About Us
Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly National Economic and Social Rights Initiative) envisions a just world where everyone is treated with dignity, everyone’s human needs are met, and everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.
Our History
Over our history, Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly known as National Economic and Social Rights Initiative) has worked deeply in partnership with community organizations across the country.
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Affordable for Whom?
As a human right, housing must be habitable, accessible, culturally adequate, healthy, proximate to what we need, secure from forced eviction and affordable. Partners for Dignity & Rights with over 200 activists from across the country called out those programs in the first “Affordable for Whom?” national conference.
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The Transformative Potential of Community Land Trusts
WATCH: Affordable for Whom?: An Online Summit on Community Controlled, Deeply Affordable Housing
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Champlain Housing Trust & Motel-Housing Conversions (Slideshow from the Affordable for Whom Summit)
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A New Social Contract in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has helped clarify what is essential. Read news and analysis from our work to address the systemic issues behind this crisis.
