meantime, they’ve abandoned tenants, ignored repair requests, and let buildings fall into disrepair. Harlem River Houses is one of the first Public Housing Developments in NYC.They thinkContinue reading “Protest at Harlem River Houses, NYC – Saturday, May 1, 1pm”
• April 10th: Sunnydale Residents Protest HOPE SF’s Privatization of SunnydaleApril 8, 2021
  On Saturday, April 10th at 12pm at 1654 Sunnydale Avenue, in front of the San Francisco Housing Authority office at Sunnydale, residents of the Sunnydale housing projects will hold a protest to oppose the HOPE SF plan to privatize and redevelop all of Sunnydale. The SFHA, Mercy Housing, and Related California plan to demolish residents’Continue reading “April 10th: Sunnydale Residents Protest HOPE SF’s Privatization of Sunnydale”
• Sunnydale Residents Protesting SF Housing Authority in Opposition to the HOPE SF PlanFebruary 9, 2021
  February 9, 2021510-815-9978 wewontgo@riseup.net On Saturday, February 13th at 12pm at 1815 Egbert Avenue, in front of the San Francisco Housing Authority headquarters, residents of the Sunnydale housing projects will be protesting to oppose the new development happening at Sunnydale. The SFHA, Mercy Housing, and Related California have been pushing through with their plans toContinue reading “Sunnydale Residents Protesting SF Housing Authority in Opposition to the HOPE SF Plan”
• The Fight Against Fred B. Craves at the Wood Street EncampmentFebruary 8, 2021
  Beginning of the conflict Residents at the West Oakland Wood Street homeless encampment have been embroiled in a land use dispute with San Francisco developer Fred B. Craves for almost 4 years. This particular conflict began on March 17, 2016 when Craves, a billionaire and head of Bay City Capital, purchased a plot of landContinue reading “The Fight Against Fred B. Craves at the Wood Street Encampment”
• Why is Game Changer Trying to Evict People from Wood Street?November 3, 2020
  Download the PDF or read the text below: Who is Game Changer LLC? On March 17th 2016 Fred B. Craves (founder of Bay City Capital LLC, lead director with Madrigal Pharmaceuticals), a venture capitalist who specializes in pharmaceuticals and biotech investments, purchased a plot of land located between 2201 & 2701 Wood st in WestContinue reading “Why is Game Changer Trying to Evict People from Wood Street?”
• All Power to the People! A Rally in Solidarity with the West Oakland Community, August 1, 1pm @ West Oakland BartJuly 29, 2020
  The coronavirus pandemic and the recent uprisings against white supremacist police terror after the murder of George Floyd have rocked the U.S. and the world. With over 15.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 650,000 deaths worldwide, and over 4 million cases and 140,000 deaths in the U.S. alone, it is clear that the pandemic willContinue reading “All Power to the People! A Rally in Solidarity with the West Oakland Community, August 1, 1pm @ West Oakland Bart”
• Oakland Police and Caltrans Continue to Harass Homeless People Despite Moratorium on Homeless SweepsJuly 3, 2020
  The California Department of Transportation (District 4), the Oakland Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol have continually harassed homeless people in Oakland. Over the last month, the West Oakland Wood Street Community, which consists of nearly 200 residents, has received threats of losing property and having their vehicles towed. The particular area in questionContinue reading “Oakland Police and Caltrans Continue to Harass Homeless People Despite Moratorium on Homeless Sweeps”

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