DallasAreaInterfaith
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Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI) is a non-partisan organization of congregations, schools, and non-profits building power for change.
Dallas, TX
Joined November 2013
Bad landlords make Dallas housing miserable. Why can’t City Hall crack down? https://t.co/5HJFeQCYml Great story from @jmchiquillo
dallasnews.com
It’s been eight years since Dallas tightened its housing standards. City managers and councils have come and gone, but the plight of low-income tenants in...
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A delegation from @WXSWIAF, including DAI Leader Gloria Lam, met with Pope Francis last week. https://t.co/QaB5pQpuj1
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https://t.co/yjKk6RkCtt Barry Lachman, a Dallas Area Interfaith leader said that not having enough data for at least five to 10 years can play against good landlords who are following the rules, but ultimately, the most affected by shorter retention periods are tenants.
dallasnews.com
Dallas retains property inspection records for apartment complexes for only three years, and that has some urban policy experts, elected officials and...
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Here are some thoughts on #HB5/#Chapter313 as it heads to conference: Bottom line: this kind of corporate subsidy is unnecessary and expensive. Most companies getting the subsidy would come to TX without a tax break for all the good reasons folks come to Texas. #txlege
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"DAI, the Texas IAF, allies and legislators killed the reauthorization of Chapter 313 in the 2021 legislative session. Rather than leaving the program in the grave, industry groups propose to resurrect Chapter 313 and make it worse in the form of #HB5." https://t.co/lSCucYZoLK
dallasnews.com
Chapter 313 was one of the country’s worst examples of crony capitalism, funneling billions in Texas taxpayer dollars to out-of-state interests. The program...
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Someone smarter than me explain why all but 14 Democrats voted for a massive corporate welfare program that is bleeding billions from the public education system? Is there a worse opposition party in the country? #txlege
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Phelan needed Dems to get this thing passed b/c the far-right hates Chapter 313. Did Dems use this leverage to extract something meaningful from the speaker? Or did they just agree to another decade of bleeding the public treasury for big corporations?
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"Let's begin, brothers, to serve the Lord God, for up to now we have done little or nothing" / "Comencemos, hermanos, a servir al Señor, porque hasta ahora poco o nada hemos hecho" (St. Francis of Assisi)
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House 5 worse than Chapter 313 that the Texas Legislature allowed to sunset in 2021.
We launched a new ad denoucing Texas House Bill 5 as 'the new Chapter 313.' HB 5 (and corporate welfare) is bad for schools, bad for taxpayers and bad for Texas #txlege #chapter313 #corporatewelfare #TXED
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HB5-Ch313 revamp LOWERS job wage requirement from Ave. manufacturing wage to Ave. county wage-a much lower standard! No tax dollars for poverty wages! @TMO_IAF @copsmetro @DAI_IAF @WXSWIAF @dlavine @GoodJobsFirst @TexasAFLCIO #txlege @TexasAFT @txstateteachers @TMFtx @EveryTxn
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New= Remember Chapter 313, Texas' $31B corporate tax break program lawmakers let die last year? HB 5 would bring it back with much of the same language -- but with deeper subsidies for a broader range of projects & often with fewer rules. w/ @jaspscherer
houstonchronicle.com
The Republican-backed plan to revive Texas' largest corporate tax break program closely...
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Central Texas Interfaith leader Dracula testifies along with Texas IAF leaders from across the state against bringing Chapter 313 back from the grave as HB5 @PatrickSvitek @nikigriswold @mclarkmadison @mmorris011 @MyABJ @by_jmiller @TMO_IAF @copsmetro @DAI_IAF @WXSWIAF
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Chapter 313 isn’t local control. School districts who grant the abatements don’t have to pay for them. Taxpayers across the state do. to the tune of $31Billion cost to taxpayers. Its “local out of control” for corporate tax giveaways. @TMO_IAF @copsmetro @DAI_IAF @WXSWIAF
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ARE WE THE “STATE OF TEXAS” OR “TEXAS INCORPORATED”? TEXAS IAF CALLS OUT CORPORATE CRONYISM IN HB5 CHAPTER 313 REWRITE #chapter313
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Jerome Frank, @DAI_IAF / Texas IAF: "we believe the best investment Texas Can make in economic development, investing in workforce development, infrastructure, and strong communities Chapter 313 cost $1.1 Million in abatements for every permeant job created
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“CCHD has been an enormous support in @copsmetro’s 50 years of organizing. Without them, we wouldn’t have a network in the southwest who’ve done so much for the marginalized.” -@jlopezpaul
#CSMG23 #PowerofCCHD
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“People are not used to listening, and that is what true catechesis does—listen and teach listening.”
americamagazine.org
Our leaders spoke to their development as public persons, worthy of recognition in civil society and local democracy.
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