#Housing

#SaveTheChildren ⚔️⚖️🕊

j_ardinera

If I didn’t know any better I’d think maybe this country was preparing to help a lot of human trafficking victims heal from trauma and assimilate into society https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/united-states-attorney-william-m-mcswain-announces-mo

Geoff Costeloe

gcosteloe

Dear @CityofVancouver I am writing in regards to the motion to reduce the City's 10 Year Housing Target.I moved to Vancouver with my wife, who is disabled an unable to

Lark Washington

LarkWashington

So here's a thread on how to combat eviction with a focus on community organizing. I wrote this #plan for a community group in #Richmond, but I believe it is

openDemocracyUK

openDemocracyUK

This week the Home Office starts sending more migrants to Napier army barracks in KentopenDemocracy talks to former residents about the grim conditions. Their stories will shock you.#closethebarracks https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendem

Parkdale People's Economy

ParkdalePPE

While the ‘campus of care’ is a good news story, it erases the years of community organizing calling for UHN and the City of Toronto to commit to affordable housing,

Coalition on Homelessness

TheCoalitionSF

CAR BLOCKADE!! We’re in front of the Emergency Operations Center before Breed’s press conference demanding she #HouseUsNow and commandeer the thousands of hotel rooms for homeless people! HSA Dir. Trent

BAME in Property

BAMEinProp

HOT OF THE PRESS. Early research into the first patients critically ill with #COVID19 in UK hospitals indicates that black and Asian people (#BAME) are more likely to be badly

Nithya Raman

nithyavraman

On Monday, I want you to call your City Council representative, and ask them to include at minimum a 24-month rent repayment period, significant access to emergency rental assistance, and

Huw Thomas

huwthomas_Wales

Had a few tweets this week about the flats at Anchor Industrial Estate. I share the frustration about the lack of affordable housing. However, those saying 'the policy is broken'

R. Winston Kappesser, the Taupe Avenger

TaupeAvenger

Holy crap: factory built homes were the majority of homes built in the US during the 1960s and they were mostly regulated out of existence to protect the home building

🌹Shahid Buttar for Congress

ShahidForChange

When I was 16, my family lost our home to foreclosure. This forced me into housing insecurity for years. We all know that Nancy's free market has only worked well

Rocket

RocketScalping

housing price inflation relative to consumer credit and consumer wage inflation is literally at 06-07 levels. mortgages aren't the faulty underlying asset here - consumer credit is - most of

Rukmini Callimachi

rcallimachi

1. On a recent night, the following people fell asleep in their cars in a fancy ski town: Two ski instructors, two snow plow drivers, a ski lift operator, an ice fishing guide, an employee of a ski shop who fits people for their boots, as well as two

MargaretSimons

MargaretSimons

A couple of reflections after a weekend watching and speaking to residents on Victoria’s public housing estates. Not surprisingly, there is a diversity of views among residents ranging from fury,

Helen Hayes

helenhayes_

THREAD Here is the independent report on the quality of homes in buildings converted from offices to residential without planning permission which govt commissioned but which it doesn’t seem want

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

Author of this paper says it shows there is no “quick fix” for housing problems but it seems to clearly support the view that if you upzone in affluent areas