Noah Patton

Map showing the hourly wage needed to afford a two bedroom rental home by state

Map showing no state has an adequate supply of housing for the lowest income households

Not sure what numbers you're looking at, here's two maps from the National Low Income Housing Coalition

A painting in shades of blue, green, and brown, labeled "Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock." Two men stand in a dining room. In the foreground is black mold, a rip in the painting, and cockroaches.

1/ Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations don't only affect your health. These issues also make the housing crisis worse. We're putting housing quality under the lens in our new series, Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock. bit.ly/UTLhabitabil...

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This is horrible misuse of something that needs to be done for disasters, but needs to be said that mutual aid is a pretty well known emergency management thing. The congressionally created Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) functions nationwide and uses mutual aid lingo www.emacweb.org

Rojava Reds is pretty good ngl - but feel like that's really O's territory

Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.

People have no idea what we are about to lose.
alaskapublic.org/2025-western...

Lost in translation: FEMA sent ‘unintelligible’ disaster relief application information to Alaska Natives impacted by Typhoon Merbok A California-based translation company was paid to translate documents into Yup'ik and Iñupiaq, but failed to do it accurately.

Just rerunning this play and hoping it works out? www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

The Baltimore Seagirt Terminal of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimores

The Baltimore ROROs

Turn it into a roller rink - call it roller rite

AND there's nobody ever in the men's bathroom. It can be your throne room, brother

Let’s talk about it!

He for whom the taco bell tolls

For households with low-incomes, the rent is always going to eat first - with SNAP helping make up the gap. Without that subsidy, theres very little to make up the difference. Cant believe there's money sitting in the bank for it, but its not getting used 👀

Baltimorishly: "Zoh Rahn Mondawmin"

Trump administration denies Maryland’s final appeal for FEMA money The Trump administration rejected Maryland’s final appeal for federal disaster relief for Western Maryland communities that are still recovering from May’s historic flash floods.

Trump administration denies Western Maryland’s final appeal for FEMA money

It's not too late to join #NLIHC and Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation this afternoon (10/15) at 2:00 PM ET for a webinar designed to help you make the most out of the National Housing Preservation Database.

Learn more and register: nlihc.org/resource/n...

This is a fully sanctioned storm relief fund. Please share and consider donating to support relief efforts. #Alaska #halong #alaskawx

a man is standing in a pool of water and saying welcome to the party , pal . ALT: a man is standing in a pool of water and saying welcome to the party , pal .

The Bishop of El Paso rn:

That doc *slaps*

Making the whole country sit down for their annual rewatch of "Gettysburg" on July 4th while he explains the historical inaccuracies

Pretty excited to listen to "'Dancing in The Club' (MJ Lenderman Version)" 234.27 times during this flight back from Guam not going to lie

New next generation ACELA trains, blue and Grey with a red strip along the side. Sitting in baltimore penn station.

Also saw one of the new speedy bois! But took an older generation train as it didnt match my schedule.

trying to imagine firefighters getting dispatched to this house and the absolute nightmare that would be

This Photographer Preserved Life in New Orleans Before Katrina — With a Polaroid Camera Polo Silk documented thousands of moments of Black New Orleans life before the storm reshaped the city.

“My art is a worldwide gift for Black people,” Polo Silk said. “I hold on to the memory of people that are no longer here.”

Models have it peeling off to the north (still knocking on wood tho - given that we live in the darkest timeline)

Housing supply, subsidies, and tax credits aside, it always astounds me that more politicians don't run on a platform of "I will lower your rent"

#NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery, Noah Patton discusses policy options as solutions for preempting homelessness related to disaster. More here: invisiblepeople.tv/d...

Stupid we're still litigating the HOME Act but damnit I'll take the W

9 Landlords Charged With Rent Gouging After L.A. Fires. Tenant Advocates Say That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg A report claims there were thousands of instances of rent gouging. In some cases, landlords accused of exploitation made donations to ...

Landlords exploited disaster.
Officials condemned the practice, but have brought few charges.
Tracking wildfire-era rent gouging in Los Angeles.

Read here: bit.ly/3H7sSom

@nextcity.org
#HousingCrisis #PriceGouging #TenantProtection #Accountability

One of our projects this year is encouraging all of you to go to a game at your closest FCS, D2, D3, or NAIA team.

Start checking out schedules right now, folks. Pick your weekend, and take some friends!