Jail and Housing Conditions, Recovery in Post-Helene Asheville

The Final Straw Radio

This week on The Final Straw Radio, you’ll hear three interviews interviews relating to community needs and recovering concerning Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina.

If you're a non-Pacifica radio station airing the show, here's a link for the 58 minute radio edition while Archive.Org continues to be down due to hacker attacks.

First up, you’ll hear Jen Hampton of the WNC Tenants Network about the re-opening of eviction courts in Buncombe County and conditions of housing in an already difficulty place to live.

Then, Bruce and G talk from the Asheville Community Bail Fund speak about conditions in the local jail during and after this unnatural disaster.

Finally, Yousef of the Palestinian and Arab-led Sumud Collective speaks about his experience of the storm and recovery work in the region in an interview recorded a couple of weeks ago.

Other links from Jen:

• Short term rental rules for Asheville: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/news/asheville-homestay-and-short-term-rental-update-regulation-changes-and-active-enforcement/
• Just Economics https://www.justeconomicswnc.org/
• FEMA: https://DisasterAssistance.Gov 1-800-631-3362
• Eblin Charities: https://www.eblencharities.org/
• Pisgah Legal Services: https://www.pisgahlegal.org/
• NC Legal Aid: https://legalaidnc.org/
• WNC Tenants Network: https://bit.ly/WNCTenantsNetwork
• NC Tenants Union: https://nctenantsunion.org/

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