Our Ask: Support the work SURJ Bay Area and our partner organizations do around gentrification and displacement by donating here. Bay Area renters face the highest rent burdens in the country and too many residents—especially Black and Brown families—are forced to leave behind the homes, neighbors, and communities they love. This crisis is fueled by racist housing policies that continue to enrich wealthy developers and corporate landlords at the expense of working-class residents. Our Ask: Support the work SURJ Bay Area and our partner organizations do around gentrification and displacement by donating here. Urban renewal; eminent domain for highway and BART construction; corporate developers; gentrification of low income neighborhoods; predatory lending; rising rents displacing Black and Brown communities and other vulnerable groups; homelessness for many: all fueled by capitalism, growing income inequality, and a long history of racial injustice in housing, jobs, education, healthcare, police, courts, and social services. |
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