#Unhoused

Eric Jonsson

ewjonsson

Legit question: Is it okay for the federal gov't to discriminate against homeless seniors? If you are receiving OAS and need to call CRA to change your address for example,

Anna Scott

AnnaScottJourno

Los Angeles has opened its first government-run homeless encampment, on a parking lot by the 101 freeway in East Hollywood. This comes weeks after officials shut down what was one

Rico 🇻🇳🐉⛰🌊

displacedviet

Today, SPD conducted yet another sweep of a houseless encampment in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District. It was bad. Thread below on what happened Approximately 50 cops showed up around 8 am,

Lettwrs

cantypelettwrs

Renting in #LosAngeles sucks.Every year, there’s fewer options. Despite the dozens of cranes stacking new towers up outside our windows, there’s nowhere we can afford, and the new buildings sit

Anxious Napper

mcamnitzer

Let me tell you a story of how LA terrorizes unhoused people. Meet “Kevin.” He’s in his forties, a veteran and a cancer survivor. He suffers from severe vision loss,

Another Adam Smith

AdamOfTheSmiths

A THREADIn 2019, a friend was arrested on Venice Beach on a warrant for unpaid tickets (for being houseless).LAPD promised they would store his belongings; clothes, bedding, his bike, phone,

Daisy Ramirez

daisyramirez323

Today @peoplesbudgetoc released a report comparing the spending priorities of OC community members & the OC BoS, who control a discretionary budget of approximately $1 BILLION. Read the report here:

Simran Jeet Singh

SikhProf

Racists trashed a Sikh-owned Indian restaurant in Santa Fe, NM, scrawling hate speech like "F*CK ISIS" and "I HATE SAND N*****S"It just breaks your heart. Immigrants come with dreams in

Ktown for All 💜❤

KtownforAll

Since LA City Council and @MayorOfLA failed to protect the most vulnerable Angelenos from toxic air, @KtownForAll @StreetWatchLA @GroundGameLA and @PCC are #CoveringForEric by distributing masks all over LA. We

Michelle S. Phelps

MichelleSPhelps

Not only is community a tool -- but "community" can also be used to harm people *within* a community (e.g. businesses using police to move unhoused people, teens, etc.). This

Stacie Swain

StacieASwain

Despite a letter from the @bccla, I’ve been told that this morning unhoused people on Pandora St were woken up by VicPD & Bylaw officers redistributing the public safety ministerial

David Hulchanski

Hulchanski

#NationalHousingDay 2020Chronical 1/10Prior to impact of Covid-19 there were more unhoused Canadians & more people in serious housing need than ever before. In January the 1,000th name was added to

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair

fatima4assembly

If CA’s #COVID-19 mortality rate was equal to the rate in San Quentin Prison, then *300,000+* Californians would have died. Where did we go wrong & how do we start

Amelia M. J. Hill

ameliamjhill

Fall instructors in the US: get ready for your students to be dealing with major crises. A sampling of what my summer students have been going through (1/5):- Losing housing-

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

The Ferrari Lab

TheFerrariLab

In a bittersweet marker of progress against this pandemic, @shybearbrewing is no longer doing home delivery of beer. I prefer no COVID and no beer delivery to COVID and beer