Today is National Voter Registration Day! Did you know—you can still vote if you’re experiencing homelessness or housing instability? Here is some information from Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness on how you can vote: https://lnkd.in/gPnDJ6E8 ?
Today is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! People experiencing homelessness do have the right to vote, and providers are?allowed to support their efforts to register, so long as it is done in a non-partisan manner that does not influence voting or registration choices. ? Learn more from: The Every One Votes resources from the National Alliance to End Homelessness: endhomelessness.org/voting The Our Homes, Our Votes campaign from the National Low Income Housing Coalition: ourhomes.turbovote.org The You Don’t Need a Home to Vote campaign from the National Coalition for the Homeless: https://lnkd.in/eEZfFtVP ?
You have the power to shape your local, state, and federal government with your vote. The choices you make today will have a significant impact on the care and support families experiencing homelessness receive. Check your registration status, find your voting location, review a sample ballot, and more at MNVotes.org. #vote #votingmatters
Here are 3 questions to ask your local candidates about homelessness when they come knocking on your door to try to win your vote ?? This is our time to show all parties that winning our votes means a commitment to ending all forms of homelessness. If you’d like to learn more about how to talk about homelessness with election candidates, check out our guide: https://bit.ly/3RC5VMn
??Supporting all people experiencing homelessness to access their right to vote is critical. Homeless services providers can promote voting efforts and circulate information about voter registration and election dates/times, as long as it’s done in a non-partisan and educational manner. ??The National Alliance to End Homelessness has developed a guide to help providers support their clients' right to vote, but HAWNY will be providing more localized resources throughout the next few months as well. If your organization would like to integrate voting efforts into your work, start with NAEH's guide and follow along as we share information and resources leading up to election day!
Voting is a powerful tool for change, and your support can help ensure that the voices of individuals experiencing homelessness are heard. As trusted providers, your involvement makes a critical impact. Why Should Providers Get Involved? Promote racial equity:?Many people experiencing homelessness come from historically marginalized communities. Supporting them in navigating the voting process helps reduce participation gaps and fosters equity. Every voice counts:?Everyone has the right to be heard at the polls, including those without stable housing. Their vote can shape decisions that directly impact their lives and communities. Early voting is ending soon:?In Georgia, early voting ends this Friday. Now is the time to assist clients with accessing polling locations and exercising their rights. For more information and guidance on how to engage in these efforts, visit the @National Alliance to End Homelessness resource:?https://lnkd.in/gm4SW6n Thank you for your dedication to empowering your clients. Together, we can ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to participate in our democracy.
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Housing is the most basic of our rights in America…yet Local governments criminalize homelessness by making it illegal for people to sit, sleep, or rest in public spaces. Almost every state has at least one law that bans activities people experiencing homelessness engage in simply to survive. Laws that prohibit panhandling, loitering, living in vehicles, or sharing food and water in public spaces all discriminate against people experiencing homelessness, as authorities eject them from public spaces, confiscate and destroy their property, and transport them to mass shelters and jails. These practices threaten their health and well-being and, ultimately, their lives. It's a housing crises, hence the name chosen by the oldest all volunteer nonprofit in Texas dealing with issues surrounding ending & preventing homelessness HOUSE THE HOMELESS (an imperative). Thanks.
??ACTION ALERT!?? The landmark #JohnsonVGrantsPass Supreme Court case will decide if states and cities can punish people for being homeless. Join us for the #HousingNotHandcuffs Rally??? Safe housing shouldn't be a fight—it should be recognized as a basic human need. ?? ?? Date: April 22 ?? Time: 10 AM EST ?? Location: U.S. Supreme Court, 1 First Street, D.C RSVP at https://lnkd.in/exQe8rxV. Bring your energy and your friends! Let’s fill the streets with hope and demand action. See you at the rally!
