REDRESS BLOG
Five Percent Inclusive Means 95% Exclusive
In 2021, representatives from Atrium Health pitched the Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on a combined $75 million grant to subsidize a medical school complex and larger “innovation district.” Despite this request for public funding, Atrium reported making over $1.4 billion in profits…
Redress Leads the Opposition to Failed Anti-Unhoused Ordinance From a Racial Justice Lens
On October 21st, the Omaha City Council voted down an ordinance to further criminalize unhoused people after The Redress Movement and other groups mobilized to oppose it over the past month. Redress specifically pointed out that the ordinance would have disproportionately increased criminalization of unhoused Black Omahans.…
Fair Housing for Milwaukee County: We Can End Housing Voucher Segregation
Everyone deserves a safe place to live, regardless of race, zip code, or what lawful income they use to pay for it. But in Milwaukee County, families using Housing Choice Vouchers (“Section 8”) still face discrimination, despite a 2018 law that was supposed to protect them (Ch.…
A Step Closer to Ending Segregation Zoning in Lakewood, CO
On August 25th and September 8th, the Lakewood City Council took its first two votes to move the city’s zoning code away from its segregationist past and toward a more affordable future. These were the first two of four public hearings on citywide zoning changes proposed by…