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High impact Budget We are seeing record demand for homelessness services and support. We welcome Treasurer Daniel Mookhey's 2024-25 budget as an "unprecedented intervention in the housing market" by the NSW government. Harnessing underutilized public land will inject 21,000 homes into the housing sector, with 8,400 homes allocated for public housing. The impact of having a safe, affordable and permanent home cannot be understated. This funding is a legacy investment in the people of NSW. #nswbudget #socialhousing

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that police can arrest or fine people for sleeping outside in public spaces. This disappointing ruling in the Johnson v. Grants Pass case will make homelessness worse in Grants Pass, Oregon, and nationwide. The local ordinance explicitly targets people who simply have nowhere else to go. The Court's decision has set a dangerous precedent for how we protect people from cruel and unusual punishments. The U.S. has an estimated shortage of almost 200,000 shelter beds. Homelessness is growing because of rising housing costs, stagnant wages, inflation, an inequitable tax system, and more. That’s why the Shriver Center works on multiple issue areas — we need to ensure our systems work for everyone. With our partners, we will continue to advocate for housing as a human right. Everyone deserves access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. Punishments that penalize poverty are not the solution. Join us in the fight and email your elected officials today: https://lnkd.in/gNkCxY3h

"The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) strongly condemns the Supreme Court’s decision in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson to allow jurisdictions to arrest and ticket unhoused people for sleeping outside, even when adequate shelter or housing is not available. 'This cruel, misguided ruling will only worsen homelessness,' said NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel. 'It gives cover to elected officials who choose political expediency over real solutions by merely moving unhoused people out of public view rather than working to solve their homelessness. These ineffective and inhumane tactics exacerbate homelessness by saddling unhoused people with debt they can’t pay, while further isolating them from the services and support they need to become stably housed. To truly address and solve homelessness, policymakers must instead work with urgency to scale up proven solutions, starting with greater investments in affordable housing and supportive services.'” Read more: https://lnkd.in/g7b4mR6r 

Right now, there are 8.5 million people in England who can’t access the housing they need.   That includes two million children who are living in overcrowded, unaffordable or unsuitable homes.   Jo Barrett, our Strategy & Assurance Director, and Louise Hillier, our Strategy Manager, have joined the National Housing Federation’s new group, 'Let’s fix the housing crisis', to look at how we can work with the next Government to fix the housing crisis once and for all.   The group will be calling on all political parties to work with us closely and commit to a long-term plan for housing.   This includes a plan to build the 90,000 new social homes we need every year to keep up with demand, ending child homelessness and ensuring a warm and decent home for seven million families.   See more about what we want to achieve, and how, here: https://bit.ly/4aZRbyL #housingcrisis

On a single night in January 2023, 4,648 Oklahomans did not have a home to sleep in. Some legislators are proposing we fine them or put them in jail. Senate Bill 1854 and House Bill 3686 would prohibit unauthorized camping on state-owned land. Violators would be subject to fines or even jail time. Not only are these proposals harmful and cruel, they are counterproductive. Research shows us that the best way to combat homelessness is to increase access to affordable housing. With a growing disparity between housing costs and wages, more Oklahomans will struggle with housing instability and homelessness. If state legislators are serious about solving homelessness, they should find solutions to grow Oklahoma’s affordable housing stock and slow the high rate of evictions, not further traumatizing people already experiencing an enormous hardship. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g4GMignB

Wise advice from Ontario’s Big City Mayors that many of us hope is heeded. With national level challenges faced in our communities, local governments must have the public resources required. An unprecedented top to bottom housing crisis and rising health and homelessness pressures on communities and businesses are two such challenges that we cannot fail to meet together. Good advice from the mayors and senior municipal leadership that are already on the front lines, fighting for those most in need and those ready but unable to invest their futures in our communities.

REALPAC CEO Urges Bold Measures in Budget 2024 to Alleviate Housing Affordability Pressures In Ottawa, Ontario, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hon. Chrystia Freeland is set to unveil the federal budget in precisely four weeks. Amidst mounting concerns over housing affordability, the National Housing Accord, comprising groups like the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, REALPAC, and the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute, advocates for a housing-focused budget. REALPAC's CEO, Michael Brooks, stresses the urgency, emphasizing the budget's pivotal role in addressing homelessness and fostering long-term solutions. Tim Richter of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness urges a national strategy to combat homelessness. Dr. Mike Moffatt highlights the necessity of bold housing policies in Budget 2024. #VeritasMedia #Budget2024#HousingCrisis#Homelessness#AffordableHousing#FederalBudget#OttawaNews#CanadianPolitics#EconomicPolicy#SocialJustice #HousingForAll #RealEstate #PolicyMatters#CommunityDevelopment#GovernmentAction#NationalStrategy#UrbanDevelopment#PublicPolicy#CanadianEconomy #SustainableHousing#FutureOfHousing

As pandemic-era rental assistance and eviction protections expire, the housing burden on ALICE households (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) in New York State is becoming increasingly severe. In 2022: 🏘️ 68% of NY households were rent-burdened, paying over 30% of their income on rent. 🏘️ 44% were severely rent-burdened, paying a staggering 50% or more of their income on rent. With rising costs of living and the loss of crucial support systems, many ALICE families are now at risk of housing insecurity and potential homelessness. Learn more: https://loom.ly/QklYkt8 #HousingCrisis #ALICE #AffordableHousing #RentBurden #NYFamilies

Q&A this week expounded upon home ownership, housing and homelessness, Greens spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather did well to confront the uncomfortable fact that the housing market is broken. Others including Rose Jackson NSW Minister for Housing & Homelessness spruiked the old adage of supply, supply, supply as if we have a classical market mechanism in place to meet the demand for affordable housing. Where are the charity builders and developers ready to meet this demand? We have orchestrated a cluster of circumstances now strangling this market - land & house prices, labour costs, labour shortage, increasing migration, materials and infrastructure costs, increased regulations, wayward tax incentives etc. What is needed is a return to off market public housing programs befitting a wartime crisis for at least the next generation to resolve this mess.

"As the affordable housing shortage grows in Missouri, we need to take serious steps in addressing how we view the causes of homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, and the solutions needed to address these issues. This is not only about the lack of affordable housing, but also the very real impact this issue has on communities in Missouri." You can learn more by reading the rest of our newest Weekly Perspective blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gUZGy5Qb You can also read our testimony in support of HB 2065 – Land Bank Agency Authorization here: https://lnkd.in/g3G6qcMV Image description: blue text reading "New Weekly Perspective on the Blog! Land Banks: One Solution for Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis in Missouri" with a photo of a row of toy paper houses with colorful roofs #EmpowerMOperspective #WeeklyPerspective #Blog #Missouri  #HousingJustice #Homelessness #HousingCrisis #AffordableHousing #HousingIsAHumanRight #LandBanks