You are needed to help fill the city Council Chambers next Thur, Aug. 28, to support Lexingtons Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The organizers at BUILD say: This is a CRITICAL meeting, and we told Mayor Gray at the Action that we would stand behind him when he brought an Affordable Housing Fund to the Council. So not only do we need to be there, but we need to let our network members and make sure all of our team members know about this meeting. Its time to show our power, and that we are serious about solving the affordable housing crisis in Lexington! They report: Yesterday at the [LFUCG] Council Work Session, the council approved two ordinances that establish the Affordable Housing Fund to go to the council meeting next Thursday for a first reading, and possibly a VOTE. Its really important to fill the council chambers to support the passage of these ordinances, and ensure that they are as strong as possible! That meeting will be held Thursday, August 28, at 6pm in the Council Chambers. Please dont hesitate to contact the BUILD office if you have any questions. Otherwise, well see you ... in the Council Chambers next Thursday! (BUILD, P.O. Box 21874, Lexington, KY 40522 phone: 859-367-0152). Click through to read a summary of the work done by Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct action (BUILD) on Lexingtons Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Merlene Daviss March article in the Lexington Herald Leader summarized the groups work on this issue. BUILD — Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct Action — is an interfaith and interracial proactive organization comprising members of 25 religious congregations. Established in 2003, the grass-roots organization, like Louisvilles Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together (CLOUT), listens to the concerns of local residents and focuses on problems the group can change. A plan of direct action is developed by committee members. In that article, Rev. Adam Jones of Open Door Church and co-chair of BUILD said that BUILD Members have been fighting for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for six years... We just keep pushing for it, Jones said. If we let it go, Lexington is heading in a direction where there are less and less places for low-wage workers to live. Everyone deserves a home in our city, he continued. Thats the kind of city we want.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:34:57 +0000
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