Hey we did a thing. A housing thing!
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Not just stickers but signs too. Many are with the Austin chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. (💯x3)
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I like seeing real-world urban progress like this.
Anyhow, I figure now's a good time to plug for local coops and getting your community to adopt the "Preston Model"
https://democracycollaborative.org/
https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/infographic-preston-model
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There's been some local progress on getting allowances for co-ops in the city code, but i'd always like to learn more. I lived in an adult "high privacy" co-op in north austin for a while (and shouldn't have moved out because helping my mom was dumb)
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Yeah, right now my summer reading list is mostly studies of local issues, urban planning, socioeconomic stuff. Thinking about getting my toes wet in local school board or non-profits, maybe even run for a local office.
As much as ideological stuff is neat and all, the most impact is made at the local, boots-on-the-ground level of greening cities, integrating poor and rich kids into the same schools, finding ways to keep kids out of the school-to-prison pipeline, etc.
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Yeah the stuff where the Vox/Brookings-o-sphere isn't so terrible
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Hell yeah dude
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I’m already see people against this because it adds $60 to their home payment
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The initial starting point for the bond was 85 million for housing. Before the session had started, steady campaign of public pressure and coalition building with Austin DSA, Keep Austin Affordable, Austin Justice Coalition and a fuckload of other people had gotten the number up to 161 million. By the time council session had started 5 votes had been whipped for 250 million. We canvassed membership to get them to call, write, and show the fuck up. Night of council deliberation we turned out membership hard, and about 80 percent of speakers on affordable housing were DSA members (and there was about 3 hours of speakers). Ended up with a super majority for 250 million, including 100 million for land acquisition for the largest community land trust the state has seen.