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During his State of the Union Address, President #Biden announced his 4-part Unity Agenda. It includes “Supporting America’s Veterans and Their Families, Caregivers, and Survivors.”
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…) #veterans #SOTU #SOTU2023
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…) #veterans #SOTU #SOTU2023
Last year the #Biden Administration expanded benefits for #veterans, #caregivers & survivors. In 2022, @DeptVetAffairs processed an all-time record 1.7 million @VAVetBenefits claims & delivered $128 billion in earned benefits to 6.1 million veterans & survivors. #POTUS 
1/ This new coalition featuring We 💚 Seattle, has a brand new website (registered Jan 16th) and a national ad campaign. They're also pushing for policies that are both harmful & outdated.
2/ This new coalition features #SafeSeattleIsAHateGroup and Jonathan Choe's employer, Discovery Institute.
They are anti-all drugs including marijuana and take a stance that is similar to prohibitionists of decades past, such as the failed DARE program.
dare.org/marijuana-lega…
They are anti-all drugs including marijuana and take a stance that is similar to prohibitionists of decades past, such as the failed DARE program.
dare.org/marijuana-lega…
3/ The coalition's assertions about the root causes of homelessness being severe mental health & drug abuse are just plain wrong.
In King Co, the data points to the staggering rise in the cost of living as one of the drivers of homelessness
mckinsey.com/industries/pub…
In King Co, the data points to the staggering rise in the cost of living as one of the drivers of homelessness
mckinsey.com/industries/pub…
#IchBinArmutsbetroffen
Ich lese gerade leider wieder vermehrt Unverständnis für Menschen die Obdach/Wohnungslos sind oder davon bedroht sind.
Ich selber war es schon 2 mal in meinem Leben.
Und möchte hier erneut auf einiges aufmerksam machen.
Denn es gibt leider nicht immer
Ich lese gerade leider wieder vermehrt Unverständnis für Menschen die Obdach/Wohnungslos sind oder davon bedroht sind.
Ich selber war es schon 2 mal in meinem Leben.
Und möchte hier erneut auf einiges aufmerksam machen.
Denn es gibt leider nicht immer
Die einfache Hilfe so wie ihr es euch in diesem Sozialstaat vorstellt.
Kein Mensch gibt euch einfach eine Wohnung.
Kein Amt zaubert eine Wohnung her.
Der lange Abbau an Sozialwohnungen trägt Mitschuld daran.
Auch mit wbs höchster Dringlichkeitsstufe sind dort min. dutzende
Kein Mensch gibt euch einfach eine Wohnung.
Kein Amt zaubert eine Wohnung her.
Der lange Abbau an Sozialwohnungen trägt Mitschuld daran.
Auch mit wbs höchster Dringlichkeitsstufe sind dort min. dutzende
Andere Menschen in der gleichen Situation.
Und wenn du bereits Obdachlos bist, ofW (ohne festen Wohnsitz) im Ausweis steht, dann sind die Vorurteile der Vermieter*innen so groß und du hast quasi schon keine Chance mehr.
#IchBinArmutsbetroffen
Und wenn du bereits Obdachlos bist, ofW (ohne festen Wohnsitz) im Ausweis steht, dann sind die Vorurteile der Vermieter*innen so groß und du hast quasi schon keine Chance mehr.
#IchBinArmutsbetroffen
Last night Front Steps Housing & Services (formerly Transitional Housing Inc.) held its first Home for All Ball since 2019. Front Steps provides permanent supportive housing & essential services needed to regain their independence. frontstepsservices.org #HousingFirst @FrontCle
Front Steps Housing & Services was founded in 1986 as Transitional Housing Inc. (THI). It was one of the first transitional #housing programs in the country designed to serve #homeless & disabled women.
frontstepsservices.org
frontstepsservices.org
Four sisters from the Congregation of St. Joseph purchased an old Econo Lodge motel on West 25th Street & renovated it. The building was transformed into a 60-unit residence. Transitional Housing Inc. (THI) opened its doors to residents in January 1986.
Shelter is a human necessity and a human right. The decision to turn housing into the major speculative asset class for retain investors and Wall Street has made housing a disaster for people *with* houses - and a catastrophe for those without. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2022/10/11/ren… 2/
pluralistic.net/2022/10/11/ren… 2/
America has a terrible, accelerating homelessness problem. Many of us share this problem - obviously, people without houses have the worst of it. But no one benefits from mass homelessness - it is a stain on the human soul to live among people who are unsheltered. 3/
Hey! I'm a #FamilyPhysician and I personally know at least 10 other mid-career Family MD's in Ottawa who have left comprehensive (cradle-grave) family medicine recently... I have thoughts on this.
#MedTwitter #Health @OntarioCollege #LifeWithoutADoctor
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutcliffe…
#MedTwitter #Health @OntarioCollege #LifeWithoutADoctor
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutcliffe…
First off - it takes years to train a Family MD. There are SO many reasons why we aren't training enough of them. But before you talk recruitment you need retention. My colleagues haven't left Ottawa - they still doctor, they just don't do comprehensive family medicine anymore!
