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I have a retired friend who lives in a trailer court in another state, and has for years. She owns her trailer, but not the land, and pays a rental on the property her trailer sits on. Last year, an outside company bought the trailer court property. This year, the company doubled the rent. No improvements, no reason given. My friend is on a fixed, limited, income. This is a big stress on her. I’m betting this same scenario is playing out in Texas, and maybe even locally. The issue of landlords arbitrarily raising rent is not central to the crisis in housing that Texas is experiencing, but is tied in.
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This is something I’m writing to myself, of two minds, about being part of our protests, thinking about protests, and about future demonstrations. It’s a response to stray comments from someone outside our group and from someone inside the group, guiding us preparing for a demonstration. This is not to move toward a judgement, but just thinking.  Y’all…it’s been quite the experience since November 5th, hasn’t it? Like many of you, I’m rather new to activism and being the “opposition”. I dove in head-first back in October, and have stumbled my way into things that work for me.  |
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