Am a member of casa just cause and i have been living in my apartment more than 5 years. The harassment began when the Property Owner of my unit attempted to overcharge us for utilities. When my husband and i asked her to show us the receipts of the amounts of money that we were paying if we were going to pay the utilities that she was asking us to, she gave us notes that did not have an address, did not have a date, did not have a number, just the amount of money that we supposedly owed. We continued to tell her that this was not going to be an acceptable form of a notice and she did not accept. She began to harass us and tell us we needed to pay us the utilities. She began by screaming at my husband, she went to my daughters work and screamed at her in front of her clients. A couple of days after that, my daughter was fired from her job. She then called my son and started screaming to him over the phone, telling him that she did not care how the money was found but that the light and
Money was found but that the light and the water would be paid. Finally she told us that we needed to leave. She gave us a verbal eviction. We told her that verbal evictions are not valid and she became even more angry and has denied giving us anything in writing. My husband and i are seniors with limited incomes and with the help of our children we struggle to pay rent and live in peace in our community. The owners of our home feel that they can do whatever they want against us because and that we dont have any rights but this isnt so. Please support us, please support this legislation and help us ensure that our rights to live in safe housing that is free of this type of harassment is met. Thank you. Thank you. Only for those who have not spoken yet. I didnt use up all my time. Id like 30 seconds. It doesnt work that way. Well, the rent board refuses to hear us because this does not exist. Maam, your time is up. Is there anyone else that would like to speak . Seeing none, Public Comm
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] up next is a discussion on emerging economies around the world in 2013. The house failed to vote on an agreement before last nights fiscal agreement. Have live house coverage at noon eastern. Now the debate on emerging economies like china and india, comparing them to the United States. William easterly debates dambisa moyo, the author of winner take all. This is 35 minutes. There is question about whether they can keep up and whether there is something bigger changing. That is what we will look at in this session. We have two outstanding individuals known for contrarian views on the emerging economies. We will start with William Easterly and probably best known to you for his books, the white mans burden. A very non provocative book as you can tell from the title. The elusive quest for growth. Bill was named one the top global intellectuals. [applause] what is going to happ
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