This morning we held a press conference with @Sifill_LDF, @MARCMORIAL of the @NatUrbanLeague, @SenKamalaHarris, and @RepMaxineWaters to sound the alarm on the immediate need for legislative measures that protect American families from eviction, foreclosure, and utility shutoffs.
"It's unconscionable that amid the worst health and economic crisis this country has seen in a hundred years...that our government would not do everything in its power to ensure that people are not forced out of their homes." --@Sifill_LDF
"Critically, the #HEROESAct also includes a moratorium on utility shutoffs, including water and electricity. Imagine a water shutoff during a pandemic in which the most important recommendation is washing your hands."
"It seems unconscionable that we can be having a national conversation about returning children to schools without ensuring and securing that children have a place to return at the end of the day...We can do better, we must do better..."
"Congress must meet this moment and with practical solutions."--@SenKamalaHarris
Congress has a responsibility to pass legislation that protects Americans from catastrophic fallout resulting from the pandemic.
Employment is skyrocketing, yet many states are continuing to go forward with evictions, foreclosures, and utility shutoffs. As @RepMaxineWaters details, many Americans are increasingly unable to pay their rent. Legislation must be passed to protect families from homelessness.
"Among the eviction cases filed since the pandemic, nearly 2/3 were in communities with above-average populations of color. Now more than 3 out of every 10 Black renters is behind on rent..Evictions are not just the result of poverty, they are a cause of poverty." --@MARCMORIAL
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