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@NLIHC
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Dedicated to achieving racially & socially equitable public policy that ensures people w/ the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible & affordable
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"Homelessness IS a choice – not of the people who experience it, but of the policymakers who create, sustain and worsen it." -
@dianeyentel
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Thank you
@MaxineWaters
for reintroducing your "Ending Homelessness Act 2017" at
#NLIHCForum17
! We are in the fight with you.
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Today,
@NLIHC
President and CEO Diane Yentel briefed
@Ocasio2018
& her team on disaster housing recovery in Puerto Rico. We need wholesale redesign of housing recovery/rebuilding system to better meet unique needs of low income people and their communities.
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New Report! “Out of Reach 2021: The High Cost of Housing" -
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Thank you
@AyannaPressley
for writing the preface to
#OOR19
. We know that you are working to tackle the
#affordablehousing
crisis in Mass. & across the country, & we support your efforts.
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Have you checked out the latest episode of
@patriotact
? - "What Happens if You Can't Pay Rent?"
An economic crisis is right on the heels of this public health one
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Nikole Hannah-Jones to Address “Racial Equity and Housing Justice During and After COVID-19” on July 7 -
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Joan in OH just wants to make sure her family is supported during this uncertain time.
With Senate Rs slashing UI, we must include at least $100B in emergency
#rentalassistance
to keep Joan’s family & all families across America
#stablyhoused
.
Senate Rs,
#GetBackToWork
!
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@SenWarren
’s housing plan would help solve the hsg crisis by building 3M homes and bringing down rents by 10%. No wonder it has so many co-sponsors! TY
@RepBarbaraLee
,
@SenGillibrand
,
@AyannaPressley
,
@RashidaTlaib
for supporting a plan that's needed!
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“We have to shine a very bright light that shows how homelessness follows the pattern of inequalities in our country.” ~ Rep.
@RepJayapal
via
#NationalCall
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.
@AyannaPressley
talks housing at forum in Cambridge
“I came home to eviction notices often, I always felt a sense of fragility in the place I should have felt the most safe.”
Listen to what she said on our
#OOR19
press call.
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TY
@NydiaVelazquez
,
@KamalaHarris
,
@SenGillibrand
&
@BennieGThompson
for introducing legislation that would create a commission on hurricane response in
#PuertoRico
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Sunday’s
@LastWeekTonight
w/
@iamjohnoliver
spotlighted the critically important conversation on rising rents - And how affordable housing is
#OutofReach
for the lowest income and most marginalized renters.
See the full segment at:
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Millions of people like Jane couldn’t afford to make ends meet pre-COVID. Without
#RentReliefNow
, our country’s lowest-income renters are sure to face eviction & homelessness.
Senate Rs,
#DoYourJob
! Keep roofs over the heads of families in MO & across the country!
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Join Nikole Hannah-Jones: ‘Racial Equity & Housing Justice During/After COVID-19’! -
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New Report “Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2020” Now Available! -
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Ibram X. Kendi to Address “Racial Equity During and After COVID-19 Pandemic,” May 21 -
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.
@RepWexton
@RepPressley
& 59 other lawmakers condemn HUD for undermining Housing First model & safety of LGBTQ community
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Bills Introduced to Nullify Fair Housing Regulation
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It’s now or never! We cannot let Congress neglect this opportunity! Contact your senators and representatives TODAY, and urge them to ensure historic housing investments remain in the
#BuildBackBetter
Act!
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🗣Calling all advocates!
We cannot allow Congress to miss this opportunity to make the single most significant investment in history in quality, affordable, accessible homes for the country’s lowest-income people.
Email and call your senators TODAY!
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It’s June 1 &
#RentisDue
, but millions of American’s can’t afford to pay. Members of Congress & housing advocates have joined in the call for
#RentReliefNow
! Spread the word. Tell senators to ensure
#housingstability
during & after
#COVID19
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No matter the bill's name, we must urge Congress not to miss these critical opportunities to expand investments in affordable housing during the FY23 appropriations process & in a budget reconciliation bill.
