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Just like the budget is essential for your home, it is also essential for Metro Nashville residents. Even if they don’t even know it yet.
Just like the budget is essential for your home, it is also essential for Metro Nashville residents. Even if they don’t even know it yet.
Did you know that everyday people like you can also use your voice and power to influence the city’s budget?
In 2023, we strengthened our base to amplify opportunities for real Nashvillians and solutions to complex community issues—but we didn’t do it alone.
While many people view the growing number of unhoused Nashvillians as an individual problem, there are many families also struggling to find and maintain sustainable housing. Dubbed “hidden homelessness,” families facing a housing crisis often deal with even more barriers to access than individuals.
While the idea of homeownership is something Hannah desires, it unfortunately seems out of reach, “I think about trying to buy a house, but I work hourly jobs.” Planning for a home would mean she’d have to drastically alter her other high-priority expenses, such as selling her car or unenrolling from health insurance to cut expenses.
The housing crisis is not a priority in Nashville and that’s what sickens me…but we’re getting new stadiums, bars, upgrades to Broadway, and tall & skinnies.
According to the Metro Nashville Human Relations Commission, nearly 70% of Nashville residents fall into affordable or workforce housing.
Housing discrimination and affordable housing are connected because when people are discriminated against by powerful systems, those same systems continue to perpetuate harm in other ways including education, finance, and healthcare.
Redlining. Urban renewal. Gentrification. Each began decades ago with legislative policy, industry standards, and community practices rooted in racism and discrimination.
Spoiler alert: Housing injustice is deeply rooted in racism and pervasive systems of oppression.
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