{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbourbonnbrowntown.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-105-bring-chicago-home-ft-dixon-romeo-5RASpfd9","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep. 105 - Bring Chicago Home ft. Dixon Romeo","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d75baeb3-88c5-4026-95e0-b0ef60f4fdd1/31d56993-8db5-43f4-a273-b407a0938826/18-648x433.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/f6f61dd7-4207-469e-930e-7212cd6ed489\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ep. 105 - Bring Chicago Home ft. Dixon Romeo\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"BrownTown chops it up with Dixon Romeo, Executive Director of NotMeWe and organizer with the Bring Chicago Home campaign. On March 19th, 2024, Chicago voters have the opportunity in the state primary elections to restructure the already existing, one-time Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) \"on properties when they are sold to create a substantial and legally dedicated revenue stream to provide permanent affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness\" (BringChicagoHome.org). The gang breaks down the years of organizing it took to get here and the ballot measure itself which increases the existing flat tax from .75% for the total price of all homes to 2% on the home price over $1 million and 3% for on the home price over $1.5 million, yet decreases for all homes under $1 million (~93% of new home buyers). BrownTown and Dixon also push back on real estate lobby-backed lies and places this moment in broader social and political context regarding the mere existence of homelessness in the richest, most powerful country in the world. Get in loser, we're Bringing Chicago Home! Originally recorded March 1, 2024."}