Mass. tenant union to hold training for disabled Chicopee Housing Authority residents

Mass. tenant union to hold training for disabled Chicopee Housing Authority residents

In 2021, U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing the Chicopee Housing Authority of engaging in a pattern of racial and disability discrimination. The parties recently entered into a consent decree

Disability advocates fight eviction from accessible home

Two longtime Minnesota disability community leaders and their teenage daughter spent much of April fighting eviction from a Maplewood apartment. Nikki Villavicencio-Tollison, Darrell Paulsen and their daughter Alley face unique challenges when looking for a new home, due to Paulsen and Villavicencio-Tollison’s disabilities and need for accommodations. An attorney for the Maplewood fourplex owner indicated that a lease termination and eviction we…