JUNE 20, 2025
‘Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness’:
https://fair.org/home/housing-unaffordability-is-the-primary-cause-of-homelessness/
#housing #homelessness #health #rent #socialhousing #socialwork #democracy #humanrights #tiktok #usa #cdnpoli #quebec #montreal #toronto #calgary #california @blackmastodon
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#economy #greed #resistance #protest
Oregonians, please request that state leaders re-think massive cuts (80%) to housing assistance and eviction prevention. While funding is flush for congregate shelter, people will have no way to leave congregate shelter without more funds for LESS expensive housing and with evictions rising fast. We will see more people on out streets.
ACT NOW: See below for an Action Network link to write to legislators. With the legislative session ending soon, legislative action is critical.
Oregon is cutting 80% of funding for emergency rental assistance and homelessness prevention services, slashing funding from $173.2M needed down to $33.6M.
Programs that prevented 27,713 households from losing homes will serve just 4,331 households, leaving over 23,000 households without eviction protection.
Currently, 70% of people in eviction court receive assistance to keep their homes. These cuts eliminate that lifeline when families face job loss or medical bills.
Ever more people are losing housing, whether because of illness (as the Sick Times reported recently, Long Covid is leading more financial insecurity and evictions) or because of predatory landlords (as ProPublica has reported, private equity firms have been buying up
rental housing to squeeze them for profit).
Oregon has nearly $2 billion in reserves for emergencies exactly like this. We can afford to prevent homelessness.
#Housing #Oregon #LongCovid #Homelessness
ACT: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-leadership-restore-emergency-housing-funding
Context: Long COVID is increasing housing insecurity, but support programs fail to help https://thesicktimes.org/2025/06/17/long-covid-is-increasing-housing-insecurity-but-support-programs-fail-to-help/
When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord https://www.propublica.org/article/when-private-equity-becomes-your-landlord
Oh, bravo! 👏 Let's solve #homelessness with everything *except* the actual solution. Who needs houses anyway when we can just drown our #apathy in a sea of #committee #meetings and meaningless gestures? 🏠🙄
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-will-do-anything-to-end-homelessness-except-build-more-homes #solutions #socialissues #HackerNews #ngated
Nearly 4,000 council houses are empty in Ireland, in the middle of a crisis of homelessness https://www.thejournal.ie/aontu-leader-claims-social-housing-waiting-list-figures-are-out-by-population-of-tullamore-6737494-Jun2025/ #Homes #Homelessness #Councils #CouncilHouse
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/734261 “This suggests that exclusionary zoning was adopted to maintain racial segregation and illustrates how racial threat can embed itself in public policy” #segregation #housing #shortage #inflation #homelessness #zoning
District of North Vancouver eyes crackdown on street-parked RVs and large vehicles
Councillors voted last week to explore a variety of options to target the vehicles, ranging from increased education to more parking restrictions and tougher compliance measures.
#parking #vehicles #restriction #NorthVancouver #News #Homelessness
https://globalnews.ca/news/11248051/district-north-vancouver-rv-crackdown/
Social Democrat TD Rory Hearne said people “need a home and people will pay whatever they can” to get one.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-total-shambles-renters-will-be-the-losers-due-to-market-reforms-dail-told/a1145985972.html
#Homelessness #Rent #RentControls #Profit
https://streetlightnews.org/hud-budget/ “There are people waiting,” Murray said. “There are court orders. I expect them to be followed and I’m just going to say for the record, there is nothing objectionable about this funding. It’s stunning to me that we’re under a court order, and you’re not giving the money out.” #housing #HUD #CDBG #USPolitics #homelessness #shortage
In a crisis, what’s the worst thing you can do? Start fighting with allies. This is what’s happening in Denver, whose mayor has pledged to end #homelessness by the end of his first term. This should be an all-hands-on-deck moment. Instead it has devolved into a let’s-point-fingers moment involving the only nonprofit big enough and responsible enough to help. https://denverite.com/2025/06/13/denver-salvation-army-homelessness/
https://www.arlnow.com/2025/06/16/nonprofit-affordable-housing-crisis-deepening-in-n-va/ “Lawmakers can help by investing in affordable housing, expanding access to mental health treatment and support, and strengthening economic support systems to address the many causes that push families into homelessness.” #homelessness #virginia
'Where are we gonna go next?': Cycle begins again after latest Regina homeless encampment dismantled
Homeless residents and their supporters say no one is taking action or responsibility to address the growing issue in Regina.
#homelessness #housing #city #Regina #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-homeless-encampment-12th-ave-1.7563711?cmp=rss
Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in #homelessness
Qld government announces millions in new funding for homeless services
By Alex Brewster
The funding will include $365 million for crisis accommodation and more than $200 million for specialist services.
In the heart of the housing crisis a retiree drives to the most desperate
By Lucy Loram
Advocates say a critical undersupply of housing has forced people onto the streets. But as more councils disperse homeless camps, rough sleepers are left with nowhere to go.
#Homelessness #PublicHousing #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #RegionalCommunities #LucyLoram
This seems like a policy to harass the Unhoused...
https://www.mylondon.news/news/transport/london-underground-oyster-card-fine-31816534?int_source=nba
Ontario soccer tournament brings together players impacted by homelessness, mental health struggles
A Canadian soccer team that brings together people affected by homelessness, mental health struggles and substance abuse will be heading to the Homeless World Cup in August — an experience some players say they never thought...
#soccer #homelessness #mentalhealth #sports #Ontario #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homeless-world-cup-canadian-street-soccer-association-1.7561765?cmp=rss
Soccer tournament in GTA brings together players impacted by homelessness, mental health struggles
A Canadian soccer team that brings together people affected by homelessness, mental health struggles and substance abuse will be heading to the Homeless World Cup in August — an experience some players say they never thought ...
#soccer #homelessness #mentalhealth #sports #Ontario #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/homeless-world-cup-canadian-street-soccer-association-1.7561765?cmp=rss
