Group home crisis spawns housing demonstration in Kingston By Ben Nandy Kingston UPDATED 8:29 PM ET Aug. 02, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:42 PM ET Aug. 02, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:42 PM EDT Aug. 02, 2021
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Housing activists, concerned Kingston residents and a few tenants of an adult group home marched through Uptown Kingston Friday to scold a local realtor and demand action from county officials on an ongoing crisis at the group home.
After decorating the office of the realtor handling the sale of the group home with messages against gentrification, the crowd of about 50 marched to the Ulster County government building on Crown Street.
The group assembled by the Ulster County Coalition For Housing Justice (UCCHJ) to demand the county government use grants and/or federal rescue funds to place the tenants, many