📞Call your members of Congress about funding TODAY! - 202-224-3121
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in the community that has been waiting for way too long. We should not have to choose between our crumbling housing stock from our crumbling bridges.
Housing is a fundamental human right...PERIOD!
#TimeToDeliver
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Join Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Racial Equity & Housing Justice During/After COVID-19’! -
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We applaud
@timkaine
&
@OrrinHatch
for introducing important legislation to help combat housing discrimination, segregation, and inequality. Where you live has an enormous impact on the opportunities you and your children have in life.
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🚨If
#SCOTUS
rules in favor of Grants Pass, it will authorize cities and states to punish people forced to sleep outdoors with arrest and steep fines, even when they have no other safe option. We need housing solutions, not fines 🏘️.
#HomelessnessIsSolvable
#JohnsonVGrantsPass
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Did You Hear?
@SenJeffMerkley
& many others are advocating for 3
#hoUSed
priorities:
✅Choice Vouchers
✅$70B for Public Housing
✅$45B for the Housing Trust Fund
& you know what?
@SecFudge
supports it!
#Housing4UsAll
#AmericanJobsPlan
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"There is not one nickel, dime, or dollar for housing development in this bill. We can no longer afford to have housing as an afterthought. Simply something that can wait until later. It is foundational to the prosperity of families . ." - Chair Waters
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The federal eviction moratorium is set to expire in 6 days & billions of dollars will be owed in back rent & millions of renters will be at risk of losing their homes in the new year.
We need the WH to provide
#RentReliefNow
!
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When it comes to HUD's public & assisted housing programs, chronic underfunding & poor oversight have left families in unsafe living conditions.
TY
@RepPressley
for creating steps toward empowering renters through the Tenant Empowerment Act.
#TenantPower
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We are excited to announce that
@RepJayapal
, Chair of the
@USProgressives
, is a confirmed speaker for
#NLIHC
's
#Forum23
!
This session will highlight the path forward for achieving universal, stable, & affordable housing in America.
Register today:
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Housing! Housing! Housing! 🏠
While we're all here, what's your favorite part of the Build Back Better Act?
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┃┃╱╲ In
┃╱╱╲╲ this
╱╱╭╮╲╲house
▔▏┗┛▕▔ we
╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲
believe that BUDGETS are
MORAL DOCUMENTS
╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲
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📢Congress, pass the
#BuildBackBetter
budget to ensure an
#EquitableRecovery
for all.
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“We are urging President Elect Biden on his first day & hour in office, as one emergency action that we expect him to take, to sign a new exec. order & implement a new strengthened & enforced eviction moratorium for the duration of the pandemic.” ~
@dianeyentel
via
@BBCWorld
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Those experiencing homelessness are disproportionately people of color, the result of centuries of discrimination in housing, education, employment, health care, and the criminal legal system.
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Yes,
@RepPressley
! We will answer the question
@SecretaryCarson
failed to answer. GOOD HOUSING IS GOOD HEALTH!
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"I think it's very clear what the consequences will be if Congress does not provide an extended eviction moratorium & substantial rental assistance — and that is a tsunami of evictions"
@dianeyentel
Small landlords, Low-income renters & more are all looking for
#RentReliefNow
!
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.
@SenWarren
@ChuyForCongress
@RepBarbaraLee
Introduce Legislation to Extend Nationwide Moratorium on Evictions
Ensuring
#housingstability
is both a moral imperative & a public health necessity. We applaud legislation that will keep renters in their homes
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“And let’s be clear - housing justice and racial justice are inextricably linked. Today’s housing crisis does disproportionate harm to black and brown people. Most severely cost-burdened and deeply poor renters are people of color...” -
@SarahMickelson1
#PeoplesHousingPlatform
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TY,
@AyannaPressley
for helping us launch
#OOR19
!
We agree that "The displacement of families is a national public health crisis." We look forward to working with you to ensure everyone has access to
#affordablehousing
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What needs to happen to get emergency relief out?
