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Pasadena City Council Candidates Forum Jan. 31 at 7 pm via Zoom

12 Jan

How will Pasadena City Council candidates address the housing and homelessness crisis?

You are invited to an MHCH Candidates Forum:

When: Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7 pm.

Register via this Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocuuvqTIuHdKqwjLTZiXI9Kx5JclRzcch

Candidates will be asked some of these questions:

1) What concrete steps would you take to end homelessness in our city?

2) What policies do you support that would create more affordable housing in our city?

3)  Now that rent control is part of our City Charter, what will you do to make sure that tenants in our city are protected and treated fairly?

4) What steps would you take to support federal and state laws requiring cities to “affirmatively further fair housing” and ensure that there is affordable housing in all parts of our city?

5) Now that SB 4 rezones religious and college land for affordable housing statewide, what would you do to make sure this bill is implemented in our city and how would you support religious institutions and colleges interested in having affordable housing built on their underutilized land?

6) Are you in favor of a dedicated fund for affordable housing either through a transfer fee (as Culver City and LA have done), or some other means?

Download this PDF version of the flyer:

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Pasadena defers decision on affordable housing commission

10 Feb
City Hall, Pasadena, CA, site of City Council meetings.

City Hall, Pasadena, CA, site of City Council meetings.

On Sunday, Feb. 9th, the Pasadena Star-News covered the City Council’s February 3 meeting. In this meeting, the council approved Pasadena’s draft Housing Element, which will guide Pasadena’s affordable housing policy for the next eight years.

Lauren Gold, the reporter, wrote about Natalie Brown, age 11 (who spoke at the City Council), and also mentioned my book, Making Housing Happen.

Now it’s my prayer that folks in Pasadena will be encouraged to read it and be inspired by stories of faithful people across the US that have dreamed big dreams to address the housing crisis — and have actually made those dreams happen.

Here’s an excerpt from Lauren’s article:

Housing activist Jill Shook, who has authored a book on faith-based affordable housing, said she had hoped the city would have taken action on the commission to take a more active approach to the problem voiced by speakers Monday.

“I’m grateful that so many people and churches showed up to express their concern for affordable housing and to support the creation of a housing commission that would help give the focused attention this urgent need deserves,” Shook said. “It is possible to address this complex issue, it takes creativity, faith and imagination. Money is rarely the issue.”

You can read the full article on the Pasadena Star-News website. Let me know what you think of it.

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