Kentucky Financial Empowerment Commission’s Post

Voting #YesOnA will: ✅Keep critical care in place ✅Prevent homelessness from increasing ✅Ensure funding goes to the most effective services ✅Build more affordable housing The choice is simple 🤝 Say YES on A to prevent homelessness and build more housing people can afford. Learn more: https://yesona.la/

"Given the consensus that we are facing a housing crisis in our community, now is the time to unite behind the most effective methods for reducing homelessness. Criminalization of homelessness simply has no place in that effort." — Meg Zaletel, executive director, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness 🏠 Meg points to proven strategies when she says access to affordable, stable housing and supportive services is the most effective approach to ending homelessness. It is a bipartisan, evidence-based practice backed by multiple, national studies: https://lnkd.in/d259W43H #EndHomelessness #AffordableHousing #SupportiveServices 🌟

When people from across Ottawa’s housing and homelessness world get together, we can build a system that works better for everyone. The Moving UPP project brought together nearly 200 local thought-leaders, frontline staff, and people with lived experience of homelessness. Working together, they identified ways that Ottawa’s housing and homelessness systems could use the resources we currently have to build a more effective system that helps get people into homes faster and more easily. Learn more by reading the report on the Moving UPP project:   https://lnkd.in/edcDi4R5

Good discussion on housing & homelessness, needs & solutions, before the State of the Union. #affordablehousing #housingsolutions #homelessnessissolvable https://lnkd.in/gGd-tuud

What does it mean to be Home For Good? Our #HomeForGood Initiative focuses not only on ending homelessness through housing, but ensuring that housing is sustainable and permanent. Check out our 2023 Impact Report to learn more about our work and how your support directly impacts our most vulnerable neighbors: https://lnkd.in/ei_uhX6n #housingendshomelessness #endhomelessnessoc

We have heard from those impacted by inadequate housing and homelessness. Our 2023-2024 Annual Report details our actions addressing the housing crisis, key issues and recommendations for lasting change to ensure everyone's right to housing. Full report: https://bit.ly/454TUEL

In our efforts to address homelessness, it's crucial to understand who is affected. Individuals sleeping rough are found not just on streets but also in places like stairwells, cars, or makeshift shelters. Recognizing the breadth of this issue is the first step in creating effective solutions. More on how they're defined: https://shorturl.at/jFPR5 #BeTheLink

This year’s Victorian Budget needs to be “The Homelessness Budget”. We’re in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime homelessness crisis, and there’s no time left to wait for a major intervention. This Budget, Victoria needs: 🏠 6,000 more socials homes built every year for the next 4 years 🤝 $64.5 million over 4 years for overwhelmed entry points 🧾 $30 million over 4 years for eviction prevention programs, to avoid more people falling into homelessness. Read out full budget submission here: https://lnkd.in/ghg72PU9 #TheHomelessnessBudget #VicBudget #EndHomelessness #vicpol

Rather than punishing individuals without housing options, our communities should commit to the challenging yet sustainable work that has repeatedly proven effective in resolving homelessness. Learn more about #JohnsonVGrantsPass: https://bit.ly/3UyY4kD