They work in all sorts of specialized areas of medicine / focused-practice like long-term care, in hospitals, in ERs, in palliative care, sexual health, psychotherapy, urgent care, sports med, walk-in clinics - you name it! but not in comprehensive Family Medicine. Why?!!!
May 19, Eva Davis of @JohnHoward_Can #Ottawa came to our #AntiRacism Working Group to talk about project at 500 Lisgar. Several members of #Housing #Affordability Working group joined the meeting and we had a great presentation and discussion on project and supportive housing 1/
@CentretownCCA board voted to sign on #StartsWithHome campaign lead by @OttawaAlliance mid February. We voted May 2022 to continue as a member of @OttawaCBN after signing on as a founding member of LeBreton Flats Community Benefits Coalition #cba4lebreton in 2019.
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This project was initiated by @ottawacity under #Federal Gov't #RapidHousingInititiave Major City Stream admin by @CMHC_ca. The 28 units is part of 109 units under 4 projects for $31.9M allocated to #Ottawa to help the Jan 2020 declared #homeless and #housing #emergency. 3/
.@vosdscott was talking about #homelessness about 35 minutes into the VOSD podcast from a few days ago. I've spent some time thinking through what he & @andy_keatts were talking about.
I read about/ hear most people reducing #unhoused people to abstractions and dismissing what is obvious about living #homeless: the stress of not having your own residence makes you kind of crazy. It's natural.
People with means and a few rungs up on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs are blind to where the homeless are. thoughtco.com/maslows-hierar…
Here we go, follow @michaelgove taking questions from @luhc committee, right now!
Watch here!
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/23…
First question from Clive Betts: What does levelling up mean?
Gove says -
Making opportunities more equal across the country.
Watch here!
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/23…
First question from Clive Betts: What does levelling up mean?
Gove says -
Making opportunities more equal across the country.
continues....We hope to publish a white paper before Xmas some metrics on how the Government can be judged.
Betts asks - Your department is being tasked with levelling up, can it achieve it?
Gove - Levelling up can only succeed with different solutions in different places.
Betts asks - Your department is being tasked with levelling up, can it achieve it?
Gove - Levelling up can only succeed with different solutions in different places.
Betts - What mechanisms will you put in place so relevant departments work together?
Gove - Has to be done in a cabinet committee.
(I would agree with this BUT it depends on what information is passed on to SPADs and whether ministers grasp that in terms of other depts)
Gove - Has to be done in a cabinet committee.
(I would agree with this BUT it depends on what information is passed on to SPADs and whether ministers grasp that in terms of other depts)
📑 NEW. The first independent evaluation finds that Scotland's #HousingFirst Pathfinder has been highly effective at supporting people with multiple and complex needs to sustain their tenancies. @ScotHousingNews scottishhousingnews.com/article/opinio…
Some tenants described the effects on their lives as transformational. They explained that the relationality, stickability, flexibility and longevity of Housing First support set it apart from other services they had used in the past.
The findings indicate that Housing First can be successfully scaled up, and relatively quickly so, even in areas where housing supply is constrained. The process has not been easy, however, with many difficulties encountered and lessons learned across all five areas.
A thread by BRD for your consideration:
Today is #ArmedForcesDay- too often a day where politicians offer platitudes about sacrifice and gratitude while they continue to send our troops to kill and die in endless wars for profit and power- not justice or freedom. #NoMoreWar /1
Today is #ArmedForcesDay- too often a day where politicians offer platitudes about sacrifice and gratitude while they continue to send our troops to kill and die in endless wars for profit and power- not justice or freedom. #NoMoreWar /1
They praise us at their events while they gut our healthcare and sidestep accountability for the rampant sexual assault, pollution and abuses on and around our bases. #ArmedForcesDay2021 #MilitaryMeToo #EnvironmentalJustice #AuditThePentagon 2/
They pat us on the back while they line their pockets with corporate "Defense" industry campaign donations and ignore the the hunger, houselessness, and avoidable traumas our families are grappling with. #ArmedForcesDay #22aDay #MoralInjury #HousingFirst #HousingIsAHumanRight 3/
As we grapple with LA's failure to house its people, we want to reaffirm a commitment to equity and fairness in our approach. @CamnerLeonora wrote about why it is important for the #yimby movement to center WHERE to put housing and for WHOM:
abundanthousingla.org/a-yimby-moveme…
abundanthousingla.org/a-yimby-moveme…
Abundant Housing LA is building the pro-housing movement for LA. But it’s not enough to just be supportive of housing in general. Achieving housing abundance requires thoughtful approaches that center equity, racial justice, and environmentalism.
abundanthousingla.org/policyagenda/
abundanthousingla.org/policyagenda/
Abundant Housing is committed to critically reexamining our approach to housing, our past positions, and direction in the context of equity and racial justice.
