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From YouTube: Helen Gym on Philly Evictions 3-20-2017
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From the hearing of the Joint Committees on Licenses & Inspections and Public Health & Human Services held on Monday, March 20, 2017 to hear testimony on the following item:
Councilwoman Helen Gym (At Large) opens the hearing with comments on the impact of evictions and substandard living conditions.
A
Policies
in
the
city.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
co-chair,
compliments
any
bath
or
leading
on
efforts
to
improve
the
health
and
well-being
of
children
and
families,
and
to
recognize
councilman
greeneries
work
on
behalf
of
renters
and
against
housing
discrimination.
This
is
a
city
council
was
trying
to
take
these
issues
very
seriously
in
many
ways.
A
A
lot
of
the
work
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
not
only
to
talk
about
poverty,
but
to
unpack
the
ways
in
which
poverty
impact
and
is
lived
in
this
city,
and
one
of
the
way
has
got
to
do
with
the
situation
of
eviction.
We
are
living
in
a
Philadelphia
eviction
crisis
that
targets
supports
residents
of
the
nation's
support
large
city
last
year,
24,000
families,
States
addiction,
and
that
is
just
the
one
that
we
knew
about
and
had
legal
filing.
A
All
in
all,
one
in
14,
fully
renters
will
face
eviction
in
the
city
and
low-income
philadelphian,
single
mothers,
african-americans
and
those
women
with
disabilities
are
the
hardest
hit.
This
is
a
crisis
that
deepens
poverty
and
spreads
homelessness,
and
it
is
an
issue
that
cuts
across
so
many
of
our
constituencies.
So
if
we
care
about
our
veterans
and
our
seniors,
we
should
be
paying
attention
to
eviction.
If
we
care
about
our
disabled
communities,
then
we
should
be
paying
attention
to
eviction.
A
If
we
care
about
women,
black
women
in
particular,
we
have
to
care
about
evictions
and
pay
attention
to
it.
If
we
care
about
children
and
their
academic
stability
and
performance
levels,
then
we
should
be
paying
attention
to
eviction
eviction
and
the
substandard
housing
conditions
faced
by
tens
of
thousands
in
our
city
is
a
public
health
crisis.
A
We
have
to
do
better
and
nine
years
ago,
so
it
all
came
together
to
address
the
mortgage
foreclosure
crisis,
government,
the
courts
and
stakeholders
all
rose
to
the
occasion
and
put
in
place
what
is
now
considered
a
national
model,
a
foreclosure
diversion
program
and
our
Savior
home
hotline.
We
have
to
take
the
same
public
policy
approach
with
evictions.
This
isn't
justice
situation
to
be
worked
out
between
two
individuals.
A
But,
most
importantly,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
people
in
this
room-
the
constituents
we
have
here
today,
who
have
taken
precious
time
out
of
their
day
to
share
your
stories
and
experiences
about
addiction
and
substandard
housing.
All
good
public
policy
start
with
you.
It
starts
with
us
listening
to
and
learning
from
you,
those
who
are
most
impacted
and
I
am
deeply
humbled
and
honored
with
your
courage
and
conviction
as
you
fight
to
solve
this
issue
in
our
city-
and
we
are
all
of
us
on
council-
are
here
and
committed
to
fighting
alongside.