City Life Organizers Target Urban Edge

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"They made me sign the same agreement with the same words," [Brenda Rodriguez] told [Marie Smith]. "You have to bring this letter to City Life as soon as possible. If they give you a 14-day notice, you still have a right to go back for mediation. I know. I'm an organizer of Urban Edge tenants."

"We responded and said that we would meet with the tenants and Urban Edge," [Cheryl Lawrence] said. "The issue is not between us and them, it's between the tenants and Urban Edge."

"A lot of these problems arise because affordable housing isn't a priority at the federal and state level," she said. "What I see now is that the funding for support services is not where it should be. And I don't know whether Urban Edge has outgrown some of its reach."

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City Life Organizers Target Urban Edge

After Marie Smith's 40-year-old son and his girlfriend had a loud fight in front of her Walnut Park apartment, she says Urban Edge, the community development corporation that owns and manages her building, initiated eviction procedures.

She has had other complaints against her, but she s...

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