Click here for a call script to ban evictions and cancel rent statewide.
The state legislature needs to be nudged. Last week, the house passed a bill to stop evictions until the crisis is over. But the state senate is trying to put in a loophole that would let landlords informally evict without going through the courts. Which is how most evictions happen anyway! It’s not good enough, and we need to ask them to keep the full protections in the house bill. The senate is taking this up this week so we need to call asap.
But we know stopping evictions isn't good enough.
Let’s cancel the rent.
Campaigns are underway in all 50 states to secure rent cancellation. If people can’t work, it’s not realistic to ask them to pay back months-worth of rent at the end of the crisis.
Corporations and landlords are already busy lobbying for relief -- So we need to make workers' voices heard too.
Use this call script to demand that your reps take up rent cancellation:
Sign and share the petition that’s been endorsed by Boston DSA and dozens of organizations:
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