Concurrent Session 2 — Rights for Tenants and the "Unhoused": Progress and Lessons Learned in Dayton
Paper/Proposal Title
Rights for Tenants and the "Unhoused": Progress and Lessons Learned in Dayton
Start Date
11-2-2023 5:00 PM
End Date
11-2-2023 6:15 PM
Keywords
Housing Rights, Community Activism, Tenants, Homelessness
Abstract
This session will look at the history of housing rights in the United States and look at recent interest in bills of rights for tenants and the unhoused (homeless). Presenters will share recent trends in the United States and Ohio. As part of this session, participants will learn about progress in Dayton, Ohio and surrounding communities towards both a Bill of Rights for Tenants t and a Bill of Rights for the Homeless. Panelists include an academic, a lawyer, community activists and people with lived experiences that they will share as part of the session.
Author/Speaker Biographical Statement(s)
Angel Bernard, MSW, is a social worker who works for the St. Vincent Shelter for the Homeless. Angel often shares her own personal journey with homelessness and has been recognized by several organizations for her advocacy and work with homeless families.
Destiny Brown is a community organizer for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and has been working in the Dayton area to organize around issues of tenants' rights. Destiny recently organized a panel at the Reimagining Housing Symposium where she shared her personal story of homelessness.
Debra Lavey is the Senior Legal Attorney for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and works to provide counsel to those in Eviction Court. She is a member of the City of Dayton Eviction Task Force and has been working on the Right to Counsel in Dayton.
Kathy Rowell is a professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College. She has been doing research and advocacy on homelessness and eviction. She also serves on the City of Dayton Eviction Task Force and is a member of the Human Relations Board.
Rights for Tenants and the "Unhoused": Progress and Lessons Learned in Dayton
This session will look at the history of housing rights in the United States and look at recent interest in bills of rights for tenants and the unhoused (homeless). Presenters will share recent trends in the United States and Ohio. As part of this session, participants will learn about progress in Dayton, Ohio and surrounding communities towards both a Bill of Rights for Tenants t and a Bill of Rights for the Homeless. Panelists include an academic, a lawyer, community activists and people with lived experiences that they will share as part of the session.
