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Meet Jada (age 10) from North Carolina, NAHRO's
#WhatHomeMeanstoMe
poster contest winner for August!
In her own words "I live in a peaceful place and I am so blessed to live there. It’s my happy place. My home is awesome and my property is clean and nice. I love it here."
.
@nahropres
on
@AdrianneTodman
nomination as
@HUDgov
Deputy Secretary: "She is an experienced practitioner with vast knowledge of the affordable housing industry & a track record of operational and managerial excellence. We support her nomination."
Congrats to newly-confirmed
@HUDgov
Deputy Secretary
@AdrianneTodman
! Thank you for your leadership, wisdom, and dedication to our members and to the communities they serve. We’re so proud of you!
“Homelessness is a state, not a trait. Not a character flaw, not a type of person. It’s a
#Housing
situation.....I refuse to believe this is an unsolvable problem,” says
@USICHgov
’s
@jeffolivet
at
#NAHROTogether
.
"To me, housing has been and is a guaranteed right, especially when we’re talking about Indigenous cultures. But that’s not guaranteed in this current economic system..."
@JackieFielder_
says in an interview w/
@highcountrynews
.
"We want every single person, no matter their station, to find a way to get out of, not just off the streets, but even out of shelters,"
@SecFudge
said.
@pamelafessler
reports for
@NPR
.
Congratulations to
@SenSherrodBrown
recipient of NAHRO's Legislator of the Year Award! Thank you for all the work you've done on legislation geared toward funding and preserving
#affordablehousing
.
#Forward
.
@NLIHC
releases “The Gap” which finds lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of approx. 7 million affordable and available rental homes. As a result, 71% of extremely low-income renter households are severely housing cost-burdened.
#TheGap22
)
"Officials with several housing authorities said they are preparing for...when funds run out. Some will dip into reserves to keep public housing operating, while others said they won't be able to pay their portion of rent for Section 8 voucher programs."
"New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued that it is time for the U.S. to address the impact of more than two decades of
#publichousing
cuts, which she said have left children in her district with lead poisoning and asthma issues..."
BREAKING:
@POTUS
released details from his upcoming FY 2022 budget proposal, including a 15% increase to
@HUDgov
funding & the largest single expansion of the
#HousingChoiceVoucher
program EVER. The details include:
"Arresting or ticketing people who have nowhere else to go doesn't help them find permanent housing...Instead, policies criminalizing homelessness can make it more difficult to afford and qualify for housing."
This month, we proudly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
#FairHousing
Act. We’ve accomplished much since then, but there is so much more to do. Thanks to
@natfairhouse
for the video.
#FairHousingIs50
Thank you
@LDG_Development
for partnering with NAHRO to provide a $1M scholarship program serving low-income students and young professionals in the affordable housing industry!
Congratulations to our new NAHRO President
@pswells13
and our new Senior Vice President
@gguyfwha
! We're thrilled to have you lead NAHRO, and look
#Forward
to working with you!
Today kicks off National Community Development Week! The need for
#AffordableHousing
has never been greater, with millions of Americans at risk of eviction due to the
#COVID19
pandemic.
#CDBG
has preserved over $1.25 million units of housing since 2005.
#CDBGworks
#CDWeek2021
.
@nahroceo
: “NAHRO and its members are grateful to Representative Palazzo for his commitment and leadership. We need leaders & advocates who understand the importance of HCD programs and the transformative effect they have on communities nationwide.”
‘My highest priority is affordable housing. I would not be where I am today but for affordable housing and the stability it gave me and my family,’
@RepRitchie
said in an interview w/
@GothamGazette
We’re excited to welcome Mark Thiele as NAHRO’s new CEO! He’s a seasoned leader and
#AffordableHousing
expert with years of experience at our national, regional and state levels. Welcome aboard, Mark – we’re looking forward to your leadership!
Congratulations to Executive Director of Housing Authority of the City of Aurora Craig Maraschky, recipient of this year’s
@NAHROnational
’s Advocacy Award! Thanks for all you do!
#Forward
"The first woman and person of color to lead the city's housing authority has spent more than two decades working for housing authorities, after a caseworker helped her realize that helping to ensure people have a home was the path for her."
Congrats to Shaunté Evans, new CEO of
@SptbgHousing
! "Board Chairman Matthew Myers commented, 'The Board of Commissioners and Staff...are thrilled to have Shaunté lead our organization into the next era for affordable housing.'"
“Chronic underfunding for renovations by Congress has consequences: About 10,000 public housing units are lost in the U.S. each year from neglect that’s left them uninhabitable.”
.
@natfairhouse
president/ceo
@ItsLisaRice
talks about how residential segregation is still hurting millions of people and that where we live drives so much of life outcomes. We need to make sure that everyone has housing security and equity.
#UniversalVouchers
"To help residents transition into well-paying jobs and ultimately traditional housing, forward-thinking public housing agencies are offering services, such as job training, academic tutoring, financial counseling, and more."
