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House of Cards: The Affordable Housing Crisis
October 16, 2002
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Nowhere in the United States can a full-time minimum wage worker afford to rent a two bedroom apartment. This is the conclusion, for the fourth year in a row, of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. In fact, a worker would have to earn almost three times the minimum wage to make ends meet. In some metropolitan areas, that figure is much higher.
Featuring:
Shelia Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition; Senator Paul Sarbanes, Maryland; Moises Loza, Housing Assistance Council; Congressmember Barney Frank, Massachusettes; Congressmember Bernie Sanders, Vermont; Meika Johnson, Community Organizer for Just Cause Oakland; Betty Young, Program Secretary of MN Employment Action Center, ACORN member; Jackie Knight, ACORN member; Oscar Navarro, Quality Control Inspector and ACORN.
For more information:
National Low Income Housing Coalition
1012 14th St., NW, Suite 610
Washington, DC 20005
202-662-1530;
fax: 202-393-1973
www.nlihc.org
Senator Paul Sarbanes
309 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-4524
http://sarbanes.senate.gov/
Housing Assistance Council
1025 Vermont Ave., NW Suite 606
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-842-8600; fax: 202-347-3441; hac@ruralhome.org
www.ruralhome.org
Congressman Barney Frank
2252 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-2104
202-225-5931
http://www.house.gov/frank/
Congressman Bernie Sanders
2135 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515-4501
202- 225-4115
http://bernie.house.gov/
Employment Action Center
6715 Minnetonka Blvd. Suite# 212
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55426
612-752-8412; fax: 612-243-0442
www.eac-mn.org
ACORN
574 Newark Ave. Suite 204
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
http://www.acorn.org
Quality Control Inspector
3327 E. 17th Street
Oakland, California 94601
510-377-6233
Just Cause Oakland
1601 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, California 94612
510-763-5877