VOICE ’ s Organizing History
Affordable Housing :
� Organized with low-income housing residents to fix 800 fire code violations in Culmore Apartments and numerous health and safety violations in Lafayette / Rt . 1 Apartments in Fairfax Co ; to correct housing code violations and secure fair treatment during redevelopment at the Alexandria Bland Public Housing Project ; and to win $ 200,000 to restore bus service to the Arlington Health & Human Service Center from Columbia Pike .
� Launched a major campaign to hold financial institutions accountable for foreclosures , predatory lending , and the broken loan modification system in Prince William County .
Dental Care :
� Secured $ 9 million in the 2010 VA budget to preserve access to dental care for low income adults as well as $ 300,000 from Alexandria City , Fairfax , and Arlington to expand low-income adult dental services at the Northern Virginia Dental Clinic .
Immigration Justice :
� Organized local immigrant residents ( Muslim , Latino , African Christian ) to press for timely processing of Federal immigration applications ( citizenship , naturalization , & asylum ) that are backlogged more that 5-9 years and to press Virginia officials to accept Federal immigration documents as proof of residency to obtain a driver ’ s license .
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