{"id":415,"date":"2024-05-28T18:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainepeoplesalliance.org\/?p=415"},"modified":"2024-05-28T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:32:40","slug":"advocates-urge-congressmembers-to-help-solve-maines-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainepeoplesalliance.org\/advocates-urge-congressmembers-to-help-solve-maines-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates urge Congressmembers to help solve Maine\u2019s housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">April 23, 2024<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advocates delivered petition signatures to Maine members of Congress urging them to take federal action to protect renters now, and support construction of green social housing in the future.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, MPA members delivered petition signatures in support of ensuring everyone in Maine has access to safe, affordable housing, and urging federal support for the creation of green social housing, to the offices of Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King. This fall, winter, and spring, renters, homeowners, and landlords signed more than 1,100 petitions supporting action to address Maine\u2019s housing crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gina Morin (they\/them) of Auburn took part in the delivery of petitions to Sen. Collins and Rep. Golden, and spoke about their experience with housing insecurity. Morin says: \u201cNo one deserves to lose their home or to worry about where they\u2019ll sleep at night. Unfortunately that\u2019s the reality for many Mainers and it was once the reality for me. While I\u2019ve now been housed for the past four years, I won\u2019t stop fighting until all Mainers have safe, affordable housing, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MPA Housing Organizer Nyawal Lia (she\/her) delivered the signed petitions to Sen. King and Rep. Pingree\u2019s offices and spoke to staffers there.\u201cMaine\u2019s housing crisis will not go away on its own,\u201d says Lia, \u201cso our members of Congress must take action and help create green social housing for those most in need. No Mainer\u2014regardless of who they are or how much money they make\u2014deserves to live without a home. Our Congresspeople need to ensure everyone in our state can access housing that\u2019s safe and affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green social housing is publicly-funded, permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable housing. It includes public housing for the lowest-income and most marginalized residents, as well as affordable options for low- and moderate-income households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s vital that Maine and the U.S. take this problem seriously and not leave it to failed \u201cmarket\u201d solutions. We must ensure that everyone is able to afford a safe and decent place to live, as we prepare for the housing needs of the future\u2014that means protecting renters now as we build more housing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>####<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maine People\u2019s Alliance (MPA) was founded in Lewiston in 1982 and has grown to be the largest community organization in Maine, and one of the largest in the country. MPA is a powerful grassroots network of more than 32,000 members who work together on issues that include but are not limited to climate change, toxics use reduction, health care access, affordable housing, racial justice, and immigrant rights.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>####<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact: Nora Flaherty-Stanford, <a href=\"mailto:nora@mainepeoplesalliance.org\">nora@mainepeoplesalliance.org<\/a>, (207) 370-8314<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advocates urge Congressmembers to help solve Maine\u2019s housing crisis - 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