What's Been Done and What's Been Won

Not Water Assistance, Water AFFORDABILITY

December 13, 2020 Bob Ostertag Season 1 Episode 9
What's Been Done and What's Been Won
Not Water Assistance, Water AFFORDABILITY
Show Notes

Maureen reports on the decision by both the Detroit city government and the Michigan state government to have NO WATER SHUTOFFS for the duration of the pandemic. A major victory for low income people, She then explains the difference between "assistance" and "affordability" – affordability meaning that low income people are are billed for the basic necessities of life on the basis of income, and the coming attempt to take the affordability model national.