PSA TALKING POINTS

The UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE FORMULA has been Crafted!

Adjusting the $5.15 minimum wage won't solve the problem.

 

  • One size does not fit all.

Universal Living Wage:

  • Moral premise: anyone willing/able to work a 40 hour week should be able to afford housing.
  • Spend no more than 30% of income on housing (HUD standard)
  • Utilize HUD Fair Market Rents which are already adjusted annually

Advantages:
  • The Federal Minimum Wage related to the local cost of housing throughout the U.S.
  • A person willing/able to work a 40 hour week can access housing; be it Austin, Boston, LA, etc.
  • Makes housing affordable at the low end
  • Establishes true local control "state rights". . . "city rights"
  • Stimulates development of SROs (single room occupancy units)
  • Infuses the local and national economy with new money
  • Attached to FMRs and therefore is automatically adjusted each year
  • Prevents homelessness for all minimum wage workers
  • Can remove 30% + of our nation's homeless from our streets

This National Interactive Web Site will build a local/national political base in support of this issue. Go on-line and sign the petition.

Thank you.

www.UniversalLivingWage.org

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