On Monday, I want you to call your City Council representative, and ask them to include at minimum a 24-month rent repayment period, significant access to emergency rental assistance, and a moratorium on evictions without having to show proof of COVID-related income losses.

Ask that they follow the guidelines offered by the #HealthyLA coalition, which include a moratorium on utility shutoffs, rent freezes, plus vital protections for our unhoused neighbors, hospitality, and food service workers. http://healthyla.org/emergency-action-proposal-for-the-city-of-la/

Demand that they work with the state to suspend mortgages and rents, *without* means testing, as the Housing Now! coalition is demanding across the state.

It is the only way that so many residents without a safety net will be able stay in their housing. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RgHSti5YfPYAauV0d-daeGZtqZTTc_iK/view

We cannot end this crisis and immediately start a new one for residents.

What kind of fair solution ends up with millions of our neighbors drowning in new housing debt?

Together we can ensure justice for ALL our neighbors, instead of punishing them for surviving a pandemic.

Politicians always talk about ending “business as usual.” Now, business as usual has been upended for us.

Let us see through this crisis to imagine a reality where housing is truly a human right. We need that reality now more than ever before.