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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Read all about it here: nashvillepeoplesbudget.org And join us June 25 for our Campaign Win Party! >> bit.ly/npbcinterest We will break down our victories and how we secured them, outline what comes next, and share ways to get involved in moving our work forward, including by becoming a member!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

BIG NEWS! We won public $ for Nashville’s first director & support staff to establish decommodified, permanently affordable, publicly-owned, community-controlled SOCIAL HOUSING! We also won increased funding for Nashville’s non-police mental health crisis response program! But we're not done yet >>>

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A.J. Muste Foundation for Peace and Justice @ajmuste.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Announcing our May Rapid Response grantees, Nashville People's Budget Coalition (@nashpplsbudget.bsky.social) and Peace Economy Project (@peaceeconomy.bsky.social) ! 📣 The Rapid Response Grant Fund (for June) closes tomorrow at 4pm EST. #rapidresponse #funding #socialjusticefunding

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

JOIN US TONIGHT to build people power at the annual Budget Hearing! We are closer than ever to winning permanently affordable social housing in Nashville, but we need your help to secure it! Gather between 4-6pm Meeting starts at 6:30 Hearing starts around 7 Register >>> bit.ly/npbcpublichearing

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

TONIGHT! People Power Party! 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Edgehill United Methodist Church. - Learn important and exciting updates on our budget campaign! - Collective prep for our June 2 budget hearing remarks! - Fun! (bingo??) Register to let us know if you plan to join us >> bit.ly/npbcppp

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Nashville could soon have permanently affordable, publicly-owned, community-controlled, decommodified housing — but only if you join the fight. Join us! >>> bit.ly/npbcaction

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER? Join us to testify at the June 2 Public Hearing on the Budget! Your experience is your expertise. We will help you prepare and accompany you during the hearing! >>> bit.ly/npbcpublichearing

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We also need guarantees that: — Housing justice advocates & housing insecure folks will directly shape & govern this new fund — It will be housed in a new "authority" outside MDHA, which has a poor track record on evictions & tenant rights — The budget will fund 3 new positions to guarantee success

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Bonds and a revolving loan fund are essential to our housing platform, but financing is only one piece of the puzzle. Our full demand is for housing that is: — Permanently affordable — Owned by the city or a community organization (decommodified) — Controlled by tenants and community partners

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We asked the mayor for $10 mil for permanently affordable social housing: $9.5 mil for a revolving loan fund to cover debt on bonds used to build housing & $500k for staffing. In response, the mayor’s recommended budget includes $7 mil for a revolving loan fund to create a housing bond!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

WE'RE CLOSE TO A MAJOR HOUSING WIN! (permanently affordable social housing!) Take action to help us secure it! >>> bit.ly/npbcaction Read through for more info and action steps.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Read more about our budget platform at www.nashvillepeoplesbudget.org

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Tell Mayor O'Connell — Fund housing we can stay in & safety that meets our needs! actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...

Tell Mayor O'Connell — Fund housing we can stay in & safety that meets our needs! Link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/we-need-housing-we-can-stay-in-and-safety-that-meets-our-needs?source=direct_link&

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Grade: D Our communities already know how to prevent and effectively respond to harm. We don’t need to wait for your Task Force to tell us what we already know. We need $$$ to do it ourselves.

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More than 60% of Nashvillians want more safety resources that actually “reduce crime.” A majority of the thousands of residents we have engaged over the last half decade have been crystal clear that our current reactionary system of “public safety” and surveillance is not meeting most residents’ needs, and is in fact making things worse. Residents want meaningful public investment into resources that produce genuine safety without police, courts, or jails.

Our communities already know how to prevent and effectively respond to harm. We don’t need to wait for your Task Force to tell us what we already know. We need $$$ to do it ourselves.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

He replied: We hired someone and can’t do anything else until the Task Force tells us what to do. (paraphrased)

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

2. We asked: "...Will you commit to making major increases to funding for community-based safety programs this budget cycle?”

2. We asked:

“At the launch of your Community Safety Task Force, you said, ‘There is more to safety than policing.’ I agree with you on that. But the city spends about $800 million on police, courts, and jails, but only $5 million on preventative community safety options. I think we agree that’s not enough for alternatives to police. Will you commit to making major increases to funding for community-based safety programs this budget cycle?”

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The mayor did mention a possible pilot for a new “housing bond,” which we would embrace — if it is used to build permanently affordable, city-owned, community-governed social housing!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Grade: C- Rather than commit to investing in housing we can actually afford to stay in, the mayor boasted about his admin’s meager accomplishments.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

He replied: We’re already doing an amazing job with housing. We might do housing bonds. (paraphrased)

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

1. We asked: “...will you commit to making unprecedented investments this budget cycle into permanently affordable social housing, including through the use of bonds?”

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“You recently said affordability and safety are your top priorities. When you ran for mayor, you told us you ‘want us to stay.’ Your affordable housing investments have not met the urgency of the crisis we’re facing. If affordability is still a top priority for you, will you commit to making unprecedented investments this budget cycle into permanently affordable social housing, including through the use of bonds?”

