Episode 4: Eviction Court
Additional Reading/Resources:
COVID eviction protections
Oregon Law Center: Eviction Defense Project line (888-585-9638) or email the Project (evictiondefense@oregonlawcenter.org)
The Commons Law Center: Call or text 503-850-0811
Don’t Evict PDX Online (includes reports of evictors) and Twitter
Decolonization is not a metaphor by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang
Writings by Vine Deloria, Jr.
Summary:
UPDATE: Please listen to our update to this episode for more information.
Since recording this episode, Oregon has expanded legal support to all low-income tenants facing a court eviction. For more information, contact the Oregon Law Center at (888)-585-9638 or evictiondefense@oregonlawcenter.org
Don’t Evict PDX is an all volunteer tenants’ organization that mobilized during the pandemic to observe eviction court and organize around what they saw. While some additional supports have since become available, listen for those at the end of the episode, their efforts still underscore housing injustices in the Portland Metro Area. Eviction is a key contributor to homelessness. This is part one of our conversation with Don’t Evict PDX. Listen to the next half in episode 5.