New York State Homes & Community Renewal’s Post

Our current historic housing shortage means more people are staying in abusive relationships...not by choice, but because in some situations there is no housing available, at any price. In Idaho, we can leverage our support of local shelter and supportive service providers through the annual 'Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge.' Donations can be designated for your own community, specific program or shelter types, or a demographic. Give what you can to help provide an escape hatch for someone; you'll both sleep better. Nonprofits in Idaho need to register by next Monday, November 6th. Visit https://lnkd.in/bWudDMs to learn more or to register your housing or shelter program. Home Partnership Foundation #domesticviolence #domesticviolenceawareness #homelessnessawareness #housingforall #housingcrisis Idaho Housing and Finance Association CATCH Idaho Women's & Children's Alliance #Idaho Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Why, why, why are prisoners being released early into homelessness? It is stupid and counterproductive as it just sets people up for failure and recall, the direct opposite of what this policy is meant to achieve! Surely we can have a coherent justice system which ensures that released prisoners are given a real chance to make a better life for themselves and their families? It helps the whole of society and is just good sense! https://lnkd.in/e7WgTswU

Check out our latest press release and learn how FPSC is making a difference in for those facing the risk of homelessness with Family Promise of Sussex County's Homeless Prevention Program! https://lnkd.in/edSS-47w

When will we get passed the disgrace that in the 21st century, the UK continues Victorian notions of deserving and undeserving poor? Firstly, it is an fundamentally unacceptable that mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters are left sleeping outside in abject poverty and despair. Secondly, it is ghastly that those same down trodden folks are at risk of criminal prosecution simply for being who they are and sleeping where they do. The only option, is housing first. When weighed against the cost of policing, incarceration, A&E, b&b’s - housing for homeless people is the cheapest option.

Victims of domestic abuse could face greater risk of homelessness under evictions system change - read my latest article for Policing Insight. We need more allies in policing and victims' services to join our Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance and Generation Rent UK efforts before it's too late. https://lnkd.in/eKiKUvYe

What we need more of: Permanent supportive housing, housing that is affordable to the lowest income Hoosiers What we DON'T need more of: Out-of-state thinktanks who think they know more about our state than we do #HousingFirst #HousingNotHandcuffs

To combat domestic violence, we must have the courage to confront it head-on. This means acknowledging its existence and taking decisive action. It's not just about the immediate impact on victims, but also the ripple effects on our homeless population. Let's work together to instigate change and create safer communities for everyone. #EndDomesticViolence #TakeAction #CreateChange

Invest 20 minutes a Day with Your Child talking about - how to help our homeless.

#ZontaSaysNO Day 3: Domestic violence programs and agencies rely on local volunteers to help their work. Learn how you can volunteer to make a difference in the lives of survivors and their children in your community. They also need community funding to provide critical services. #16daysofactivism #endviolenceagainstwomen #endgenderbasedviolence

Homelessness is a social, wage, and housing policy issue. It's easier to become homeless in America today than anytime since the Great Depression. In many cases, those being displaced from housing today represent what we've always considered the 'middle class.' When rental housing changes ownership, rents can increase overnight by anywhere from 20% to over 80%; wages don't keep pace. Seniors or people with disabilities on fixed incomes can't afford those increases, and neither can most essential workers. Domestic violence is another destabilizing force. If ending homelessness is the desired outcome: —invest in housing density and diversity, and distribute that housing across communities and neighborhoods to create access to opportunity and community assets; —Invest in reliable transit to reduce transportation, parking and pollution costs; —Invest in energy efficiency to reduce the costs to heat and cool homes; —Invest in reliable and quality child care, elder care and home health care; —Invest in early childhood education; —Invest in health and wellness care for all; —Invest in domestic violence prevention; and —Invest in civic health and engagement All of these investments taken together return positive and popular dividends on a generational scale. They yield better outcomes for taxpayers and communities than investing in prisons—and expanding reasons to fill them with people struggling in the current housing crisis.