rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-era-evictions?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-era-evictions' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Eno River Tenants Association https://actionnetwork.org/users/eno-river-tenants-association/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/389/220/original/ERA_Tenants_Action_Network_Banner2.jpg Sign and share to stop the Eno River Association (ERA) from displacing our Durham neighbors! The Eno River Association has enacted a plan to informally evict seven tenant households from Open Air Camp Road in North Durham. The homes are inhabited by long-time tenants, who are majority families of color, as well as disabled tenants, a veteran with cancer, a single mom with five kids, low-income residents on fixed incomes, children, babies and elders. ERA is moving to displace them in an unnecessary sale to the State to give forest rangers, who are sworn police officers, free housing off these tenants’ backs even though the tenants have collectively invested much more than ERA has ever paid on these properties. The families were also told by management on multiple occasions that they would never have to worry about displacement since ERA is a non-profit land trust organization. Some of them have been in their homes 15-20 years and paid $100,000 to $218,000 into their homes. They would have never stayed that long if they knew they could be displaced, especially during the worst housing crisis of their lifetimes. If ERA wishes to simply expand the Eno River State Park, they can easily subdivide the vacant land from the houses and turn the houses over to the biggest investors – the tenants – using the shared equity model laid out by the Durham Community Land Trust, which leaves the land as preserved conservation land and ensures the houses will always remain in the hands of low income residents and families. ERA should have done this long ago instead of collecting rent and ignoring necessary repairs, mold, unsafe drinking water, and other habitability issues. They’ve stated that their mission to protect land is necessary “due to colonial practices” that have “dispossessed many peoples of color.” We call on ERA to take the ethical road, stay in line with that mission, and to stop these evictions. Dispossessing these families to give the state their homes IS state violence! Together we can protect the land and Durham tenants’ homes! *For questions about this campaign or how to get more involved in supporting these families, contact us at EnoRiverTenants@gmail.com. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-era-evictions