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Nearly 20% of renters in America are behind on their payments https://cnb.cx/39X88LK
Today Congress introduced legislation to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hour to $15/hour by 2025. While this is an important first step, we also call on Congress to address the even more critical issue of affordable housing. https://reports.nlihc.org/oor @NLIHC
Law Center founder & ED @Mariafoscarinis will be a special guest during @skidroworg's Virtual Community Meeting on Jan 28 at 12:00 PM PST. She will be speaking about our work at the Law Center, the criminalization of homelessness, and more.
RSVP today: https://bit.ly/TrustRSVP01282021
Stable housing saves lives. If you don’t believe me, ask an economist! https://twitter.com/lydiadepillis/status/1353673115214163969
!! Study finds that uniform moratoria on evictions and utility shutoffs through November of last year could have saved *164,000* lives lost to COVID-19: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28394/w28394.pdf?utm_campaign=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&%3Butm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&%3Butm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED
If real, that would make reducing housing precarity easily the best public health measure we've got.
Another study using our moratorium data finds that #Eviction caused excess #covid19 deaths and will continue to do so if moratoriums are not adopted and improved. https://twitter.com/rmc031/status/1353691734627246080
🚨If implemented as federal policy from early March through end of Nov. — "policies that limit evictions could have reduced Covid deaths by 40.7%. For utility disconnection moratoria, infections rates could have been reduced by 8.7% and deaths by 14.8%." https://www.nber.org/papers/w28394#.YA7BTt-ImQI.twitter
Joe Biden has taken a critical step toward ending homelessness & curbing the spread of #COVID19 with the American Rescue Plan. This plan calls for $5 billion in emergency assistance to secure housing for those at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Congregate shelters are not conducive to social distancing & can be dangerous for at-risk populations. With funding from the American Rescue Plan & 100% FEMA reimbursement, communities have all the funding they need to provide individual shelter to all experiencing #homelessness.
buildbackbetter.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COVID_Relief-Package-Fact-Sheet.pdf
"Foregoing the count means that we're going to miss a pretty crucial data point. Particularly in light of COVID, there's been widespread reports that there's an increase in unsheltered homelessness around the country." - Dennis Culhane
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For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed
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The annual street survey of homeless people is being delayed or put off completely in some parts of the U.S. during the pandemic, even as the country's unsheltered population appears to be growing.
