rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/mlk-jr-day-appeal-help-advance-statewide-water-affordability?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-mlk-jr-day-appeal-help-advance-statewide-water-affordability' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> People's Water Board Coalition https://actionnetwork.org/groups/peoples-water-board-coalition https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/484/513/normal/PWBC-Tate_water_affordability_banner-2_2024.jpg Dear Friend: We need your help to pass statewide water affordability legislation: Senate Bills 549-554, and 25; and House Bills 5088-5093. These bills will enact a new affordability water program and fund, plus shutoff and tenant protections to help families, seniors, and people with disabilities. Dr. King spoke of the importance of ensuring that policies and laws protect the rights of poor people. He also recognized the importance of access to life’s basic needs for the fulfillment of individual health, livelihood, and potential. In Michigan, unaffordable water, sewage, and stormwater drainage bills are a growing problem for thousands of low-income Michigan residents. When local water utilities pass along costly water infrastructure upgrades, maintenance, and operations fees to customers, many households are forced to choose between paying their water bill, medication, food or other essentials. Affordable water bills are critical to human rights and civil rights protections that low-income Michiganders need for survival and health. Please ask House Speaker Tate to use his leadership to move this bill package into law. Thank you! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/mlk-jr-day-appeal-help-advance-statewide-water-affordability