It Takes Roots

It's July 1st and rent is due. Over 47 million Americans filed for unemployment from #Covid19 and are facing mounting debt or eviction. It's clearer than ever we need to guarantee #HomesForAll. Housing justice plank of our #RegenerativeEconomy toolkit: http://ittakesroots.org/uft/ 

We and our partners identified 5 policy priorities for housing justice (1/5) Rent Control Establish a national rent control standard so no one is forced out of their homes because landlords or land speculators seek to drive up profits at the expense of people.

(2/5) Community Governance of Land Millions of acres of Indigenous Peoples’ sovereign lands were taken through the Dawes Allotment Act and the Burke Act, creating land fragmentation and illegal property and tax structures resulting in loss of lands and jurisdictional authority.

(2/5) Community Governance of Land Black and Brown people have been driven off land and dispossessed of homes due to land theft, racist lending practices, land speculation and gentrification, and tenant exploitation.

(2/5) Community Governance of Land Tax land speculators and support community control of land through the creation of/ investment in, existing land trusts and other cooperative measures as determined by each community to support a Just Transition and anti-displacement practices.

(3/5) Make Homes Healthy Invest $1 trillion over ten years in protected funding for public housing authorities, community land trusts, and tribal and local governments to build new, green, socially-owned housing.

(3/5) Make Homes Healthy Acquire existing housing stock through tenant option to purchase acts, and retrofit all housing that needs it. Enforce healthy homes and energy efficiency standards on private landlords.