Full Name
Maria Teresa Walles
Job Title
Safety Net Activist
Organization
Urban Justice Center
Speaker Bio
Maria Teresa Walles is a Safety Net Activist with the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. As a Safety Net Activist, Maria Teresa works with Urban Justic Center staff to prevent evictions, illegal rent increases, uninhabitable living conditions, and other attacks on the social safety net. She has advocated to the Department of Social Services and the Department of Homeless Services to address issues regarding cash assistance, shelters, the CitiFHEPs rental assistance program.
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