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Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for LGBT Women in America

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source -

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Health

LGBTQIA+ women are disproportionately likely to live in poverty, face wage gaps, and experience healthcare challenges. Transgender women and women of color are especially vulnerable to discrimination and economic insecurities. This policy brief explores legal solutions for communities...

Small Business Relief Programs: Local and State Governments Have Marshalled $9.27 Billion for Small Business Relief, But Desperately Need More Funds

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Cities, counties, states, and community organizations have established more than 800 programs to provide financial assistance to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. As these programs provided by local and state governments run out of funds, this report argues that additional...

1989 Chicago Ordinance 1182 Establishing A Low-Income Housing Trust Fund

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1989

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes a non-profit corporation in the form of a trust fund to address the permanent housing needs of residents whose income is at or below 50% of the median income....

2009 New York City Local Law 88 Energy Efficient Utilities

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Energy

This ordinance requires lighting systems to be upgraded and sub-meters to be installed in certain covered buildings based on square footage. It also requires that each tenant or subtenant within a covered tenant space that has a sub-meter to measure electrical consumption shall be...

1990 San Francisco Ordinance 121 Regulating the Demolition and Conversion of Hotels

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1990

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Housing

This ordinance established the status of residential hotel units by regulating the demolition and conversion of residential hotel units to other uses. Its purpose is to minimize the adverse impact on the housing supply and on displaces low income, elderly, and disabled persons resulting...

2005 California Model Accessible Buildings Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source California Department Of Housing And Community Development

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This model establishes accessibility requirements for new construction and substantial rehabilitations for individuals with physical disabilities; and provides for exemptions from compliance where it would result in undue hardship, where the construction is a result of a natural disaster,...

2013 Dane County Ordinance 44 Requiring Landlords to Explain Denial of Tenancy

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) Wisconsin

Source Philadelphia City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Civil Rights

This ordinance grants housing applicants the right to a written explanation if they are denied tenancy in some housing or apartment complexes. This ordinance requires the lessor or property owner to include an option for applicants to indicate their request of a written denial of...

Massachusetts Inclusionary Zoning Model Bylaw

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Executive Office Of Energy And Environmental Affairs

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance: requires a permit for any development that results in a net increase of 10 or more dwelling units and the grant of a Special Permit from the Board of Appeals or other designated Special Permit Granting Authority for such a development; requires that any developer using...

2023-24 Women's Policy Institute Cohort Annual Report

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Education, Health, Housing

Addressing inequalities in access to reproductive health, childcare, and housing for vulnerable populations requires state level policies that enhance childcare funding, address housing issues, and expand programming for younger women. ...

Promoting Economic Opportunity in Michigan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development

The Commission on Community Action & Economic Opportunity is composed of leaders who work at the local and regional levels throughout Michigan to promote economic opportunity. Through their Forums across the state, they hear directly from people struggling to avoid or recover from...

CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund: The Prime Recipient Perspective

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, State, National

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance

Title V of the CARES Act established the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). To assess the effectiveness of the fund from the perspective of state and local prime recipients, this report outlines the results of a survey sent to all 50 states and the 171 eligible units of government that...

Strengthening Communities Through Rent Control and Just-Cause Evictions: Case Studies from Berkeley, Santa Monica, and Richmond

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Urban Habitat

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

Rent control and just-cause eviction policies are essential to stabilizing communities, and protecting low-income and working-class people from unaffordable rents, poor housing conditions, and no-cause evictions. The goal of this report is to investigate and challenge common arguments...

Connecticut’s Excluded Communities: Key Findings from a COVID-19 Community Impact Survey

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, State, National

State(s) Connecticut

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Health

Connecticut’s Latinx and immigrant communities are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Make the Road Connecticut (MRCT) launched an impact survey to more fully understand key issues facing people of color and immigrants related to employment, housing, health,...

Why Do We Focus on the Prenatal-to-3 Age Period? Understanding the Importance of the Earliest years

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center

Policy Areas Health, Children & Families

The first three years of life are the most sensitive for a child’s developing brain and body. Exposure to chronic stressors during these years can lead to physical, cognitive, and emotional health problems in the future that can be costly for families and society to navigate. This...

1980 Berkeley Ordinance 5261 Protecting Tenants from Arbitrary Rent Increases and Evictions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1980

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Berkeley City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance regulates residential rent increases in the City of Berkeley and protects tenants from unwarranted rent increases and arbitrary, discriminatory, or retaliatory evictions, in order to help maintain the diversity of the Berkeley community and to ensure compliance with...

2006 Nassau County Local Law 9 Prohibiting Housing Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) New York

Source Nassau County Legislature

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Safety

This ordinance prohibits owners, landlords, and management companies from refusing to sell, rent, or lease housing accommodations to any person because of their actual or perceived protected status. It also creates the Commission on Human Rights, which can refer complaints of discrimination...

A National Homes Guarantee

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level National

State(s) All States

Source People's Action

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Community Development, Housing

A Homes Guarantee outlines that everyone living in the United States should have safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing. This proposal outlines steps the federal government needs to take to eradicate housing insecurity and homelessness in America; these...

RI Women’s Well-Being Index Policy Briefs 2021

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Women's Fund of Rhode Island

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Democracy & Governance, Health, Children & Families

The Rhode Island Women’s Well-Being Index provides a comprehensive, composite measure of how women are faring, broken down by city/town and county where data is available. The data and indicators used are a compilation of each dimension's policy briefs and show the latest statewide...

Essential and Excluded: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting Immigrant Families

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2021

Level State, National

State(s) Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health

Organizers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and North Carolina conducted interviews with over 900 Latinx immigrants (including nearly 400 undocumented community members) about the important issues facing immigrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic....

2000 AARP Accessory Dwelling Units Model Ordinance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2000

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source American Association Of Retired People

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety, Health, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This document provides information on the benefits of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and a model ordinance to enable the construction, zoning, and regulation of ADUs. ADUs are independent housing units, typically (but not always) created on single-family lots through remodeling...

2010 Alachua County Ordinance 27 Acquisition of Foreclosed Properties

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level County

State(s) Florida

Source Board of County Commissioners of Alachua County

Policy Areas Housing, Community Development, Public Spaces

This ordinance establishes a neighborhood stabilization program and requires county purchasers and employees to rehabilitate foreclosed properties in a way that maintains the integrity of the neighborhood and limits the property value impact to homes in the neighborhood. It establishes...

2020 Forces of Change: The COVID-19 Edition

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source National Association of County & City Health Officials

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Economic Justice, Health

In 2020, the Forces of Change survey was conducted to identify infrastructure challenges among local health departments (LHDs) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The data highlights the capacity, preparedness, and activities of LHDs in the first year of the pandemic, including trends...

Give Michigan’s Prison Reentry Population the Tools to Thrive

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Safety

Michigan's high incarceration and recidivism rates, driven by systemic inequities and underfunded reentry programs, impose significant social and economic costs on society. The state should expand investments in education, vocational training, and reentry support to help formerly...

2013 Multnomah County Ordinance 1202 Prohibiting Discrimination

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level County

State(s) Oregon

Source Multnomah County

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Housing, Public Spaces

This ordinance prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, and public places on the basis of any identity traits. This ordinance provides legal recourse for individuals who have been discriminated against and provides a specific listing of protected groups, classes, and traits...

2012 District of Columbia Act 19-329 Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Unemployment Status

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) District of Columbia

Source Council of the District of Columbia

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This act declares that it is an unlawful practice for an employing agency to fail or refuse to consider an individual for employment because of that individual's status as unemployed. The act prohibits employing agencies to public advertisements or announcements for a vacancy that...

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