By ASHLEY BROWN, EMILIE DE SAINTE MARESVILLE and ALLIE YANG, ABC News
(EVANSTON, Ill.) Evanston, Illinois, is like a lot of American cities. The city just north of Chicago appears picturesque, updated and grand on one side but not far away, one can see the signs of economic and racial segregation, despite the city s proud, diverse and liberal reputation.
What sets Evanston apart from other cities, however, is its groundbreaking plan to address the impact of that segregation and Black disenfranchisement: reparations.
The impetus for the city s reparations resolution, first passed in 2019 and spearheaded by 5th Ward Alderman Robin Rue Simmons, is rooted partially in Rue Simmons experience growing up Black in Evanston.
How the 1st US city to fund reparations for Black residents is making amends
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Portland activists, tenants want to join lawsuit and defend rent control
People First Portland and the Foreside Tenant s Union want to intervene in a lawsuit by the Southern Maine Landlord Association seeking to block implementation of a citizen initiative approved by voters in November.
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Rent control advocates and a local tenant union want to join the city of Portland in opposing a lawsuit filed by local landlords looking to nullify a series of renter protections passed by voters last fall.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 28 by the Southern Maine Landlord Association, seeks to block the implementation of “An Act to Protect Tenants,” a citizen initiative approved by 58 percent of the voters in November. It limits most rent increases to the rate of inflation, increases the amount of notice a landlord must provide when not renewing an at-will tenancy and creates a Rent Board to enforce the ordinance and award additional rent increases when appropriate.