youtube image
From YouTube: Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council 4-12-2018

Description

The Stated Meeting of Philadelphia held Thursday, April 12, 2018.

Presentations:
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large) led a presentation honoring Iyanla Vanzant's life, accomplishments and contributions to the fields of spirituality and personal development.

Councilwoman Cherelle Parker (9th District) led a presentation honoring the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated's Philadelphia Alumnae, Quaker City Alumnae, and Valley Forge Alumnae Chapters on the occasion of Delta Youth Day at Philadelphia City Council.

Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (7th District) led a presentation recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Children's Alliance and the Department of Human Services for their partnership and commitment to bring healing and justice to victims of child sexual abuse in Philadelphia and declaring April 2018 to be Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in the City of Philadelphia.

Bills and Resolutions on second reading and final passage:
170247, 170408, 180299, 180303, 180309, 180310, 180312, 180313, 180314, 180322, 180326, 180327, 171110-A, 160007, 160248, 160720, 170241, 170675, 170678, 170854, 180008, 170365, 180010, and 180215.

T

My name is Stephanie L tamari I'm here on behalf of the Philadelphia tenants, Union I grew up in Mayfair in Long, Crest and right now, I'm living in kelomal and I'm here to discuss the urgency of passing the good cause legislation bill number one: seven, zero, eight four, so I've been doing tenants, rights work in Philadelphia for about three years and I've, seen a few really horrifying things: mother living with a toddler in a house with exposed outlets and no heat space heater plugged in in the winter, because the gas didn't work people living with trash inside there because the lindlar doesn't give them anywhere to put outside and the neighbors complained if it's outside I've seen people living with cellophane windows, because landlords don't want to fix the glass I've heard of landlords walking in on like women tenants while they were naked and then trying to like barter sexual favors, saying like oh, if you can't pay your rent, you can do this instead, I've seen like you know, families torn apart from eviction I've seen people kicked out of their houses with children having to move into homeless, shelters, I've seen people, evicted from houses, landlords didn't even actually own, but the Landlord successfully managed to evict them entire block sold to developers, communities uprooted- and you know, time and time again the thing that I've heard is that tenants don't want to complain about living in these conditions, because if they complain their landlord can kick them out of their house without any real reason.