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Shirley from @CVHaction repping #homes4all demanding principal reduction

Those Hurt by Housing Crisis Interrupt FHFA Acting Director DeMarco at House Hearing

Five Arrested For Protesting DeMarco at House Financial Services Hearing Shirley from @CVHaction repping #homes4all demanding principal reduction Washington, DC—A group of 15 Americans in need of affordable housing crashed a Financial Services hearing on the Hill today, where FHFA
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There’s room for a $15 minimum wage in S.F.’s new economy

Vanessa Moses and Josué Arguelles Published in SF Gate, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 It’s been 10 years since San Francisco raised its minimum wage to the highest in the country. Today, we find ourselves in a new economy. Yet day
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The TRUST Act: Sign it Gov. Brown!

Our Work Continues With Resilience and Courage By Cinthya Muñoz Ramos Thanks to Melanie Cervantes, Favianna Rodriguez and ACUDIR for the collaboration on these beautiful posters! As our newspaper goes into print Oct 12, we await a signature that would
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The Trust Act passes another hurdle on a 11-0 vote

AB1081, the Trust Act, passed another hurdle when it sailed through the State Appropriations Committee May 18 by a vote of 11-0 with Democrats voting unanimously for the bill. It now advances to the Assembly Floor where the fight is
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The Legacy of Manning Marable: 1950-2011

Two decades in the making, Manning Marable’s nearly 600-page biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, is described as a reevaluation of Malcolm X’s life, providing new insights into the circumstances of his assassination, as well as raising questions about
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The fight against displacement continues with recent wins on both sides of the bay!

As the crisis worsens and working-class people are left without work, services are being cut and foreclosed homes are left vacant, our fight for housing and justice needs to be even stronger, with bolder demands. Last year, Causa Justa ::
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The Fabulous Five and Resurgence of a Housing Justice Movement:

Homeowners, Renters and Homeless families Unite For Secure, Affordable Housing For All Fannie Mae wants Virginia Wooten and her son on the street by October 8. You hear “Fannie Mae” and think of a kind aunt that will do anything
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The Empire Strikes Back  - How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme — Again

This time it’s securities bundled from rentals, rather than mortgages.  By Laura GottesdienerTomDispatch.com You can hardly turn on the television or open a newspaper without hearing about the nation’s impressive, much celebrated housing recovery. Home prices are rising! New
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The battle of 16th and Mission: Inside the campaign to “clean up” the plaza and build luxury housing

By Julia Carrie Wong/48 Hills MARCH 18, 2014 — Laura Guzman, the director of homeless services for Mission Neighborhood Health Center, had the question that was on everybody’s mind at a recent protest at the 16th and Mission BART
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Tenants Rights Tuesdays

This past Tuesday the Community and Economic Development Committee heard testimony from courageous tenants, Just Cause leaders, and allies who all spoke out in support of the Tenant Protection Ordinance (TPO) in Oakland. Along with all the supporters were a
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