Hello, current affairs listeners. This is your legal editor, Oren Nimni. I'm here for a very special

episode with Erica Iderhoven, who is a candidate for Middlesex 27th for state representative in

Massachusetts. It happens to be the district that I live in, so I'm very excited to interview her.

She is the progressive candidate in the race and bringing some really good,

much needed, bold ideas to the Massachusetts State House. So welcome, Erica. Thanks for joining me.

Thank you so much for having me. Yeah, I'm really happy to have you here. I feel like when I go on my

COVID walks, I see your signs everywhere around. And it's really exciting. So I actually kind of wanted to

ask you

about the district, though, you know, a lot of your platform, which folks should check out on

your website, and we can plug at the end, but a lot of your platform is very clearly linked to

some of the things coming out of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party Green New Deal,

housing justice, all this sort of stuff.

And so I guess I'm wondering what specific problems you're seeing in the district or how you're

linking those broader national programs to, you know, what the constituents in your district

that you're talking to every day are needing. Yeah, absolutely. I think the biggest thing that I see

in the district, well, just to just say a few

quick facts about my district, just is very young. I'm actually of the median age of the district

in terms of residence. I'm 33 years old. It is a district that is 66% tenants. So I'll just start

right off the bat to say, I think one of the biggest things affecting this district.

But in many parts of, you know, urban areas in this country is this gentrification crisis and the

displacement crisis.

It's interesting you mention that because just this week, there is a apartment building that is facing a 30% rent hike for its residents in the midst of a global pandemic, right?

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