Michael Penn is facing eviction because his property manager claims he was aggressive towards staff members and that his dog, Sasha, barks too much. The same property manager says Penn’s neighbor, Demerius Calhoun, left a window open in his living room and caused the pipes to freeze and a neighbor’s apartment to flood. Another neighbor is being threatened because the property manager is accusing him of smoking in his apartment — even though he says he doesn’t smoke.

All of them, tenants at The Graphic Lofts in Charlestown, are Black, formerly incarcerated and say they are being targeted.