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Housing Justice is Racial Justice

April is National Fair Housing Month. Housing advocates are celebrating the passage of the Fair Housing Act. Yet the federal law’s promise to promote a more equitable and integrated society remains largely unfulfilled. The lack of access to safe, decent, and affordable housing today reflects and compounds the racial inequities that have plagued this country for centuries. Congress must act now to fulfill the spirit of the Fair Housing Act.

April 30, 2021 | Housing & Home Ownership

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Recovery must focus on reducing poverty and systemic inequities

Congress should move swiftly to build on the Administration’s proposals and craft recovery legislation focused on investing in low-income families, creating opportunity, and reducing disparities, by helping families with low incomes keep a roof over their heads and making expansions of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) permanent.

April 29, 2021 | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

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Cutting child poverty in half

Today a COVID relief bill is headed to the President’s desk, and it includes key changes to the tax code that will be part of cutting child poverty in half in the United States. It also includes further investment in emergency rental assistance and desperately needed relief against COVID globally.

March 10, 2021 | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy

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The latest from Capitol Hill on coronavirus and poverty

This page will be regularly updated as Congress debates the next stage of the pandemic response. Check back regularly for a dispatch from Capitol Hill and actions you can take.

Grassroots Spotlight

Reflections on Black History Month: Jamaica Brickhouse

February is Black History Month. For the month of February, we will be sharing a series of spotlights of some of our staff and volunteers in the Black community. This post features Jamaica Brickhouse.

February 22, 2021 | Black History Month | Housing & Home Ownership

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Monthly Action Sheets (U.S. Poverty)

August 2020: Congress must include housing assistance in COVID bill

Millions of Americans are facing eviction and homelessness in the middle of a pandemic. As Congress works to pass another COVID-19 response package, it is imperative that it includes emergency rental assistance and a national moratorium on evictions. Contact your Senate and House offices now and tell them to make sure the next COVID-19 bill protects renters. Generate local media to amplify your message. (Word version)

August 1, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Housing & Home Ownership | Inequality & Tax Policy | U.S. Health & Nutrition

Webinar (U.S. and Global Poverty)

July 2020: Housing, Health, and COVID-19

Guest Speakers: Dr. Megan Sandel, Children’s HealthWatch; Dr. Jim Kim, former World Bank President

Join the webinar via Zoom on July 11 at 1 pm ET, or dial (669) 900-6833 or (929) 436-2866, meeting ID 994 444 828

July 2020 Webinar Recording

July 2020 Webinar Slides (PDF)

July 2020 Webinar Slides (PPT)

July 9, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria | Housing & Home Ownership

Monthly Action Sheets (U.S. Poverty)

July 2020: Congress Must Protect Renters in next COVID-19 bill

Congress is working to pass another COVID-19 response package in the next few weeks. Emergency rental assistance and a national moratorium on evictions must be in this bill. Talk directly to your senators and representatives, and their staff, telling them to protect renters in the next COVID-19 bill. Use media to amplify that message. (Word version)

July 8, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Housing & Home Ownership

Monthly Action Sheets (U.S. Poverty)

May 2020: Use Media to Build Support for Housing and Nutrition Assistance

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced tens of millions of Americans out of work, making it more and more difficult to pay the rent and buy food. We must act now to prevent a terrible situation from getting worse. Use letters to the editor to demand Congress include emergency assistance for renters and increased nutrition assistance for families in the COVID-19 response. (Word version)

May 5, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Housing & Home Ownership | U.S. Health & Nutrition

RESULTS Affordable Housing Congressional Requests Spring 2020

Use this “leave behind” in your lobby meetings this spring to urge your members Congress to stand up for low-income Americans by including emergency rental assistance and nutrition assistance in the next round of COVID-19 legislation.

April 15, 2020 | Housing & Home Ownership

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