"Applications should be simple.
Aid should go directly to tenants if landlords don’t participate in an application.
Whenever possible, people should be able to look to “self-attestation." -
@dianeyentel
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Jimmy Carter says Trump administration is ignoring affordable-housing shortage "Low-income housing needs to be raised much higher as a priority for our country."
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“Eventually the moratoriums will be lifted, and we don’t want to create an environment where low-income renters fall off a financial cliff and we have a rash of evictions” -
@dianeyentel
h/t
@ConorDougherty
via
@nytimes
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#RP
“Renters will continue to struggle to pay rent after the pandemic unless Congress invests in the long-term solutions that are needed to keep the lowest income people safely and affordably housed.” ~
@dianeyentel
via
@ABC
w/
@eschulze
More at:
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Fact of the Week: Eighteen State Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Have Disbursed Less Than 5% of Initial Funding
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During the House Committee on Rules (
@RulesDemocrats
) hearing, NLIHC's VP of Policy highlighted the undeniable connection between food insecurity & affordable housing.
To end food insecurity, congress must end homelessness & housing poverty because the rent always eats first.
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An existing loophole within the executive order allows landlords to start the eviction filing; millions are at risk of losing their homes.
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On his first day, President Biden provided relief to renters struggling during the pandemic by extending the CDC evictions moratorium until March 31.
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.
@RepAOC
,
@RepPressley
,
@RepJayapal
& others are among a coalition of lawmakers proposing sweeping series of housing policy bills that tackle homelessness, public housing, replacing Opportunity Zones program, & more
#PeoplesHousingPlatform
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“Because if we can keep our families stably housed, then it means that we can look at so many of the other holistic pieces that a family or an individual needs. And looking at the housing crisis holistically is the thing that we really need to do.” ~
@RepJayapal
via
#NationalCall
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LIVE NOW!
We open day 2 of
#NLIHCForum21
w/ a compelling conversation with HUD
@SecFudge
and
#NLIHC
President & CEO
@dianeyentel
.
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Join Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Racial Equity & Housing Justice During/After COVID-19’! -
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Despite a national moratorium on evictions, the existing loopholes allow landlords to forgo renewing leases.
The moratorium must be extended, strengthened & enforced for the duration of the pandemic.
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NLIHC Launches Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020. Because Housing is Built with Ballots. -
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#DYK
People w/ disabilities face barriers to affordable housing due to the lack of accessibility & the distance of housing from critical services.
@OppStartsatHome
's Chantelle Wilkinson examines how these barriers shape communities for decades.
#AffordableHousingMonth
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Allowing tens of millions of people to be evicted in the dead of winter in the middle of a resurgence of
#COVID19
cases & deaths is unconscionable, & would have lasting harmful impacts to children, families, communities & our country’s ability to contain the virus.
@dianeyentel
A federal order keeping renters from eviction is about to expire. What happens next?
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Officials at HUD say older adults are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, making up a larger and larger share of homeless people overall.
So when we fight for affordable housing, we fight for everyone to have a place to call home.
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The time is NOW to let HUD know that its proposed rule to force 25K “mixed-status” immigrant-families (incl. 55k children) to separate or face eviction is just cruel! Submit comments before the July 9 deadline
#KeepFamiliesTogether
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Be sure to tune in to
@matteroffacttv
this Sunday, 4/24 at 7 am ET, as
@dianeyentel
joins
@soledadobrien
for a discussion on high eviction rates across the country
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Thank you
@RepJayapal
for joining today's call & for supporting crucial housing provisions & resources in the next
#COVID19
bill.
We echo those demands & agree that the most crucial thing Congress can do is to keep our neighbors housed
Join Reps Maxine Waters and Pramila Jayapal on Today’s National Call on COVID-19, Housing & Homelessness -
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“The state of affordable housing is in dire condition. But, thanks to your advocacy…we have an understanding of the importance and foundation of housing…Housing is the essential foundation for thriving families.”~
@SenJeffMerkley
via
#NationalCall
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.
