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'''Other Resources'''
 
'''Other Resources'''
 
*[https://www.pushthefilm.com/ PUSH, the documentary]  is a great overview of how global finance is making housing so unaffordable in cities around the world, and what people can do about it.   
 
*[https://www.pushthefilm.com/ PUSH, the documentary]  is a great overview of how global finance is making housing so unaffordable in cities around the world, and what people can do about it.   
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:* [https://make-the-shift.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Directives-Updated-Dec-9.pdf The Shift Directives: From Financialized to Human Rights-based Housing] provides a road map for addressing the global housing crisis, beginning at the local level. 
 
:*The related podcast, [https://pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/ PushBack Talks] is also an excellent source of information and analysis about this complex issue.
 
:*The related podcast, [https://pushbacktalks.buzzsprout.com/ PushBack Talks] is also an excellent source of information and analysis about this complex issue.
 
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/White-House-Blueprint-for-a-Renters-Bill-of-Rights.pdf Biden/White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights] (January 2023) --''this "Blueprint" was issued as U.S. leaders anticipated mass evictions with the ending of COVID-19 rental assistance and eviction moratoriums. It was an inexpensive way for the federal government to appear to be taking action on this critically important problem. But we need to work to make these words meaningful in local policy.''
 
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/White-House-Blueprint-for-a-Renters-Bill-of-Rights.pdf Biden/White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights] (January 2023) --''this "Blueprint" was issued as U.S. leaders anticipated mass evictions with the ending of COVID-19 rental assistance and eviction moratoriums. It was an inexpensive way for the federal government to appear to be taking action on this critically important problem. But we need to work to make these words meaningful in local policy.''
 
:*[https://ajustphiladelphia.org/policy/rent-control/ Alliance for a Just Philadelphia Position Paper on Rent Control] -''Here are ideas being put forward in Philly''
 
:*[https://ajustphiladelphia.org/policy/rent-control/ Alliance for a Just Philadelphia Position Paper on Rent Control] -''Here are ideas being put forward in Philly''
 
:*[https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/a-bill-of-rights-for-nyc-renters/ NYC Policy Brief on a Bill of Rights for Renters] (NYC Office of the Comptroller, February 2020)
 
:*[https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/a-bill-of-rights-for-nyc-renters/ NYC Policy Brief on a Bill of Rights for Renters] (NYC Office of the Comptroller, February 2020)

Revision as of 11:06, 2 August 2024

The Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance Housing Rights Working Group This working group supports the work of our regional Housing Justice Coalition Table. We aim to help expand awareness of the right to housing and how it impacts diverse neighborhoods and communities and to advance policy changes to expand access to affordable, quality housing and stable neighborhoods.


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Other Resources

  • PUSH, the documentary is a great overview of how global finance is making housing so unaffordable in cities around the world, and what people can do about it.
  • Biden/White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights (January 2023) --this "Blueprint" was issued as U.S. leaders anticipated mass evictions with the ending of COVID-19 rental assistance and eviction moratoriums. It was an inexpensive way for the federal government to appear to be taking action on this critically important problem. But we need to work to make these words meaningful in local policy.