Virginia Baskerville at her apartment on July 27, 2023. She said she has faced challenges securing housing ever since she was evicted in 2019 from her Washington Heights apartment on the city’s Far South Side after being the victim of domestic violence.
HUD confirmed Wednesday it had received the complaint but declined to comment on the timeline for the investigation. Virginia Baskerville, 28, said she has faced challenges securing housing ever since she was evicted in 2019 from her Washington Heights apartment on the city’s Far South Side after being the victim of domestic violence.
“This type of landlord is the one I’ll be having to find now,” Baskerville said. “I’m in this little nasty, dirty building because of that eviction. It won’t come off. They can find it, even though it is sealed.”‘We’re on the front lines of gentrification’: Beverly tenants protest mass eviction in six-building complexHOPE Fair Housing Center and Legal Aid Chicago are bringing the complaints in their capacity as organizations that advocate for fair housing access.