| State housing committee hearings There have been 3 housing committee hearings so far this legislative session, and the Rent Is Too Damn High coalition has held a presence at every one of them. Let’s keep it up! Tuesday, September 26, 12:00pm: Senate Housing & Human Services Committee, Capitol Room 403 At time of drafting this email we don’t yet know what’s on the agenda for this meeting, but we will be there to maintain a presence as we’ve been doing every week. Thursday, September 28, 10:30am: House Housing Subcommittee, Anderson House Office Building Room 326 – ATTENDING THIS HEARING IS THIS WEEK’S TOP-PRIORITY CALL TO ACTION Two important bills are scheduled to be heard: a Bill of Rights for Unhoused People (HB 4919), and Fair Chance Access to Housing (HB 4878). Lansing-based unhoused advocates have been fighting for the Bill of Rights, and coalition partner Nation Outside has been pushing over a year for Fair Chance housing. For background on Fair Chance, I highly recommend checking out Nation Outside’s Housing Not Hurdles website: https://www.nationoutside.org/housingnothurdles We will share more information about future committee agendas as soon as we have them. For questions about committee hearings, contact Aaron Mahoney of For Our Future (517-214-2243 // amahoney@forourfuturefund.org). Aaron is the lead organizer of this effort on behalf of the coalition, and he will be present at each hearing. |
| Training opportunity: Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Housing Justice Commission is putting on an online training to support tenant organizers. The 2-part training will be held September 30th and October 1st from 12:00 – 3:00pm. Sign up here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/september-etoc-training |
| Website updated! We’ve updated the Rent Is Too Damn High website since the big demonstration, and it now reflects our latest work to keep up the pressure. You can always send people here to find the latest information about the coalition: www.mirentistoodamnhigh.com |
| Lansing RITDH general meeting Our bi-weekly meeting for Lansing members and local coalition partners is this Wednesday at 6:00pm. We’ll be back at our usual location at the Fledge, 1300 Eureka St, Lansing. Here is the Zoom link if you’d like to join virtually. That’s all for today. I’ll be back in your inbox with more news next week. The Rent Is Too Damn High! William |
