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What’s next for the Denver SIB and efforts to end homelessness in the US? urbn.is/3B0si46
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As of July 2018, 2.5 years into the Denver SIB, 85% of the 285 participants had remained in housing without ever exiting the program: urbn.is/36fi1mJ How are things going now? Join us #LiveAtUrban TODAY to learn more & hear the final findings. urbn.is/3vZrE3e
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How is working to end the homelessness-jail cycle? #LiveAtUrban TODAY at 3pm EDT hear from , , , , , & as they discuss the results of the Denver SIB. urbn.is/3vZrE3e
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#LiveAtUrban on 7/15:
Join & for a discussion on the evaluation results of the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative. urbn.is/3vZrE3e
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In 2018 we found about 1/3 of DC landlords refused vouchers outright, even with a local anti-discrimination law, rents pegged to neighborhood costs, and a strong PHA. Laws need enforcement to be effective.
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PRESS RELEASE: Today, the @EqualRightsCntr and a local renter, who uses a Housing Choice Voucher to pay her rent, filed suit to challenge Vaughan Place Apartments’ unlawful refusals to accept vouchers as a source of income to pay the rent.
Full release: tinyurl.com/2dvecw8d
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We’re making plans for how to best provide housing stability, resolve episodes of homelessness, and create housing opportunities! Help inform this important work by completing a community survey by June 24. Visit surveymonkey.com/r/denverhost.
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Only 1 in 4 families eligible for Housing Vouchers receive them due to lack of funds; Expanding the program is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT housing policy lawmakers can adopt to help people with low incomes afford housing. Yeah, we said it.
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Encampments are only the symptom. Demand every single affordable development includes ELI. Fund it. Prioritize PSH in every city. Demand it. Raise minimum wage. Fund UBI. Use all the hotels. Services, yes. Stop talking about moving camps. Demand we solve homelessness instead.
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The findings from the 2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress shed light on a homelessness system that was overburdened and under–resourced long before the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Coupled with western history’s immeasurable examples of medical racism, lack of meaningful access to physical and mental healthcare has produced marked racial disparities in health status – and thus in homelessness.
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A new blog where and I highlight 5 key ways communities can increase vaccine uptake among people experiencing homelessness. Check it out!
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Communities need to invest in vaccine distribution strategies to reach all people enduring homelessness—not only those in shelters. Here’s 5 ways how: urbn.is/3puQyEG w/@AlyseOneto via @urbaninstitute
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Developing and preserving affordable housing and small businesses along the Purple Line is key to equitable transit-oriented development. See what have been up to this year in the corridor. urban.org/research/publi
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Our latest article on the Moving to Work Demonstration was just released in Cityscape. Read about the impact of MTW on the cost effectiveness of providing housing assistance here: huduser.gov/portal/periodi
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I know this isn’t a hot take but we need to continue examining who the “experts” are in the racial equity and reproductive justice space 1/
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"The Alliance will push for homelessness funding & rental assistance in any new COVID emergency bill, and for a substantial increase in the FY21 bill. As always, this work will only succeed if we all speak up and demand it."
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.: "There are real resources implications here... It is always important for this count to be comprehensive. And this year, there are specific challenges that make a comprehensive count more difficult." (via ) #2020Census
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Denverites! Ballots are arriving in the mail beginning next week. Make sure you have all the information on Measure 2B. Text solutionsco to 52886 to learn more. #reducehomelessness #Yeson2B
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From , , & : Birmingham, AL has begun to address long-standing inequities. What can other cities learn from its example? urbn.is/2HhQVln
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Jails and prisons are not solutions to homelessness. Housing is. Fund Housing First instead of criminalization and police responses.
Five Charts That Explain the Homelessness-Jail Cycle—and How to Break It: urbn.is/2ZChrwf via
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Hey congress: get it together and fund rental assistance ASAP. Here’s why we need it (not just unemployment) and the options. With Kate Reynolds, and
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New brief from @GalvezMartha & team: Assessing options for federal rental assistance during the pandemic urbn.is/3a74AX2
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E. Harrison & : "When Black women express their medical concerns, listen to them, believe them, & help them receive the best quality care. It is a matter of life & death." urbn.is/33aZc3q
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Excited to see results from Stockton’s UBI pilot. Even more excited to find out about the researchers’ public dashboard! seed.sworps.tennessee.edu/spending.html
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Mayor @MichaelDTubbs of Stockton launched a pilot program in his city by providing a safety net with basic income for some of its residents living in poverty.
The results of this program look favorable and should be replicated in other cities.
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COVID-19 is not over! PHAs need funding to continue life-saving programs that have kept their vulnerable residents safe
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@awbhart & I write about how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an urgent need for federal investment in public housing to help PHAs respond to the crisis @urbaninstitute
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Eviction moratoria are ending and huge numbers of evictions being processed, expect significant increases in homelessness. Congress can stop this by passing large rent assistance package. It has a road map from HPRP, will take $15.5 billion per month.
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Does HUD's Moving to Work demonstration help public housing agencies serve greater or fewer households per dollar of federal funding? Check out our new report to find out! huduser.gov/portal/publica
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My colleague Clare and I wrote about injustices and disparities in the food supply chain that are blatantly clear as a result of #COVID19, acknowledging that all these inequitable agricultural/food systems are also built on stolen land! urbn.is/3f285z3
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"Considering the disparities in homelessness, service providers must recognize that Black and Brown trauma is real. Homelessness itself is a traumatic experience – now couple that with racism and all the inequities that come with it."
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As Black lives continue to be violently taken by sanctioned state force - we need to think seriously about abolition vs reform and which will bring about true justice.
Here are some thoughts from my perspective as a former justice policy researcher. #abolitionnotreform (1/9)
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It is empty when politicians call for healing and peace without stating antiracist policies they want to institute. Words bring momentary healing and peace. Policy change brings lasting healing and peace by rooting out the racism suffocating so many people. We want to breathe.
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CARES Act funding flexibility is helping Public Housing Authorities address urgent needs—but their long-term challenges could get worse without increased and sustained funding urbn.is/2Tov4vV via
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"They are victims of America’s wealth — and its indifference." America’s Cities Could House Everyone, if They Chose To
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From : How social service agencies can leverage behavioral science as services go virtual-- & why it's so important to address barriers to internet access for people living in poverty urbn.is/2Z9Q3WO
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People experiencing homelessness are getting COVID at higher rates than the general pop, are at greater risk because of underlyng health contitions. Immediate shelter and long-term housing assistance for them is essential component of any recovery effort thehill.com/blogs/congress
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Sweeps of encampments can put people living in encampments at even greater risk during the pandemic. Here are some strategies for how communities can better help people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
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