TACO arrived early on the scene in Westwood last Friday to witness the eviction of 2 people who had been squatting for months in a house slated to be torn down for... (no surprise here, really) CONDOS! We watched as two people's possessions were swept into a dumpster and couldn't help thinking of the city's many housing issues being swept under the proverbial rug.
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