Victoria Horrock
@vhorrock.bsky.social
Springsteen fan, housing lawyer, dive bar enthusiast
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“Over the past four years, I’ve watched their communities get sold, one by one, to large investment firms.”
theconversation.com/private-equi...
By Cassie Powell. via @us.theconversation.com
#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
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By Cassie Powell. via @us.theconversation.com
#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Over the past four years, I’ve watched their communities get sold, one by one, to large investment firms.”
theconversation.com/private-equi...
By Cassie Powell. via @us.theconversation.com
#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
theconversation.com/private-equi...
By Cassie Powell. via @us.theconversation.com
#housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism
Another successful trip to Houston.
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Another successful trip to Houston.
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Sharing for this strong opening graf.
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
Whistleblowers Sound Alarm on Trump’s Assault on Fair Housing Act
The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.
newrepublic.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sharing for this strong opening graf.
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
Never felt prouder as a parent than this coloring sheet request by one of my kids.
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Never felt prouder as a parent than this coloring sheet request by one of my kids.
WTJU Saturday Night
September 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WTJU Saturday Night
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"Here we are, debating whether survival should be treated as a crime." Beth says once someone has a record, it makes it nearly impossible to get housing or a job.
"You simply cannot punish people out of poverty."
Vigorous round of applause and cheers.
"You simply cannot punish people out of poverty."
Vigorous round of applause and cheers.
September 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Here we are, debating whether survival should be treated as a crime." Beth says once someone has a record, it makes it nearly impossible to get housing or a job.
"You simply cannot punish people out of poverty."
Vigorous round of applause and cheers.
"You simply cannot punish people out of poverty."
Vigorous round of applause and cheers.
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U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
U.S. taxpayers have spent $24 billion on Netanyahu's horrific war in Gaza. Instead of starving children, that money could pay for:
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
700,000 public housing units
500,000 low-income kids receiving health care
500,000 veterans receiving VA care
600,000 kids in Head Start
Combined.
New community defense campaign created by and for immigrants n Virginia- call to report ICE activity or connect with resources. #poderva
August 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New community defense campaign created by and for immigrants n Virginia- call to report ICE activity or connect with resources. #poderva
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Broke: get trans out of sports
Woke: get Disney adults out of politics
Woke: get Disney adults out of politics
July 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Broke: get trans out of sports
Woke: get Disney adults out of politics
Woke: get Disney adults out of politics
Apparently Bill Moyers was once described as a “sweater-wearing pundit who delivered socialist and neo-Marxist propaganda with a soft Texas accent.” - I mean if we don’t need that what do we need? @scooley.bsky.social
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Apparently Bill Moyers was once described as a “sweater-wearing pundit who delivered socialist and neo-Marxist propaganda with a soft Texas accent.” - I mean if we don’t need that what do we need? @scooley.bsky.social
Happy Father’s Day. Wouldn’t want to take this gremlin ride with anyone else.
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Happy Father’s Day. Wouldn’t want to take this gremlin ride with anyone else.
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assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
Governor Waltz has now confirmed that Hortman and her husband were killed in the attack.
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
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New study by Virginia Heat Watch finds historically redlined neighborhoods across VA — including Arlington, Richmond, Lynchburg, VA Beach & more — can be up to 15°F hotter in summer, thanks to low tree cover & concrete-heavy areas tied to redlining efforts.
virginiamercury.com/briefs/study...
virginiamercury.com/briefs/study...
Study shows historically redlined Virginia neighborhoods are hotter in the summer • Virginia Mercury
As hot and humid summer weather settles across Virginia, a recent study finds that certain neighborhoods across the state, often with higher populations of people of color, can be up to 15 degrees hot...
virginiamercury.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New study by Virginia Heat Watch finds historically redlined neighborhoods across VA — including Arlington, Richmond, Lynchburg, VA Beach & more — can be up to 15°F hotter in summer, thanks to low tree cover & concrete-heavy areas tied to redlining efforts.
virginiamercury.com/briefs/study...
virginiamercury.com/briefs/study...
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Republicans are going to spend the rest of their careers trying to justify sending ICE and the National Guard on a guy with Lightning McQueen crocs.
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Republicans are going to spend the rest of their careers trying to justify sending ICE and the National Guard on a guy with Lightning McQueen crocs.
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BREAKING: Judge Giles ordered the immediate release of our ACLU-VA client Dr. Badar Khan Suri from Prairieland Detention Center in Texas!!
We argued motions in Alexandria, VA this morning & are also in TX w/Center for Constitutional Rights ready to bring our client home to his family in Virginia.
We argued motions in Alexandria, VA this morning & are also in TX w/Center for Constitutional Rights ready to bring our client home to his family in Virginia.
Judge orders Georgetown researcher released from ICE custody
Badar Kahn Suri, who has been held in Texas since March, is expected to return to Virginia after a federal judge found he raised substantial First Amendment claims
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
BREAKING: Judge Giles ordered the immediate release of our ACLU-VA client Dr. Badar Khan Suri from Prairieland Detention Center in Texas!!
We argued motions in Alexandria, VA this morning & are also in TX w/Center for Constitutional Rights ready to bring our client home to his family in Virginia.
We argued motions in Alexandria, VA this morning & are also in TX w/Center for Constitutional Rights ready to bring our client home to his family in Virginia.
Happy Mother’s Day Eve to all who celebrate.
May 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Happy Mother’s Day Eve to all who celebrate.
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Glorious.
"It’s me: a woman who crawled through the most dangerous terrain on earth with my entire family for the sole purpose of stabbing a pen-like object into a series of perforated holes at a school gymnasium, YMCA, or struggling retail location."
I’m the Imaginary Migrant Who Crossed the Darién Gap to Vote in the United States
“The Darién Gap, a stretch of nearly impenetrable rainforest along the border with Colombia, was transformed into a migratory highway in recent yea...
buff.ly
May 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Glorious.
More actual nazis taking over the government
Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'
Ed Martin, President Trump's pick for U.S. attorney for D.C., is distancing himself from a Jan. 6 rioter known for antisemitic views. NPR's reporting raises questions about his ties to the rioter.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
More actual nazis taking over the government
Best graduation in Charlottesville- Public Housing Association of Residents Interns
April 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Best graduation in Charlottesville- Public Housing Association of Residents Interns
Baltimore you’re charming
April 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Baltimore you’re charming
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Community members and legal advocates react to ICE arrests.
Legal Aid Justice Center reacts to ICE arrests at courthouse
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Community members and legal advocates are expressing alarm after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two individuals at the Albemarle County Courthouse on Tuesday,
www.cbs19news.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Community members and legal advocates react to ICE arrests.
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“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...
Abrego Garcia’s Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife says she fears for her safety since the Trump administration deported him to a prison in El Salvador.
newrepublic.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government **posted their home address** to social media.” 4/23/25 newrepublic.com/post/194289/...
This is high on the list of things that are much scarier than tariffs:
El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing a Maryland man back to the US
Trump’s top advisers and Nayib Bukele say that they had no basis for the Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there.
apnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is high on the list of things that are much scarier than tariffs:
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The Administration is reporting living immigrants as dead to Social Security's Death Master File, to get their credit files shut down. But credit bureaus would be foolish to rely on this corrupted vandalized data. Esp if they end up mistakenly doing this to citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers (Gift Article)
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Administration is reporting living immigrants as dead to Social Security's Death Master File, to get their credit files shut down. But credit bureaus would be foolish to rely on this corrupted vandalized data. Esp if they end up mistakenly doing this to citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Justice Sotomayor nails it:
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Justice Sotomayor nails it: