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Part 3: Is there really food at home?

As we journey through this transit series, it is essential that we help you understand that the transit plan means more than buses, sidewalks, and traffic lights. Our city has the opportunity to do more – but will it? We can’t afford not to do more.

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Part 2: A Long Drive Home

If done right, our city’s leaders and the designated developers can address crucial housing issues in a major way.
If done wrong, it could be business as usual in the city. And that’s bad business.

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End of Year Report 2024

Although every job fair, community meeting, or personal testimony can’t be fully captured in our 2024 End of Year Report – we have plenty of highlights from our power building strategies and undeniable impact.

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Part 9 – Real People, Real Stories

While some may think that the pandemic acted as a catalyst for the current housing crisis in Nashville and across the nation, this widespread panic about housing security has been felt for far longer than the last four years.

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The Budget: Property Taxes đź‘€

Forty-three states and the District of Columbia collect revenue from individual income taxes – Tennessee is not one of them. While not paying income tax is a perk for people moving into Tennessee from states with an income tax, it’s obvious that the additional revenue could benefit local residents and Tennesseans.

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The Budget: Ra!$!ng taxes?!

Tax increases are political because they ask fundamentally political questions: “What services do we all want?” and “How do we pay for them?”

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Stand Up Nashville (SUN) addresses racial and economic inequality through strategic research, popular education, and organizing. We inspire and empower our diverse base to build a stronger community that values the lives of Nashville’s people of color and working families. By organizing our communities, SUN fights poverty with strategic action around public investment and city planning to create thriving neighborhoods and shared prosperity.
 

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