With that, the hearing is over! NAHRO leadership fully supports
@AdrianneTodman
’s nomination for Deputy Secretary of
@HUDgov
. “We are thrilled to see such a qualified and experienced leader given the opportunity to serve our country,” said
@NAHROPres
.
Our rally continues:
@RitchieTorres
says
#BuildBackBetter
passed the House not only because of members of Congress, but because of advocates such as those at NAHRO. “This act is not perfection, but it is progress and it’s worth celebrating.”
CEO of
@NCHVorg
@Kat_Monet
says strides have been made to end
#veteran
homelessness but work still needs to be done. She says there continues to be a need to focus on permanent housing options and ways to improve the
@HUDgov
and
@DeptVetAffairs
HUD-VASH program.
At
#NAHRONavigates
, we just announced the grand prize winner of our 2021
#WhatHomeMeansToMe
poster contest. Congratulations to Grace (age 13) from the Housing Authority of Utah County! See all winning posters here:
#NAHROInnovates
attendees, thank you for your leadership and your hard work on the Hill on behalf of the people and communities you serve. Safe travels home!
#affordablehousing
That’s a wrap! From all of us at NAHRO: thank you to our Washington Conference speakers, attendees, and sponsors, and to all the members of Congress and their staff who took the time to meet with our advocates! We hope you learned a lot and that your voices were heard!
#Forward
.
@dianeyentel
: [T]he federal budget authority for housing assistance programs 50 years ago was nearly three times more than it is today, despite the significant growth in the number of low-income renters eligible for housing assistance.
#TheGap19
by
@NLIHC
.
@nahroceo
: For nearly 90 years, HAs have played a vital role in providing families, seniors, veterans and persons experiencing homelessness with access to housing. Today, more than 3k housing authorities provide affordable homes to more than 7.4M people.
.
@NAHROpres
celebrates
#NAHROat90
: we are the oldest, largest and most diverse affordable housing and community development association and we serve 8 million souls. During the next 90 years, we will also need to find ways to serve more!
"While much of the media focused on the TSA and problems with air travel, NAHRO members bombarded members of congress with 3,700 letters and other communications, relaying stories of how the shutdown was affecting their clients..."
On newly confirmed HUD Sec.
@mlfudge
@NAHROPres
says: “We are thrilled to have a Secretary with her experience and leadership...and we look forward to working with her and with HUD to provide safe, decent and affordable housing in vibrant communities all across America.”
Welcome to Day 1 of
#NAHROat90
: COLLABORATE!
@nahroceo
kicks us off by acknowledging the great work our members do: “Please continue to own your resident focus - that is your superpower!”
We thank
@SecFudge
for her service at
@HUDgov
particularly her support for increasing the number of affordable homes, and her partnership with our more than 26,000 members. Under her leadership, HUD built and repaired more than 500k affordable homes, provided housing agencies
The need for affordable housing has never been greater.
#CDBG
has helped preserve over 1.25 million units of affordable housing since 2005.
#CDBGworks
#CDWeek2022
At our closing plenary, The Color of Law author Richard Rothstein discussed the "blatantly unconstitutional system of racial segregation in this society" and noted that a new movement to redress this will be launching in the next few months.
#Forward
“Lower-income people were paying more for groceries because they were having to go to convenience stores,” Huston said. “This bus is another way to support our brothers and sisters who are living in poverty.”
"'Affordable housing isn’t just a technical definition detailing a person’s income and what percentage of their income they pay for a home,' Schmidt said. 'It’s a place offering quality and community to its residents.'"
.
@FresnoHousing
's board of commissioners "voted to approve a letter strongly opposing a controversial federal proposal that could displace hundreds of children and families from public housing in Fresno."
Tiffany of Jobs Plus ATX shares a resident's success story. Since 2016, 141 people have started new jobs and 113 families have gone to work or increased their income.
#FSS
#familyselfsufficiency
#jobsplus
@Hacanet
Thanks to
#HousersAtWork
, youth residents from
@LaurelHousingMS
& Waynesboro Housing Authority receive
#COVID19
"Pandemic Backpacks" containing masks, hand sanitizer, and school supplies.
.
@SecretaryCarson
discusses HUD's new Foster Youth to Independence initiative, w/c allows local public housing authorities to request tenant protection vouchers for young adults who have recently left foster care.
"At 6:00 a.m. when most kids are just waking up for school, the doors of Monarch School open so their homeless students can come in for a hot shower and breakfast before classes begin."
NAHRO board member and Executive Director of
@maikerhp
@PLifari
is moderating the Housing Supply Challenges panel of our online Summer Symposium.
#EndHomelessness
Congratulations to
@RepRitchie
, NAHRO Legislator of the Year! Tanya Dempsey of CSG Advisors presented the award. “There’s no issue that is more encoded in the DNA of who I am than
#AffordableHousing
.” More info:
#NAHROat90
welcomes
@DepSecTodman
back with a rousing standing ovation! The Deputy Secretary discusses housing and resilience, ensuring sufficient resources for affordable housing, the Build for the Future initiative, HOTMA, NSPIRE and more!