Anti-camping ordinances and sweeps are pushing unhoused people into increasingly marginal spaces, exposed to extreme weather.
Officials in cities like Ontario, #California, can be hostile, by, for example, removing park gazebos.
But CA is prone to cycles of drought and heavy rainfall. And when the rain hits, like it did in Nov. 2022, it can be fatal to people living around culverts and drainage.
Lmfao, they write up a sob story for the poor little lord sleeping in the basement of his restaurant but only briefly ask why he doesn't just use his tenant's rent to cover his own rental while he waits for the LTB decision.
His response? "I should not have to do that."
The fucking entitlement.
Does this tenant have a restaurant to sleep in? Do they have a rental income to subsidize their housing? Fuck you CBC.
Launched today: https://myCTDeed.com to find and reject racist covenants in #CT property deeds (with June Gold and David Ware)
Also preview of CTPublic documentary "Fighting for Home: How Housing Policy Keeps CT Segregated" (with producer Sabrina Buckwalter and team), airing June 27th #housing#history#advocacy
"Historical photographs showcase the history of Asian American resistance movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Asian American community among tenants, students, and laborers...They also remind us of the civil rights and labor rights won by Asian Americans with the sheer power of the collective."
'We need to build 90,000 social homes a year for ten years, with all rents tied to local incomes. ... this would not only eradicate homelessness, it would pay for itself – returning an impressive £37.8bn back to the economy in just three years. It would also save the taxpayer money, boost jobs, reduce the burden of poor housing on our NHS & improve children’s life chances.'
"When I shared complaints about my housing on social media, they went viral, and I began hearing from people in similar circumstances. It changed the course of my life"
Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa in the first of a monthly series of articles.
CM Rivera is turning out as expected. She just introduced, in dead quiet, an amendment to kill a key program in #Seattle that funds affordable #housing and other equitable development.
The link below is to a web form CM Morales' office created to send email to the Council and Mayor. It took me about three minutes and most of that was me picking the right email address to use.
It was clear decades ago that gov't should be using a carrot & stick approach to get landlords and homeowners to prepare their buildings for climate change. This is another case of making poorer people suffer for the profits of the rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGPBpK-G0O4#ClimateChange#Housing
Someone needs to sit the Guardian editorial team down & explain to them:
Rising house prices are not 'growth' - this is asset price inflation driven by financial instruments & constrained supply... read my lips: IT IS INFLATION!
(just because its excluded from RPI/CPI measure doesn't make it growth!)
And most inflationary areas are not 'best performing' - they are areas of housing crisis!!!!
In the worst 'Ghost Enclaves' over 50% of local homes are owned by investors for short-term holiday lets (or as seldom used second homes).
This, of course, has knock-on effects for locals trying to stay in the area for work or family reasons - the housing crisis is driven by inequality & them compounds that inequality.
The Q. is will the next government have the political will to expand social housing & clamp down on non-residential uses of homes?
I'm really proud of Standingstone today. A baby was born here this morning, in the yurt we erected for his parents a fortnight ago. I'm proud that we have been able to give them a place to be, relatively protected from the stresses of the world, at this important moment.
But I'm a bit ashamed for Scotland that the best place we can offer to a pair of strangers in our midst, only one of whom speaks English well, to bring a child into the world, is a tent in a field.
Economic Growth, Inflation Still on Track to Slow as Interest Rate Volatility Continues
Fannie Mae - May 21, 2024
“We view economic growth and inflation as being on the same track as our prior outlook, and we continue to anticipate moderation as the year progresses.”
Exploitative content of poor people is not new. In fact, the term 'poverty porn' was first coined to describe NGOs that captured dehumanizing moments of poor people of color across the world in an attempt to drive donations.
But with #homelessness at a record high in the U.S., there's a burgeoning, exploitative brand of #SocialMedia content where clout-chasing influencers delight in monetizing those struggling to survive.
🏘️ 🏚️ Excellent sample of when "letter of the law" is absolutely, no-question, morally WRONG. Anybody on here get a #mortgage "forgiven" back during the 2008(ish) financial crisis? You need to read this!
"We have a case where a portfolio of approximately 9,000 loans was sold for $6,000," she says. "And so each loan was sold for less than a dollar."
😲 🤦 Canadian Renters Now Required To Collect Foreign Landlord’s Taxes, Withhold Rent
" In a bizarre decision, the nation’s tax authority is telling tenants who pay rent to non-resident landlords to withhold a portion and remit it on their behalf, or they may be liable for the amount with penalties. To complicate things further, one Ontario policymaker warns tenants that have inquired about withholding have been threatened with eviction. "
Britain's record on homelessness is world beating, just not in a good way.
We've the highest recorded levels of homelessness in the developed world; while other counties have seen (albeit slow) declines in homelessness, since 2010 the UK's rate has been accelerating away.
The housing crisis has many dimensions, but here there's a direct correlation between the arrival of the current Tory govt. & massive increases!
The party of landlords is working for them & doing nothing for us!
#Albuquerque Is Throwing Out the Belongings of #Homeless People, Violating City Policy
The city has violated a court order and its own policies by discarding the personal property of thousands of homeless people, who have lost medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones.