Low-income housing agency SWAP tried to evict tenants during pandemic (Providence: rental, eviction)

[massnative71]

Wow. Pretty shameful if you ask me. This from an agency that is supposed to be helping the disadvantaged.



https://www.wpri.com/target-12/low-i...ring-pandemic/


"PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence District Court judge said he was “not happy” a nonprofit organization with a mission to help low-income tenants and revitalize neighborhoods filed several evictions during the COVID-19 moratorium.
Court records show SWAP, a 45-year-old nonprofit that owns several pieces of rental property in Providence, filed eight evictions involving 14 people in early July when an eviction moratorium in the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was still in effect.
One of SWAP’s evictions involved Marcelino Perez and his disabled child."

[independent man]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Wow. Pretty shameful if you ask me. This from an agency that is supposed to be helping the disadvantaged. ]

I would be interested in SWAP's side of this story. The non-profit is, by far, the most effective affordable housing corporation in the state.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by independent man

I would be interested in SWAP's side of this story. The non-profit is, by far, the most effective affordable housing corporation in the state.

Their side of the story is claiming that they don't qualify under the CARES Act. The judge doesn't seem to agree though. That they accept federal funding, there is a "process" that they apparently didn't follow.