Events and Action Alerts
Upcoming Events and Action Alerts Here are some opportunities to speak up for affordable housing. We can’t do it without you! Please write the your elected representatives and/or speak up at public meetings.
FOCUS: Economic Impacts
The lack of affordable housing costs everyone The majority of Marin’s workforce commutes from other counties to work in lower-wage service jobs…which are the fastest-growing sector of Marin’s labor market. Why do 68,000 people endure the cost, time, and stress of long commutes? Most cannot afford to live close to where they work. Maybe you think that it…
"MEHC says..." | Featured | Policy | Traffic
FOCUS: The Traffic Situation
Is housing a problem? Or a solution? jobs not housing cause traffic Does your candidate think that housing is part of the traffic problem, or part of the solution? Traffic is getting worse and worse. What are the candidates for the Marin Board of Supervisors going to do about it? 62% of the people who…
FOCUS: Exclusion by policy
What’s the justice issue in housing? When you vote on June 7 or by mail for the Board of Supervisors, think about this: does the candidate stand for JUSTICE or “just us”? The candidate’s position on housing will tell you a lot. WHAT’S THE JUSTICE ISSUE IN HOUSING? The majority of people who work in…
FOCUS: Service workers
We can’t really live without them The majority of Marin’s workforce doesn’t live here. It costs too much. What do Marin workers do? How much do they earn? Service businesses are the main industries and the fastest-growing segment of Marin’s economy– guest and food services, retail, education, health care, social assistance, and others. The average salaries in…
"MEHC says..." | Featured | Perspective | Policy | Traffic
FOCUS: Where does Marin’s workforce live?
Housing doesn’t generate traffic, jobs do Almost 5,000 people commute from Solano County into Marin for work. Over 15,000 come from Sonoma County, and 2,300 from Sacramento. In 2014 there were around 110,000 jobs in Marin. Almost 2/3 of this workforce – 68,000 people – commuted here from other counties*. Roughly 35,000 in-commuters travel at least 50…
FOCUS: Senior Housing
Marin isn’t ready to grow old We are completely unprepared to meet the housing needs of the fastest growing group in our community –- seniors. Today, only two affordable senior housing projects are in the planning stage:Peace Village in Fairfax andWhistlestop in San Rafael. Even if both are completed as currently proposed within the next 2-5 years, we would…