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Up For Growth: Dedicated to Bridging The Housing Gap

The quality, affordability and surrounding neighborhood characteristics of where a person lives impacts virtually every aspect of their lives. A growing body of research has shown that housing can serve

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If you want less displacement, build more housing

In city after city, we see the same refrain: a neighborhood is starting to attract new residents and new investment, current residents are starting to worry about gentrification. They show

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Up for Growth National Coalition hosts housing briefing on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, DC – The American housing shortage is approaching crisis-levels, according to panelists who participated in a housing briefing on Capitol Hill, hosted by the Up for Growth National Coalition

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The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Political Issue

The advertising executive Michael Franzini, founder of the nonprofit ad agency Public Interest, has created campaigns to fight AIDS, spur Holocaust awareness, and advocate for STEM education. The cause driving

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.@RepMikeQuigley explains why he's supporting the Yes In My Backyard Act in the latest issue of @ChicagoAgentMag: "I think it will shine a light on [housing policy]...It’s just helping us understand this better and have a little more transparency." https://t.co/N4AUhyFBWc
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 26, 2020

+1. Thank your for your partnership and your leadership to help secure Committee passage of this important legislation that will bring more homes to California! #AB2345 #CALeg
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 21, 2020

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— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

Learn more about AB 2345 from our press release when the legislation was introduced in February, and listen to our Melissa Winkler who is testifying NOW in support of AB 2345. https://t.co/qLzKnGUzvJ
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

AB 2345 has significant environmental benefits, as explained by @UrbanEnviroCA and @AbundantHousing in a recent @Up4Growth insights post. #CALeg https://t.co/nFM1xcIFWB
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

Ensuring Californians have access to a home they can afford was vital prior to #COVID19, and will be essential for a recovery that works for everyone. Tell the Assembly to pass AB 2345 and expand a program proven to increase housing. #CALeg
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

Sponsored by Assemblymembers @lorenasgonzalez and @DavidChiu, AB 2345 is modeled on San Diego's successful density bonus law, which led to a nearly 500% increase in units created under the density bonus program, as bill co-sponsor @CirculateSD's research found. #CALeg pic.twitter.com/5Jc7lFCBoJ
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 AB 2345, expanding California's Density Bonus Law, is being discussed today in the Assembly's Housing Committee! This legislation is crucial for increasing affordable #housing in the state. Tell your legislators to support AB 2345! #CALeg https://t.co/sNlxt7B73u
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 20, 2020

"As we look toward rebuilding after the pandemic, we have the opportunity to rebuild the workforce needed to build the housing for our future." Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/JbSuatKEYg
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 18, 2020

"By building on the foundation set by the ESG program, that assistance can be rapidly distributed, providing immediate housing security to American renters..." UFG Board Member Jolie Milstein of @NYSAFAH on need for rental assistance, now in #HEROESAct ⬇️ https://t.co/ZFdxAKeOlp
— Up for Growth Action (@Up4Growth) May 14, 2020