Category Archives: Tenants/Lincoln Place
Tenants Reclaim Lincoln Place
Six years after they were booted out of their homes by corporate landlord AIMCO, happy tenants began returning to newly refurbished apartments on April 15. Evictees and their union, the Lincoln Place Tenant Association, plus a large number of Venice … Continue reading
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Adventures with the Landlord
By CJ Gronner Everyone knows I love Venice, and always will. I’ve just become a little dismayed at the direction things seem to be heading these days, and feel like it should be discussed, pondered and helped. I recently had … Continue reading
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Lincoln Place Rehab Underway
By Jim Smith It’s been more than six years since the biggest eviction in Los Angeles history drove more than 80 residents of Lincoln Place Apartments out of their homes early on the morning of Dec. 5, 2005. The apartment … Continue reading
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Lincoln Place: A Community Victory – Part Two
Amanda Seward’s story of the victorious struggle of Lincoln Place tenants began in last month’s Beachhead. You can read it from the beginning at http://bit.ly/d6dy8c. By Amanda Seward Several eviction lawyers offered advice and legal forms that accelerated our learning … Continue reading
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Lincoln Place: A Community Victory
The following is the entire article, which is being printed in the Free Venice Beachhead in two parts. By Amanda Seward It finally appears that the Lincoln Place war has come to a close. In reviewing my archives, I was … Continue reading
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Lincoln Place Lives!
Final agreement signed: 83 evicted families will return, all buildings will be preserved, a total of 795 apartments will be occupied. By Jim Smith How do you spell victory? L-i-n-c-o-l-n P-l a-c-e is as good a way as any. … Continue reading
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Housing is a Human Right: Math Whiz Needed?
By Cindy Chambers On May 22, the Los Angeles City Council, through its actions and votes, communicated to 61% of its constituents that housing is not a human right. Just let that sink in for a minute. Sixty-one percent of … Continue reading
Holiday Venice tenants ask Obama administration to help them buy the apartment buildings
By Lydia Poncé Residents of Oakwood’s 15 low-income buildings known as Holiday Venice Apartments, and community members, packed the Annex Room at Oakwood Park, Feb. 23, to hear what Carol Galante Assistant Deputy Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, had … Continue reading
Filed under Lydia Poncé, Oakwood, Tenants/Lincoln Place
Lincoln Place Tenants Going Home
Up to 83 one and two bedroom apartments will be reoccupied by tenants who were unceremoniously evicted by AIMCO (Apartment Investment and Management Company), the large corporation that owns Lincoln Place. AIMCO and the tenants’ association have reached a tentative … Continue reading
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Threat to Holiday Venice Sparks Oakwood Vigil
More than 200 low-income families from the Holiday Venice Apartments held a march and rally in Oakwood, Feb. 19, to protest the loss of affordable housing in Venice. The vigil was held on the first anniversary of “Operation Oakwood,” when … Continue reading
