Word: cavellini
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clear that the management was intent on evicting this family whatever way they could get them out," said EFZ member Bill Cavellini...
...Cavellini said the landlord had initially cited Mr. Desir's arrest on an assault charge in 1997 as the reason for the eviction, but that after Desir was acquitted of the charge, they changed the reasons to lease violations, including noise complaints...
...Cavellini said that by evicting lower-income clients like the Desirs, who receive government subsidies for their rent, the owner can remodel the apartments and rent them out at higher prices...
Also important to the EFZ at this point is media attention. "The media must focus both on the problem and on possible solutions," Cavellini said. Cavellini stressed the importance of increasing involvement on the part of city councillors and the community on the issue of rent control. He cited the need to pressure city council candidates to work actively for rent control at the state and local level...
...Cavellini said that if the EFZ continued their twelve-step program, they could win the rent control battle. "We will have the victory that we have to have to allow working class people to stay in the city," he said...