COVID-19 Recovery Policy Proposals

INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE

Create new jobs through infrastructure spending, focused heavily on broadband, 5G, and water systems in low-income census tracts (federal and state)

Expand social safety net programs by expanding Earned Income Tax credit and Child Tax Credit

NATIONAL INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT CORPS

Establish a National Investment Employment Corps (NIEC) to provide universal job coverage for all adult Americans and eliminate involuntary unemployment (federal)

ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND HEALTH EMPOWERMENT ZONES

Enact the Health Employment Zone Act to designate a community that experiences disproportionate disparities in health status and health care as a health empowerment zone and give them priority in awarding competitive grants (federal)

TRANSPORTATION ACCESS

Fund public transit agencies to maintain pre-COVID-19 service levels and improve safety and accessibility of public transit (federal, state, and local)

ENSURE HOUSING STABILITY

Expand Housing Choice Vouchers and other short-term financial assistance to provide housing stabilization and support for more low- and middle-income families (federal and state)

ENSURE HOUSING STABILITY

Expand housing protections by extending the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to include all housing, including renters, and suspend work requirements for federal housing programs (federal, state, and local)

Ensure that the distribution of Federal economic recovery funds is documented by the collection and public release of disaggregated data (e.g., race, gender, age, income level, zip code/census tract) to address structural inequity at the local, county and state level (federal, state, and local)

VOTING RIGHTS & REFORMS

Implement national voting reforms to ensure the foundation of our democracy remains strong, including safe access to the ballot box both in person and from home through vote-by-mail programs (federal, state, and local)