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

On April 23, two NPBC members called in to WPLN’s monthly “Ask the Mayor” segment to ask Mayor O’Connell if he would commit to making major new investments, this budget cycle, into permanently affordable social housing and non-police community safety. This is how it went...

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Read the full proposal at www.nashvillepeoplesbudget.org

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Tell Mayor O’Connell & city leaders to fund housing we can stay in and safety that meets our needs! ✅ $10 mil for permanently affordable social housing ✅ $13 mil for the Community Safety Fund ✅ $2 mil to expand the REACH non-police crisis response program 💰$25 MIL actionnetwork.org/letters/we-n...

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Stay tuned for action steps to support our demands!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

$25 million to guarantee housing and safety for all! If Mayor O'Connell really wants us to “stay,” he will allocate $10 mil for *permanently* affordable social housing. If he really believes that “there is more to safety than policing,” he will allocate $15 mil for non-police community safety.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

CALLING ALL NASHVILLIANS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN YOUR OWN CITY! PEOPLE’S TOWN HALL Saturday, April 11 1:00-3:00 pm Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church 2708 Jefferson St Nashville, TN 37208 Register to speak or just attend >>> bit.ly/npbctownhall >>> www.instagram.com/p/DW3-CxTEshR/

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

HELP US BUILD A PEOPLE’S BUDGET BY MARCH 23! 5-min survey >>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey Please share!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Tune in tomorrow, March 19, 7-8pm to learn what we're up to, how folks can take action to build power with us, and all about our brand new expanded membership structure! Register >>> bit.ly/npbcinterest

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Tired of unfulfilled promises about “affordable housing”? Fed up with “public safety” that doesn’t really keep us safe? Want to live in a Nashville that all of us can afford & thrive in? Come tell elected officials why you want housing & safety for all now! Register to speak: bit.ly/npbctownhall

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Learn about our organization, multiple ways to get involved, new membership opportunities, and the latest on our Housing & Safety for All campaign. Join us! bit.ly/npbcinterest

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Talk to your neighbors with us! bit.ly/npbcoutreach

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

YOU get an action and YOU get an action and YOU get an action! ⚡ Take your pick: 1. Complete our survey by March 20! 2. Knock doors with us! 3. Attend our virtual General Interest Meeting March 19! 4. Attend and/or speak at our People’s Town Hall April 11! All links in bio.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This event is a gathering for Middle Tennessee organizations, congregations, or informal associations to (1) develop shared analysis of the housing and safety problems our people face, (2) explore bold solutions to those problems, & (3) establish plans to build the people power to win them. JOIN US!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Members or staff of progressive/left Middle Tennessee organizations, congregations, or informal community associations are invited to join our People's Movement Assembly for Housing & Safety — Sunday, March 8, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.! Register >>> bit.ly/npbcpma

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

For every $100 in the General Fund, Metro Nashville Government spends $31 on police, courts, and jails, $1.09 on affordable housing, and 16 cents on non-police community safety. How do YOU think the city should spend OUR money? >>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey Tell us by March 15!

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

How would high-quality, mixed-income, permanently affordable, community-governed housing impact your community? What non-police community safety resources would most benefit your community? + more questions! >>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

LINK IN BIO! Take 5 min to complete our Housing & Safety for All Survey to help shape our 2026 platform as part of our ongoing Housing & Safety for All campaign! >>> bit.ly/npbcsurvey Share with a friend or a neighbor or in your neighborhood listserv! Complete by March 15, 2026.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Until direct democracy builds the entire city budget — a genuine people’s budget — the mayor and his team should be present, front row, at every public comment / hearing concerning how he and his team will spend our money. PRE-BUDGET PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, 2/3/26, 6:30pm. Sign up in person 5-6pm.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Warm up & build people power at our Feb 7 Community Assembly! 🔥 REGISTER: bit.ly/npbcassembly All are welcome to join us at this family-friendly event as we build people power to secure the permanently affordable housing and genuine community safety we all deserve.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.

There was a time before ICE—2003—and there will be a time after—in our lifetime. Abolish ICE. Abolish olice. Renee Nicole Good & all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Our 2025 was full of new wins & new possibilities for building a Nashville for all of us, by all of us. Check out our 2025 year in review and learn how you can help us keep building & winning in 2026 & beyond! (Hint: become a member and/or a monthly donor!) Full text: nashvillepeoplesbudget.org

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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Solidarity with the coalition building power to ensure the $15M state grant funds genuine safety for all not surveillance! The struggle continues—mark your calendars for the evening of Jan 20, when the MOU is scheduled to be considered again. Stay tuned for ways to help support this ongoing effort!

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

What’s going on with the plan to give the Nashville Downtown Partnership $15M of grant funding for surveillance tech and an armored SWAT vehicle? @iamstevenhale.bsky.social from the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social joins us to talk about the resolution, the backlash, and our unanswered questions.

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TN-07 Results! Plus, Is Downtown Getting Mass Surveillance? - City Cast Nashville

Republican Matt Van Epps defeated Democratic State Representative Aftyn Behn in the Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election to fill M...

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