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Devin grew up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh and has lived there for his whole life. He had been living at the AHRCO properties on De Ruad Street for three years until the fire on August 17th, 2019 burned down the apartments and left him homeless.
Despite having to live in the despicable conditions that AHRCO is known for—mold, intermittent heat, sewage problem, infestations, and flood damage—Devin was forced to pay AHRCO $2800 after the fire. To add insult to injury, AHRCO was also trying to evict Devin after he had already been displaced from their properties from the fire! Taking the struggle to court, he was able to reduce the amount owed to $1000.
Today, Devin is still struggling to find a place to live as well as solid employment. AHRCO only offered him to move across the city to Whitaker, which would leave him unable to continue at his job that is in walking distance from where he lived on De Ruad; since he does not have a car and the bus lines in Whitaker are scarce, it would be unfeasible for him to get there.
While we believe that it is right to rebel and withhold rent from slumlords, and while we continue to actively fight this struggle in the streets—the only place that these problems will ultimately be settled—we want to support our friend who has been fighting this struggle from the very beginning so that he may continue fighting against the slumlords at AHRCO and across the city!
Let us unite, tenants, activists, and community members—all of us who have experienced the ugliness of slumlords and all of us who have fought against them—in helping out this working-class tenant of the Hill District!
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