The Supreme Court will soon reach a decision in the #JohnsonVGrantsPass case, answering the question of whether all people in America are truly protected by the Constitution. We cannot treat the most vulnerable among us as disposable. The only proven solutions to homelessness are providing people with housing and services. #HousingNotHandcuffs Learn more: johnsonvgrantspass.com
IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A PERMANENT AND LASTING SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM! THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BROKEN AND NOT WORKING FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYERS Veteran Housing Corp would ask every TAXPAYER to demand and get answers from their elected and appointed government officials the below questions as they relate to any affordable, workforce, or supportive housing project in your community! 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, or other government benefits or incentives did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project? Is the affordability period permanent and in perpetuity? 3. What guarantees exist have your local, state, and federal government officials obtained in writing that rents will not go up or that tenants will not be displaced or evicted after the "affordability period expires? Every local, state, and federal housing authority and affordable or workforce housing stakeholder should adopt the State of Vermont's "permanent affordability" policy as a model for all future government funded or subsidized housing projects or developments, no exceptions! https://lnkd.in/eFEUC8c8 Additionally, local, state and federal housing agencies should look to the Helsinki, FINLAND MODEL of ending homelessness by providing affordable housing for all 'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness https://lnkd.in/er9HZSQU Even the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development AGREES THAT adopting FINLAND'S MODEL OF ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS may be of great value to resolving the affordable housing and homelessness crises in America https://lnkd.in/gkSZWYRU
Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for hosting the Law Center and our partners on Capitol Hill! We spoke with Senate staffers about #JohnsonVGrantsPass, an upcoming Supreme Court case that will determine if the US will choose to criminalize homelessness instead of investing in proven housing solutions. National Coalition for the Homeless National Low Income Housing Coalition National Alliance to End Homelessness Miriam's Kitchen
Veteran Housing Corp says that IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A PERMANENT AND LASTING SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM! THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BROKEN AND NOT WORKING FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYERS Veteran Housing Corp would ask every TAXPAYER to demand and get answers from their elected and appointed government officials the below questions as they relate to any affordable, workforce, or supportive housing project in your community! 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, or other government benefits or incentives did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project? Is the affordability period permanent and in perpetuity? 3. What guarantees exist have your local, state, and federal government officials obtained in writing that rents will not go up or that tenants will not be displaced or evicted after the "affordability period expires? Every local, state, and federal housing authority and affordable or workforce housing stakeholder should adopt the State of Vermont's "permanent affordability" policy as a model for all future government funded or subsidized housing projects or developments, no exceptions! https://lnkd.in/eFEUC8c8 Additionally, local, state and federal housing agencies should look to the Helsinki, FINLAND MODEL of ending homelessness by providing affordable housing for all 'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness https://lnkd.in/er9HZSQU Even the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development AGREES THAT adopting FINLAND'S MODEL OF ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS may be of great value to resolving the affordable housing and homelessness crises in America https://lnkd.in/gkSZWYRU
??ACTION ALERT!?? The landmark #JohnsonVGrantsPass Supreme Court case will decide if states and cities can punish people for being homeless. Join us for the #HousingNotHandcuffs Rally??? Safe housing shouldn't be a fight—it should be recognized as a basic human need. ?? ?? Date: April 22 ?? Time: 10 AM EST ?? Location: U.S. Supreme Court, 1 First Street, D.C RSVP at https://lnkd.in/exQe8rxV. Bring your energy and your friends! Let’s fill the streets with hope and demand action. See you at the rally!
?? Only a few days left! Join us in taking action to rally in Washington, D.C., next week as #SCOTUS prepares to hear #JohnsonVGrantsPass. ?? The question before the court is: can cities that fail to meet everybody’s basic needs of housing or shelter punish people with no choice but to sleep outside by using things like blankets or pillows? ?? The outcome will determine whether the United States will be a country that fines or arrests people for experiencing homelessness or a country that invests in solutions that ensure everyone has a safe, decent, and affordable home. ?? There are alternatives to arresting people that communities can act on now. ??? Monday, April 22 ? 10 AM — 12 PM ?? U.S. SUPREME COURT // 1 FIRST STREET, D.C. ?? Learn more: https://bit.ly/3xmp8dv
