Homelessness
Mount Vernon Mayor Joins Mayors for Guaranteed Income Coalition
[Mayors for A Guaranteed Income] Mayor Patterson-Howard: “As a long time, advocate for cash-based policies that improve the economic outcomes for residents I am ...
CHICAGO MAYOR ANNOUNCES MOBILIZATION ACTIONS TO STOP COVID-19 TRANSMISSIONS AMONG HOMELESS
[COVID-19 & Chicago’s Homeless] Mayor Lightfoot: “Unlike many of us, our residents experiencing homelessness cannot simply close their doors to this disease, and that’s ...
“Virus or No Virus, We Can’t Lose Our Voice”: Cheri Honkala on Frontline Communities
Cheri Honkala has been organizing in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, one of the US’s most devastated, post-industrial communities, for over 30 years. As ...
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES BEFORE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
[Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.\NYC Council Committee on the Justice System] Homelessness is at or near its all-time high, with a recent City ...
PENNSYLVANIA REP. EVANS WELCOMES LEADING HOMELESS ADVOCATE TO 2020 STATE OF UNION
[Homelessness\Sister Mary Scullion\Project HOME\State of Union 2020] Rep. Evans: “Sister Mary’s presence in Washington will help me to highlight the need for more affordable ...
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER UNVEILS PLAN TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS
[Homelessness\Affordable Housing] Catherine Trapani, Executive Director, Homeless Services United, Inc: “Homelessness is a complex multifaceted problem that can only be solved with a comprehensive ...
PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE “PEOPLES’S HOUSING PLATFORM” TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
[Affordable Housing\Homelessness\People’s Housing Platform] Congressman Earl Blumenauer: “Across America, communities large and small are grappling with the housing crisis. Centuries of blatant discrimination and ...
HUD’S 2019 HOMELESS REPORT SHOWS “DEVASTING” RISE IN HOMELESSNESS SAYS CALIFORNIA REP. WATERS
[Homelessness\HUD 2019 Report] Rep. Waters: “HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress only confirms what we already know. There is a devasting homelessness crisis ...
CALIFORNIA FEINSTEIN APPALUDS $1.4 BILLION HOMELESS INITIATIVE BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME
[California\Homelessness] Governor Newsome: “The State of California is treating homelessness as a real emergency – because it is one. Californians are demanding that all ...
SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING TO HOUSE HOMELESS
[San Francisco\Homeless\Housing] Mayor Breed: “Shelter is an important part of our homeless response system and is essential for meeting the immediate needs of our ...
