CPD In The News

Gomez’s story highlights the precariousness of fast-food jobs. In a new survey of 539 New York City fast-food workers, 65 percent of respondents said they had been fired without explanation at least once. Half had either been terminated or forced to quit due to intolerable working conditions.

The push for rent control is nationwide. Oregon passed the country’s first statewide rent control law this week.

The legislation has earned the support of a wide range of progressive activists and organizing groups, among them: National Nurses United, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, Physicians for a National Health Program, Social Security Works, Center for Popular Democracy, and Public Citizen.

The Medicare For All Act is the only viable fix to a health care system that leaves far too many people in this country behind. I have the privilege of good employer-based insurance, but even that wasn’t enough when my husband was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Last week: Justice for Renters: Florida is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.

The report, called Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities, is the work of the Right to the City Alliance, PolicyLink, and the Center for Popular Democracy.

The stats in Oregon are reflective of a nationwide housing crisis, per a new report released on February 27 by Right To The City, the Center for Popular Democracy and PolicyLink.

The researchers’ work was supported by grants from the W.K.

A new report examines how rent control promotes community stability. The release of “Our Homes, Our Future” comes as state lawmakers debate expanding tenant protections, including the expansion of rent control outside the New York City area.

PolicyLink, the Right to the City Alliance and the Center for Popular Democracy recently released a report that found communities of color are most affected by rising rents. It also found that 6,300 families across the country face eviction each day.