Rent control gains momentum after Chicago voters again give it thumbs up
Rent control gains momentum after Chicago voters again give it thumbs up
The push for rent control is nationwide. Oregon passed the country’s first statewide rent control law this week. A...
The push for rent control is nationwide. Oregon passed the country’s first statewide rent control law this week. A report released this week by two nonprofit advocacy groups, PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, concluded it is the best policy for stabilizing housing costs.
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"People Power Beats Corporate Greed": After Years of Pressure, JPMorgan Agrees to Divest from Private Prisons
"People Power Beats Corporate Greed": After Years of Pressure, JPMorgan Agrees to Divest from Private Prisons
Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy, and New York Communities for Change were among the organizations...
Make the Road NY, the Center for Popular Democracy, and New York Communities for Change were among the organizations credited with pressuring the bank to stop bankrolling CoreCivic and GEO Group, the nation's largest private prison operators.
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Rent Control The Best Way To Stabilize Housing Costs, Says New Report
The new report “Our Homes Our Future,” by PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, says...
The new report “Our Homes Our Future,” by PolicyLink Right to the City Alliance and Center for Popular Democracy, says “Leveraging this powerful yet underutilized tool would have tremendous payoff: if the rent control and tenant protection policies being debated right now in states and localities become reality, 12.7 million renter households will be stabilized. If adopted by states nationwide, 42 million households could be stabilized.
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How rent control promotes community stability
How rent control promotes community stability
A new report examines how rent control promotes community stability. The release of “Our Homes, Our Future” comes as...
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. But the report – made through a collaboration between PolicyLink, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Right To The City Alliance – takes a broader look, beyond the policy debates of the Empire State.
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Fairer Labor Laws Would Prevent Getting Fired for ‘Not Smiling Enough’
Fairer Labor Laws Would Prevent Getting Fired for ‘Not Smiling Enough’
Gomez’s story highlights the precariousness of fast-food jobs. In a new survey of 539 New York City fast-food workers,...
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 findings are in a February report, “Fired on a Whim,” by four worker advocacy groups, the Center for Popular Democracy, Fast Food Justice, 32BJ SEIU and the National Employment Law Project.
Will Statewide Rent Control Catch On Beyond Oregon?
Affordable housing -- or lack thereof -- isn't an issue confined to Oregon. While the U.S. median household income has...
Affordable housing -- or lack thereof -- isn't an issue confined to Oregon. While the U.S. median household income has remained relatively flat since 2001, the median rent has shot up by more than 40 percent in the same time period, according to a new report from PolicyLink, a research organization that advocates for economic and racial equity.
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Report names banks that ‘created and profited’ from Puerto Rico debt
Report names banks that ‘created and profited’ from Puerto Rico debt
“The report, titled “Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks,” was released Wednesday at a public forum organized by...
“The report, titled “Six Billion Reasons to Go After the Banks,” was released Wednesday at a public forum organized by the student movement at the University of Puerto Rico’s Río Piedras campus by the Public Accountability Initiative (PAI), in partnership with Hedge Clippers, a group that advocates for income equality by targeting hedge and private equity funds, and the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) a progressive politics advocacy group.
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Lanzan campaña para nuevos acuerdos de reestructuración de deuda
Lanzan campaña para nuevos acuerdos de reestructuración de deuda
Por su parte, Julio López Varona, Co-Director de Campañas comunitarias de El Center for Popular Democracy y coordinador...
Por su parte, Julio López Varona, Co-Director de Campañas comunitarias de El Center for Popular Democracy y coordinador de Hedge Clippers expresó: “Durante años, grupos comunitarios han argumentado que partes importantes de la deuda puertorriqueña se habían emitido ilegalmente y no deberían pagarse. En un sorprendente giro de los acontecimientos, la Junta se ha unido a nuestro coro. Hoy aprendemos que la deuda no solo se emitió ilegalmente, sino que una vez más encontramos puertas giratorias de corrupción que ayudaron a algunas personas selectas a enriquecerse. La pregunta ahora es: ¿qué hará la Juan para perseguir a los bancos que se beneficiaron de esta deuda ilegal? ¿La Junta realmente tomará una postura por Puerto Rico o continuará su historial de apoyo con tenedores de bonos y bancos mientras la isla sufre?”
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La diáspora pide aprovechar decisión judicial para acabar con la Junta
La diáspora pide aprovechar decisión judicial para acabar con la Junta
Julio López Varona, director de campañas de Dignidad Comunitaria del Center for Popular Democracy y también miembro de...
Julio López Varona, director de campañas de Dignidad Comunitaria del Center for Popular Democracy y también miembro de Vamos4PuertoRico, sostuvo que más que las personas nombradas a la junta, el problema es la naturaleza del ente fiscal y los abarcadores poderes que se le han conferido.
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Amazon’s NYC breakup over HQ2 may spark more outrage over corporate subsidies nationwide
Amazon’s NYC breakup over HQ2 may spark more outrage over corporate subsidies nationwide
Together, we will continue pressing our demands that Amazon show up in our communities to listen to community members...
Together, we will continue pressing our demands that Amazon show up in our communities to listen to community members about real concerns regarding jobs, displacement, rising costs, lack of transparency, and shutting communities out of processes," said a statement by an as-yet-unnamed coalition of more than 20 community groups including the Center for Popular Democracy, New Virginia Majority, and Stand Up Nashville.
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