Memo Assesses the State of American Housing Supply, Makes Case for Rent Regulations WASHINGTON, D.C. – People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign today released a new memo outlining the current state of American rental housing supply and making the case for rent regulations to address the rental supply gap. The memo comes the day after August’s Consumer […]
Homes Guarantee Celebrates Tenant Movement Closing in on Federal Rent Regulation
Tenants Organized 2.4K Comments Demanding Federal Rent Control With Support from Leading Economists, Academics, Climate Researchers, and Electeds WASHINGTON, D.C. – People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign today celebrated the strength of the tenant movement by releasing letters that make clear that federal tenant protections are common-sense policy with broad support from experts and directly impacted […]
Homes Guarantee: FHFA Must Protect Tenants
Tenants with People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee Campaign Knocked Thousands of Doors and Organized Over 2000 Comments to the FHFA WASHINGTON, D.C. – People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign celebrated the power of tenants as the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) closed its request for public input (RFI) on tenant protections. Through its oversight and conservatorship of […]
People’s Action Celebrates National Launch of the Organizing Revival at Biennial Convention
Over 1,000 People’s Action Members and Allies Gather to Build Power and Transform Democracy ARLINGTON, Va.–People’s Action’s hosted “Coming Home: An Organizing Revival,” its biennial convention, bringing together over 1,000 members and allies from across the country. People’s Action’s convention is a cherished, 50-year tradition in which members and allies strategize and build power through […]
People’s Action Hosts Actions Against Citigroup Chairman John Dugan to Demand the Bank Stop Funding Fossil Fuels
Citigroup Funds Climate Chaos as the World’s Second Biggest Funder of Fossil Fuels WASHINGTON, D.C.–People’s Action today hosted a two-part protest action against Citigroup Board Chairman John Dugan to demand Citigroup stop funding fossil fuel projects. Citigroup is the world’s second biggest funder of fossil fuels and the biggest funder of coal in the United […]
People’s Action Rallies at DEA HQ & Museum to Demand Agency Divest from Failed War on Drugs and Invest in Care
People’s Action Members from Across the Country Expose the DEA’s Policies of Mass Harm Days Before 50th Anniversary of Agency Founding ARLINGTON, Va.–Days before the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), People’s Action hosted a rally at the agency’s headquarters and museum. Participants demanded that the DEA divest from criminalization […]
People’s Action Homes Guarantee Campaign Rallies at National Multifamily Housing Council for Tenant Protections
People’s Action Members from Across the Country Called Out NMHC’s Profiteering for Corporate Landlords WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Homes Guarantee campaign today hosted an 1000-person rally at the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) headquarters to expose the group’s lobbying against federal tenant protections and rent regulations. NMHC represents some of the most notorious corporate landlords that rake […]
People’s Action Rallies 1000 at America’s Health Insurance Plans to Demand Lobby Group Put Care Over Cost
People’s Action Members from Across the Country Exposed AHIP’s Profiteering for Corporate Health Insurers WASHINGTON, D.C. – People’s Actions’ Care Over Cost campaign today hosted a 1000-person rally at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) headquarters to demand it and its members put people’s health over corporate profit. AHIP’s membership includes some of the biggest private health […]
Homes Guarantee & African Communities Together Host FHFA at Corporate Landlord Property, Southern Towers Apartments
FHFA Seeks Public Input on Tenant Protections at Properties with Federal Financing like Southern Towers Apartments ALEXANDRIA, VA – People’s Action’s Homes Guarantee campaign and African Communities Together today hosted the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson for a tour of Southern Towers Apartments in Alexandria, Virginia. Southern Towers is owned by the […]
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS BARRIERS TO MEDICAID AS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ENDS
Center for Popular Democracy, Make the Road New York/States, and People’s Action Institute found that while most respondents were satisfied with Medicaid care, many had difficulty accessing care and risk losing coverage unknowingly NEW YORK – Today, the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), Make the Road New York/States, and People’s Action Institute and their affiliate […]