As part of our housing rights campaign, WRAP is seeking volunteers to help us with media work, public education, and distribution related to the update’s release.
Volunteers will: 1) contact reporters covering housing and homelessness issues; 2) help develop an organizers tool kit and presentation; and 3) distribute updated report to relevant organizations and policy makers. Read the rest of this entry »
We’re at a critical juncture for housing policy in this country: millions of Americans are homeless and tens of millions more are on the brink of economic collapse.
The 2010 Update focuses public attention back on the #1 reason for this housing mess: the Federal Government’s divestment in affordable housing programs and deregulation of the housing market. Most importantly, it helps people understand these complex issues and provides a framework for turning this situation around. Read the rest of this entry »
Join Western Regional Advocacy Project, Coalition on Homelessness and Health Care for the Homeless National Consumer Advisory Board in celebrating our Human Right to exist in the place where these rights were created!
UN Plaza
7th & Market
San Francisco, CA
June 4, 2010 - 5:30 pm Read the rest of this entry »
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!! PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM
Councilmember Alarcon has introduced a motion for a one-year moratorium on any rent increases in rent-stabilized buildings in Los Angeles. This moratorium needs to move forward VERY quickly or it could get lost in the city’s budget process. Landlords are already calling Councilmembers and weighing in against it.
But, there are more tenants and tenant supporters than there are landlords – so they need to hear from us now! Please make your own calls and ask colleagues, members, neighbors and others to make calls between today and Friday, April 30th. Be sure to specifically tell the Councilmembers if you live or work in their district – but call them any or all as an LA resident. Read the rest of this entry »
Community members needed to pack City Hall! THIS Thursday, April 29th at 2pm
to say NO to the new Sidewalk Management Plan, and YES to Sidewalks being for EVERYONE!
Parade first at Noon at Sisters!
Timeline for Thursday, April 29th:
Noon- Sidewalks Are For Everyone! Rally & Parade (Meet @ Sisters, 133 NW 6th Ave, corner of NW 6th and Davis)
1:30 pm- Sign up to testify at Council meeting (City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave)
2 pm- Pack Council Chambers to say no to Sidewalk Management Ordinance! Read the rest of this entry »