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20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding A coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new conditions and cuts to a Department of Housing and Urban Development permanent housing program.

20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing funding

A report by the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social demonstrates how federal government support to higher-income homeowners through tax breaks exceeds $300 billion annually—which is more than triple the amount of housing assistance and subsidies provided for low-income renters. https://ow.ly/eNnU50XrUSq

Trump is cutting funding that helps end homelessness.

And now, over 170,000 people are at risk of being pushed out of homes and back onto the streets.

We’re in a housing crisis.

The solution isn’t kicking people out of their homes – it’s building more housing.

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.

You have a right to see this file.

(Published May 2023)

For every 100 households under the poverty line, there are only 34 housing units available in their price range.

This is from the 2024 @nlihc.org annual gap report.

Infinitely growing housing values causes homelessness. It's not sustainable.

I love em dashes. :(

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

The question is interesting, as the question could be restated whether there is a combination of projects that could produce the same number of jobs.

It is difficult to answer, but it would be interesting to ask what could have been built on the 290 acre site if Pima County put out an RFP first.

There's also talk about putting caps on all public housing assistance which will just unhoused more people, creating an even bigger problem.
Bullshit hurting the unhoused population is happening at the federal, state, and local levels.

It's no joke. Trump's FY 26 budget proposes removing all housing funding for homelessness and instead concentrating it under shelter. HUD sent out an email last week saying its intention is to focus on treatment of addiction and temporary solutions (shelter, transitional housing).

It's not necessarily ICE. The timing of ICE ramping up and many of these anti-homeless laws taking effect overlaps.

All that to say, it's highly highly likely some unhoused people are missing because they have been kidnapped by ICE. Others are missing because of new local laws.

They're being displaced by police ("leave or you'll be arrested") or actually arrested. And the guy in this video is right to express concern, because these folks are vulnerable to abuse, violence, and mistreatment by law enforcement.

Since this ruling, tons of other jurisdictions began writing and passing ordinances and laws criminalizing visible, unsheltered homelessness. We're at the time now where those laws are being enforced, so it makes sense that someone would start to notice people missing from their usual spots.

Last June, the supreme court ruled in favor of the City of Grants Pass in Johnson vs Grants Pass, allowing the city to criminalize rough sleeping/unsheltered homelessness despite not having anywhere (enough shelters) for people to go.

Do people have the right to be homeless in public spaces? It’s a tough conversation, but here’s the truth: when we shift the argument from a right to housing to a right to homelessness, we lose public support.

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looming recessions, war in the middle east, feels like high school again

war, economic anxiety, existential dread — and still no pop punk revival???? smh

Good, vote no. The desert is no place for an AI data center. TEP are opportunist assholes. They are already making a huge profit and are GREEDY.

DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to…

An investigation in Phoenix marked the first time the DOJ had found the rights of homeless people were routinely violated.

Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations.

By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social‬

What if instead of requiring people on Medicaid to work, we fined employers with employees on Medicaid?

The public comment period is still open for COVID vaccines. If this matters to you, speak up! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

The public comment period is still open for COVID vaccines. If this matters to you, speak up! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

The public comment period is still open for COVID vaccines. If this matters to you, speak up! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Blocked, Restored, Blocked Again—Housing Funds Are in Legal Limbo The Trump administration has blocked multiple affordable housing funding streams. We look at which funds have been frozen, which have been reinstated, and which are in the courts.

HUD is quietly reversing housing grant cuts—but only after lawsuits. Fair housing orgs are still at risk. Full story: bit.ly/43aJe77

#housing #policywatch #fairhousing

Trump Seeks to End Permanent Supportive Housing for the Chronically Homeless More than 300,000 people live in such housing, all chronically homeless and disabled. Many are veterans.

Eliminating the Continuum of Care and defunding all permanent supportive housing would be almost unthinkably devastating. It would put hundreds of thousands of people who qualify for a high level of care back onto the streets. This is a 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 emergency.

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The state of a lot of housing discourse in America right now.

Credit: @citybuilder.bsky.social

YES

Thank you for voting no

This is offensive to cunts 😂

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new transit and homelessness grant conditions A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new transit and homelessness grant conditions.

Glad to see King County standing up to federal overreach!

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