We need to shut them down. State laws out there, across the country, are preventing this form of predatory lending.
Rashida Tlaib
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Rashida Tlaib is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib is known for her progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and has been a vocal advocate for issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, and healthcare reform. Tlaib has also been involved in efforts to address systemic racism and economic inequality.
These are for-profit entities coming to sell to cities like Detroit, and other communities of color, technology that hasn't even been tested properly, and is flawed.
There are going to be very few times that you will see a lot of us agree, especially on issues that are so critically important to civil liberties, civil rights issues, but in this particular issue, I think you can find a lot of bipartisan…
I have these mini-townhalls throughout my district, and, recently, a constituent attended one of my coffee hours, talking about the lack of lending for a community.
Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections
I am very concerned about Dr. Carson and this Administration's move to try to make it impossible for people to prove housing discrimination.
I know I am going to be working with Chairwoman Waters, as well as my colleague from Massachusetts, Representative Pressley, about having more support and capacity support for our tenants' associations that really help us hold a lot of…
Since 2016, we have seen a 30 percent increase in HUD properties failing inspections.
We are probably the frontline community of why MDIs are really critically important.





