by House the Homeless | Jan 1, 2015 | Advocacy, Universal Living Wage - ULW (National Locality Wage - NLW)
Not since 1938 following the Great Depression and the creation of the Federal Minimum Wage, FMW, has our nation had as great an opportunity to create income equality and simultaneously stabilize our small businesses. What people do not understand is that as opposed to...
by House the Homeless | Jul 1, 2014 | Advocacy, Universal Living Wage - ULW (National Locality Wage - NLW)
Thanks to each of the donors and to Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid for helping send Richard to Washington to discuss the Universal Living Wage as a common sense alternative to the current one-size-fits-all approach being touted by the Administration. Thanks for your...
by House the Homeless | Apr 1, 2014 | Advocacy, Universal Living Wage - ULW (National Locality Wage - NLW)
Universal Living Wage – ULW (National Locality Wage – NLW) National Day of Action, Austin, TX Universal Living Wage – ULW (National Locality Wage – NLW) National Day of Action, Austin, TX Universal Living Wage – ULW (National...
by House the Homeless | Jan 1, 2014 | Advocacy, Universal Living Wage - ULW (National Locality Wage - NLW)
By Richard R. Troxell Janet Yellen, the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, has called income inequality “one of the most disturbing trends facing the nation.” National income inequality is a problem that is comprised of many components. House the Homeless views...
by House the Homeless | Aug 1, 2013 | Advocacy, Livable Incomes
By Richard R. Troxell Read below or download your copy here (right click and save!) Sue Watlov-Phillips and Professor Edgar Chan have made invaluable contributions to this effort call for the Prevention of Homelessness. This whitepaper examines homelessness in...
by House the Homeless | Nov 1, 2012 | Advocacy, Petitions
6/22/12— Women experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable. Last week Valerie Godoy, a woman experiencing homelessness, was brutally murdered in Austin. There have been no arrests. Click here to add your name to a petition to bring a “women only” shelter in...