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July 31, 2020

New Orleans Protesters Block Eviction Court Proceedings as Rent Comes Due
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As rent comes due, housing activists across the country are demanding
local protections against evictions during the pandemic. In New Orleans,
members of the Renter's Rights Assembly on Thursday surrounded a
courthouse that handles evictions, chaining themselves together under a
banner reading "Evictions = Death" and blocking several landlords from
entering the building. A similar action in Missouri Thursday also
brought proceedings to a halt at a Kansas City eviction court.


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