@AOC
expresses deep concern for the 2 DECADES of neglect of
#publichousing
. "Were the health consequences necessary?"
@dianeyentel
: No & they were fixable if the program was funded at the scale needed. Watch the full response:
#HousingIsInfrastructure
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Homelessness demands urgent action from all levels of government – federal, state, & local. We know what works to end homelessness: providing individuals with stable, accessible, affordable housing & voluntary supportive services.
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"Now, renters with the lowest incomes are struggling more than ever, eviction filings have surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and as a result, homelessness is increasing in many communities.” -
@dianeyentel
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Laws that criminalize homelessness do not solve the underlying causes of homelessness. Instead, criminalization exacerbates a person’s homelessness, often by creating additional barriers to housing and employment.
THREAD - BREAKING:
@homeless_law
TODAY released the first national study on state laws criminalizing homelessness.
✔48 states have at least one law criminalizing homelessness.
WEBINAR at 2 p.m. ET REGISTER HERE:
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URGENT: Relief Bill in Peril, Urge the CDC to Extend Eviction Moratorium NOW!
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.
@RepPressley
opens today's hearing by stating what all housing advocates know to be true: "We are in a housing crisis, and demand for housing is far outpacing the supply as a result."
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Renters in the U.S. needed an income of $24.90 an hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment. W/ a 10% increase, we can only imagine how much $$ an hr will be needed for many working families, seniors, & people w/ disabilities.
🗣️$327B for housing in the
#BuildBackBetterAct
U.S. Rents Are Increasing at ‘Shocking’ Rates of More Than 10%
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🏠Coming Soon
Join us on March 23 at 3pm ET to learn about the launch of our new
#HoUSed
campaign that will advance anti-racist policies & achieve reforms necessary to ensure that renters with the lowest incomes have an affordable place to call home.
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"Antiracist policies need to be protected." -
@DrIbram
"And the work of antiracists is a discipline. Being antiracist requires constant work." -
@dianeyentel
"If you're a policymaker & not instituting policies that are leading to equity, then you're articulating policies that blame the people." -
@DrIbram
Let's talk
#RacialEquityandCOVID
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The Biden administration announced today an extension of the federal eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021.
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"Whenever we have the opportunity to reframe the conversation or debunk the myths that are advanced by people who promote dehumanizing rhetoric about people experiencing homelessness, it is
important that we do so directly." ~ Rep.
@AOC
on today's
#NationalCall
w/
@dianeyentel
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Congress *MUST* not squander this opportunity.
The
#BuildBackBetter
Act invests in long-overdue housing solutions that are needed for those with the greatest needs.
New op-ed from
@dianeyentel
& Nan Roman
@naehomelessness
.
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“We have a tremendous opportunity ahead with President Biden, having run on a commitment of housing as a human right, & putting out his intention to make housing assistance universally available to everybody who needs it,” -
@dianeyentel
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This is the feeling you have after successfully organizing over 120 tenant leaders to change your living conditions! Congrats again
@TexasHousers
for winning the Resident Organizing Award!
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The HoUSed campaign launch includes a sign-on letter to Congress to support housing priorities for the infrastructure & recovery bill -“To achieve these goals, Congress must address urgent housing needs facing low-income households”~
@dianeyentel
For more:
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NLIHC Releases “The Gap”: Millions of the Nation’s Lowest-Income Renters Struggle to Afford Homes -
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The wait is almost over! We're thrilled to announce our signature publication that documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States is
#ComingSoon
#OOR23
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Housing policy is on the presidential agenda for the first time in decades & several 2020 presidential contenders are pushing some new ideas
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Here is one reason why there's so much poverty in America - because the poor are exploited not just in the labor market, as [we in] this room know, but in the housing market and the financial market as well. -
@just_shelter
#NLIHCForum23
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With less than 2 weeks before the moratorium ends, we hope the CDC will think of renters, many of whom are low income, as people who need protection from what could spark a tsunami of evictions.
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CDC Announces Eviction Moratorium Through October 3! -
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