This is a quick follow-up on my earlier email from Monday. The Housing committee meeting in the House of Representatives, previously scheduled for this Thursday Oct 19 at 10:30am, has been cancelled.
This is the third time in the last month-and-a-half that the housing committee has failed to meet.
At this rate, the legislature might not achieve much of anything this year to help renters, despite the worsening cost-of-living crisis that we are all facing.
Please call these two representatives to insist that the Housing committee do its job and make progress for renters and unhoused people before the House adjourns.
1. Committee Chair, Representative Kevin Coleman: (517) 373-2275
2. House Speaker, Representative Joe Tate: (517) 373-0857
Be polite but firm. Speak about how the housing crisis is impacting you and the people you care about. Leave a message if they don’t pick up. Ask them to advance these three policies before the House adjourns later this fall:
1. Pass the Homeless Bill of Rights (HB 4919) through committee and through the full chamber
2. Pass the Fair Chance Access to Housing Act (HB 4878) through committee and through the full chamber
3. Hold a committee hearing on the Rent Control Preemption Repeal (HB 4947)
If you have a conversation that you’d like to report back on, you can do so by replying to this email.
Thanks for making these phone calls. They need to know that renters are getting organized and we are paying attention.
Will
P.S. If you haven’t already, you can also send a letter to your own representative by using this letter tool: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ritdh-oct23