@PattyMurray!
Senator Murray Slams Trump & Elon Threatening to Rip Away Federal Funding for Public Schools & Colleges Over Political Crusade: “Do Not Be Intimidated” - Senator Patty Murray
🛠️🏠 "Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing: A Toolkit" is now available!
@AforHJ & @PRRAC_DC break down how advocates can shape LIHTC spending to secure affordability, tenant protections & community control—aligning public funds with #SocialHousing principles. 👇
Housing and schools are deeply connected. Our new guide explains how state Qualified Allocation Plans can promote school integration & increase access to high-quality education. #EdEquity#LIHTC
Learn how education advocates can make an impact:
https://t.co/ZFuahSz3F3
“The character of many of the towns in the state of Connecticut that we’re asked to respect was based off the housing segregation of my grandparents and my parents,” said Ivelisse Correa, vice president of Black Lives Matter 860.
https://t.co/fDQCSoDmKB
“Today, the Strength in Diversity Act is just one of many initiatives by people working to fulfill the promise of Brown v. Board of Education and make the enduring hope of metropolitan desegregation real,” @mvadams12 writes. https://t.co/1LM00pNp1R
Elizabeth Horton Sheff, named plaintiff in Sheff v O’Neill, speaks on the fight for the next 70 years: “We must evolve to meet the needs of evolving students in a multiracial and multiracial America” #Brownat70
Is Connecticut’s deep segregation a product of individual choice? Our board members Connie Royster and Phil Tegeler think not.
➡️ Read more: https://t.co/OKeK9TazXD
There are two big flawed assumptions here that we have to shift to house all of us.
1) developer/landlord profits first
2) middle and upper income first (and hope it will someday “trickle down” 1/5 @aforhj