 | | | - Our Bills are Still Alive
- Veterans and Affordable Housing Act
- RUNers in Action
- Latest Housing-Wage Gap Data Reveals Greater Need for Affordable Homes
- RUN Events Calendar: New Trainings and Regional Meetings
| | | | Our Bills are Still Alive! For those of you who have been through a few legislative cycles with RUN, you know that by this time of the year our bills can already be dead in the water. Not this year! A big thank you to everyone who helped with the targeted calls and in-district visits we did to help push our bills through. Here is the status of each of our priority bills: AB 2219 (3rd Party Rent Discrimination) - On the Senate floor! If passed, this bill heads to the Governor's desk for signature. AB 2343 (Eviction Timelines) - Passed Assembly after significant amendments to decrease the scope of the bill. Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee. Hearing date set for July 3rd. Prognosis is good to get out of committee! SB 1010 (Supportive Housing for Mentally Ill Parolees) - Passed Senate and now in Assembly Appropriations Committee. | | | | | | | | Learn about the Veterans and Affordable Housing Act on the Nov. Ballot The Veterans and Affordable Housing Act just launched a revamped website that includes an FAQ page, a news section with updates, and a 'Get Involved' action hub with a toolkit of social media graphics, multiple fact sheets, and information on how to formally endorse the campaign. - ENDORSE. You can endorse the bond as an individual and ask your local elected officials to endorse, too!
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| | | | | | | | RUNers in Action On June 13, RUN members had the opportunity to meet with Senator Joel Anderson's Chief of Staff, Aaron Andrews. Maria, Adriana and Mehrsa spoke about RUN legislative priorities and how they would impact affordable housing residents. | |  | | | Housing-Wage Gap Data Reveals Greater Need for Affordable Homes The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its Out of Reach 2018 Report, which documents the gap between wages and the cost of rental housing across the country. According to the report, to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in California, renters need to earn a wage of $32.68/hour, which is $21 higher than the state minimum wage. The report, which breaks down housing-wage data by state, metropolitan area and county, points out that in no jurisdiction can a worker earning the federal minimum wage or prevailing state minimum wage afford a two-bedroom rental home at fair market rent by working a standard 40-hour week. Out of Reach 2018 also explains a renter earning the federal minimum wage would need to work 99 hours per week to afford a one-bedroom rental home at the national average Fair Market Rent and 122 hours per week – that is, three full-time jobs – to afford a two-bedroom. The data further solidifies that market-rate housing is far too expensive for Californians making modest incomes, which includes some of our state's most common and most vital jobs -- farmworkers and laborers, childcare workers, and food service workers. | |  | | | | | | | | Residents United Network
1107 9th Street, Suite 560
Sacramento, California 95814
916-447-0503
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