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NEW: Announcement of additional $21.6 billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Program allocation.
Includes strengthened guidance to expedite resources & prevent evictions due to the affordable housing challenges made worse by COVID-19.
Read more: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program
Recently released #FAFSA numbers for unaccompanied #homeless youth provide early indications of the impact of the pandemic on the #highered prospects of youth experiencing #homelessness.
Our analysis: https://schoolhouseconnection.org/warning-signs-2019-20-homelessness-fafsa-data-signals-impact-of-the-pandemic/
"The data show us that safe, secure, affordable housing means that people have better health and their children do better in school and stay in school longer. If you want to make an investment in families, make an investment in housing." - @ewarren
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-elizabeth-warren-transcript.html
Follow #HousingnotHandcuffs in Maryland from the great team @DecrimMaryland, @HPRPMaryland & @GabrielaSevi!! https://twitter.com/HPRPMaryland/status/1390663120906031106
Register for our Summer Series w/@DecrimMaryland on the need to Decriminalize Homelessness in Maryland –hear from advocates & folks with lived experience on how these laws have impacted their lives & what you can do to support.
Register here: https://www.decrimmaryland.org/so/72NaaXpnx?languageTag=en#/main
'It's very scary for renters right now': Housing assistance is becoming more widely available, but the federal eviction ban is at risk https://cnb.cx/3upuf6E
Camping bans won’t reduce homelessness and will likely make it worse by adding to the trauma and hardship that people face and by erecting barriers to housing & employment. Instead, we must expand access to low-income housing and support for those who need it. #HousingNotHandcuffs
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Austin voters approve reinstating bans on camping, resting and panhandling - Austin Monitor
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Lee esta historia en español. Austin has voted to reinstate criminal penalties for behavior related to homelessness. With its passage, Proposition B will restore the city’s previous ban on public encampments, prohibition of resting in certain areas and limitations on...“As each municipality deals with the unjust realities of conventional policing, there needs to be greater examination of even more unaccountable forms of private-public policing, such as those pushed by business improvement districts."
Western Regional Advocacy Project
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Cities Are Outsourcing Policing to Business Districts
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These entities have a lot of power, and little oversight.
