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<\/a><\/p>\nIVTU acted when\u00a0five households were evicted from the Abrego Apartments in Isla Vista at the end of August. The complex had been taken over by a new management company\u00a0Majestic Asset Management that renamed\u00a0the building Abrego Villas. As reported by\u00a0the KEYT news,\u00a0“In the process of renovating the low-income apartments, eviction notices were handed out giving the tenants no choice to stay in the building and forcing them out within 60 days.” The report\u00a0also\u00a0quoted Tenant Union Chair Andrey Bogdanov explaining, “In order to avoid paying the tenants the benefits that they deserve, Majestic has tried to cancel some eviction notices and let other tenants return but they would be forced to pay a higher rent.” \u00a0IVTU fought to make sure the evicted tenants received the benefits they were entitled to by law.\u00a0Although they were forced to relocate, the tenants eventually\u00a0received compensation through an out of court settlement.<\/p>\n
GAUCHO FOOD PROGRAM<\/h3>\n
IVTU also stablished the Gaucho Food Program to fight hunger and advocate for healthier diets in Isla Vista.<\/p>\n
PARDALL CENTER RENOVATION<\/h3>\n
IVTU contributed funds for the renovation of the Pardall Center as a study and resource center for Isla Vista residents.<\/p>\n
DELTOPIA MITIGATION<\/h3>\n
IVTU promoted localization of Deltopia by\u00a0boycotting of Fuzion Glass Gallery, which had promoted Deltopia through its Facebook site.<\/p>\n
GREEN BILL CERTIFICATION<\/h3>\n
At the end of the 2013\/14 academic year IVTU became Green Bill Certified. IVTU is\u00a0energy efficient and strongly supports the environmental sustainability of student organizations.<\/p>\n
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INTRODUCTION The Isla Vista Tenants Union empowers tenants through education, advocacy, and grassroots organizing. IVTU promotes tenant interests and acts against violations of tenants\u2019 rights.\u00a0This year, IVTU continued its work\u00a0with local groups, the county, the university, and businesses to realize its mission with several actions and initiatives. ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES ABREGO APARTMENT EVICTIONS Most notably, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2014-15\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}