MEDIA RELEASE: 9to5 Colorado Leaders and Partner Organizations Take Action for Renters’ Rights & Affordable Housing

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Community members from Denver, Aurora, Westminster, and Commerce City will be coming together to participate in the National Renter’s Week of Action alongside other affiliates of the Right to the City Homes For All campaign. These impacted community and non-profit organizations behind the following local actions are all part of a statewide coalition called Colorado Homes For All, which was formed as a response to the national and local housing crisis.

CO Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI

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Friday, April 7, 2017 Contact: Katie Reinisch, 303-653-1009, katie@progressive-promotions.com Neha Mahajan, 303-628-0925, neha@9to5.org Tuesday at Noon: Working Families Rally, Testify for FAMLI   DENVER – Midday Tuesday, the CO FAMLI coalition — a diverse group of business owners, health professionals, women and children’s advocates, worker organizations and community members — will rally at the capitol…

9to5 Supports New FAMLI Bill Creating Paid Family And Medical Leave Insurance for Caregivers

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9to5 Colorado welcomes the introduction of the Family And Medical Leave Insurance Act (FAMLI) which will enable employees to stay afloat financially while caring for their health and their families and also protect businesses’ ability to retain reliable, productive workers.

Bill that provides more rights for working parents moves forward

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DENVER — The Colorado House of Representatives approved by a voice vote a bill that provides more rights for working parents. “You’re trying to juggle three other lives plus your own and a work schedule,” explained DeAna Jimenez, a single mother of three. HB17-1001 allows parents to take unpaid leave to attend their kid’s extracurricular…

Colorado’s mobile home parks are disappearing, but a proposed bill would try to save them

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The Aspen Times By Jack Queen Mobile home parks can be integral components of a community’s affordable housing mix, but they also carry an element of instability: Residents typically own the pre-fabricated, rectangular houses they live in, but not the monthly-rented land underneath. That means that if the owner of the park decides to sell…

We All Need Paid Leave to Take Care of Our Families

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When when my younger daughter needed surgery at the same time that my elderly father needed immediate medical attention, having to take time off unpaid was an enormous financial burden for me. Establishing paid family leave is a necessary step to close the gender wage and stop punishing women financially for taking care of our families.

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