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Affordable Housing as a Human Right: Activist Diane Yentel on the U.S. Housing Crisis, Racial Justice and Democracy

Right now, low-income renters are facing rising inflation, skyrocketing rents, limited tenant protections and a shortage of affordable units. Predictably, this is leading to an increasing number of evictions and a spike in homelessness.

Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, sees housing and racial justice as inextricably linked. “We must ensure that low-income people can participate in democracy by removing the barriers to voting that make it difficult to cast a ballot.”

How Pat LaMarche and ‘Priscilla the Princess of the Park’ Are Dismantling Stigma Surrounding Homelessness

Eleanor J. Bader

Pat LaMarche’s ‘Priscilla the Princess of the Park’ book series illuminates the often downplayed humanity of homeless populations, underscoring how the issue is the result of ineffective policy, not personal fault.

$200 Million of American Rescue Plan Will Support Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children

Sophia Michelen

During the pandemic, domestic violence in the U.S. rose by more than 8.1 percent. In response, the Biden administration last week confirmed it will allocate $200 million from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to support services for domestic violence survivors.

COVID-19 Has Exposed a Family Homelessness Crisis

Carlina Rivera

America was experiencing a family homelessness crisis long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Unless immediate action is taken to prevent a tidal wave of women and children from losing their homes in the year ahead, even more families will fall into the vicious cycle of homelessness.

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Imagining a Second Life for Midtown Manhattan’s Empty Offices

Patrick Sisson

Bustling downtown streets have been quieted by the pandemic. Some see an opportunity for cities to rethink the role of workspace-laden neighborhoods by converting idled office space into new residential projects, especially affordable housing.

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Trump Attacks on Fair Housing Will Hurt Marginalized Communities the Most

Sandra Park

The Trump administration rolled back a HUD rule that allows potential victims of housing discrimination to challenge unjustified policies, practices or covert forms of discrimination that disproportionately harm them—the latest in a series of Trump administration assaults on civil rights.

The ACLU and our partners will continue to fight through litigation and advocacy to challenge these discriminatory new HUD rules and restore the critical housing protections that will ensure all people—including the most vulnerable and marginalized communities—have equal access to housing.

The Pandemic Provides an Unexpected Chance to Organize for Safe Housing for Unhoused Women

Dilara Yarbrough

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, housing justice organizers have marshalled widespread concern about public health to push policymakers to stop policing poverty and instead invest in housing and care. If this campaign succeeds, it will be the most important feminist victory of the decade.

A New Tactic To Fight Coronavirus: Send The Homeless From Jails To Hotels

A New Tactic To Fight Coronavirus: Send Homeless From Jails To Hotels

Abbie VanSickle

“Being placed in a motel room means having your own living space, your own shower, your own bed, and it allows you to self-isolate. Honestly, I feel that it will save lives.”

What Do Women and Working Families Need to Face COVID-19?

National Women's Law Center

To mitigate the vast impact of this public health crisis and stabilize our economy writ large, it is critically important to make significant and comprehensive public investments that will address the cumulative and interconnected needs of women and families. In particular, NWLC has four major priorities for the next package of proposals responding to COVID-19.

What the Moms 4 Housing Movement Reveals About the Homelessness Crisis

Jhumpa Bhattacharya

The optics were chilling: men in riot gear with AK47s drawn stormed into a home where homeless Black women and their children were seeking shelter in the cold, wet winter months. The images from the scene challenge us to examine how race and gender inequality are embedded in the DNA of our homelessness epidemic.

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