Frank & I started sharing dereliction in Cork City last June
We really didn’t think that over 8 months later we'd still be posting
It's reached 300 today
Here’s thread busting 10 myths about dereliction
& report adobe.ly/3sYYGQ1
#economy #wellbeing #ireland #RestPlayWork
We really didn’t think that over 8 months later we'd still be posting
It's reached 300 today
Here’s thread busting 10 myths about dereliction
& report adobe.ly/3sYYGQ1
#economy #wellbeing #ireland #RestPlayWork
“Dereliction is not a function of poverty but a function of wealth. Because only the truly wealthy landlord can afford to sit on the asset”
@davidmcw
#dereliction #ireland #RestPlayWork #10myths
#economy #wellbeing #profit
@davidmcw
#dereliction #ireland #RestPlayWork #10myths
#economy #wellbeing #profit
Owners of a derelict building have 2 options
1 Sell – it’s a booming housing market
2 Renovate – there are 7 funds available depending on your circumstances & rents have doubled
There is really no excuse for leaving a building derelict for years
#dereliction #incentives #10myths
1 Sell – it’s a booming housing market
2 Renovate – there are 7 funds available depending on your circumstances & rents have doubled
There is really no excuse for leaving a building derelict for years
#dereliction #incentives #10myths
Early this morning, we passed the #AmericanRescuePlan.
It's critically needed and the Senate must act now to get these resources into our economy to help struggling families and businesses, accelerate vaccine roll-out and safely reopen our schools.
A few important things:
It's critically needed and the Senate must act now to get these resources into our economy to help struggling families and businesses, accelerate vaccine roll-out and safely reopen our schools.
A few important things:
1/ The single biggest line item in the bill is for direct, $1400 checks to people earning $75,000 or less ($150,000 for couples). $1400 per earner and each of their dependents.
2/ (If you earn more than these levels the amount of the payment scales down to zero at $100K/$200K), to ensure this is targeted to the neediest.)
Excited for @honoraenglander Marquam Hill Lecture “reframing addiction: healing amid an opioid epidemic” @OHSUSOM @OHSU_DHM @OHSUNews (will thread a few highlight slides below)
We have historically taken an abstinence only “just say no” approach to how we treat drug use and addiction which has been shown to not work. We need a new approach and framework
We need to think of addiction as a chronic brain disease with changes in cell connections and responsiveness. Clearly illustrated comparing brain and heart metabolism
Moderator @mshannabrooks kicking off our #HousingVoterForum @seattleu tonight, where we’ll talk about the role of #housing & #homelessness in our City Council election. Follow along on @tech4housing YouTube channel.
.@mshannabrooks says she’s attended 30+ candidate endorsement meetings thus election season, & she observes a lot of candidates know the language to use to talk about #homelessness, but not necessarily what it means.
For example, says @mshannabrooks, everyone talks about #HousingFirst; but when you ask their policy, some have said they want FEMA-style tents. [For the record, tents aren’t housing.]
.@CityofSanDiego Needs to adopt a Housing First strategy with homeless persons instead of forcing people to solve all their problems while living on the streets. The cities criminalization first strategy is directly contrary to CA legislative findings and policy objectives. 1/
@CityofSanDiego "People experiencing chronic homelessness are trapped in a cycle of homelessness and trauma. Traditional approaches attempt to address people’s trauma first and use housing as a reward for complying with treatment; such approaches fail" - 2/
@CityofSanDiego Such approaches fail because people cannot improve physically or psychologically while actively experiencing the trauma of homelessness. Cities justify the status quo as only fiscally responsible option. Instead, this approach among the most expensive and least effective. 3/
👩🏼💻👨🏾💻👩🏾💻Investigadores/as de diferentes universidades europeas reunidas en Madrid para reflexionar cómo incorporar #HousingFirst en las políticas públicas europeas 🏡#HOME_EU #endhomelessness #sinhogarismo
📝Resultado: El 75% de la ciudadanía considera que los gobiernos deberían invertir más recursos para solucionar el problema del #sinhogarismo
#HOME_EU #endhomelessness
#HOME_EU #endhomelessness
With SF Prop C next week, lots of talk re: concerns
that ppl who are homeless will move to SF to receive services if SF spends more $ on services. As a homelessness
researcher, wanted to add what research (here & elsewhere) says about this
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that ppl who are homeless will move to SF to receive services if SF spends more $ on services. As a homelessness
researcher, wanted to add what research (here & elsewhere) says about this
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Worth noting that this is a common concern. bit.ly/2Av8N6N bit.ly/2Gs1dL8 bit.ly/2P6jEvH (I travel country
speaking about homelessness & every city thinks that ppl come from other
cities to them) 2/9
speaking about homelessness & every city thinks that ppl come from other
cities to them) 2/9
The vast majority of ppl who are homeless have lived there before becoming homeless.
True everywhere, even though myth of movement persists. Some migration, but no clear patterns. 3/9
True everywhere, even though myth of movement persists. Some migration, but no clear patterns. 3/9
Over 200 people joined us for our annual conference in June, considering what we need to do to get Scotland's transition to #HousingFirst right. So what did people tell us?
Well ... #HousingFirst needs houses and the Scottish Government is critical in making sure our national plans to build more homes are directly informed by #rapidrehousing. And locally, more homes need to be allocated to homeless households, particularly those with multiple needs
And what about delivering #HousingFirst support that meets the core principles? A consideration of local authority commissioning approaches is an important step to ensure support is open-ended, flexible and assets-based.
