Increased benefits during the pandemic
The agenda calls for an extension of the expanded $600 federal unemployment benefits along with canceling rent and suspending debt payments during the pandemic. The plan also promotes a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, and utility shut-offs The agenda also calls to extend these benefits to immigrants “regardless of immigration status.” The plan also calls for retroactive hazard pay for essential workers as well a federal aid for states and cities to avoid layoffs.
