Right now, our economy is designed to extract wealth from families and communities and concentrate it in corporate hands. We believe the economy should be shaped by the people, not by a handful of elites. Our 2026 legislative agenda is centered around economic justice, and confronts some of the most detrimental ways corporations, financial actors, and utilities profit by destabilizing Maryland families—and rewrites the rules across debt, housing, energy, and credit in the public interest. Together, let’s build an economy that works for Maryland families, not against them.

End Unfair Debt Practices

• Protect victims of coerced debt and identity theft from unjust court procedures
• Increase transparency for patients and pet owners around high-cost medical credit cards
• Save people’s homes and home equity from debt collectors
• Safeguard healthcare from out-of-state venture capitalists

Expand Affordable Energy

• Prevent utility companies from profiteering off of ratepayers
• Expand programs to bring affordable solar power to energy-burdened homes

Keep People Housed

• Provide clarity to homeowners facing foreclosure and end zombie mortgages
• Expand ability for fair housing organizations to root out discrimination
• Prohibit unfair tenant screening practices
• Expand funding for eviction assistance programs for at-risk families
• Ban landlords from using AI to secretly collude on prices for rent

Support Affordable, Accessible Credit and Prices

• Prohibit payday loan apps from charging hidden fees and abusive interest rates
• Prevent high-cost predatory lenders from evading licensing and enforcement
• Prohibit stores from using surveillance pricing to overcharge consumers for everyday necessities

Build Shared Power

• Support legislation to protect our immigrant and LGBTQIA neighbors
• Support fair wages for all workers
• Support a fair share taxation policy