Our First Look: Did the Mayor Fund Our Housing and Homelessness Priorities?

Posted on Jun 9, 2021 in Budget Cuts, DC Budget, Homelessness, Housing, Justice, People, Poverty, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

Welcome to our first assessment of the proposed FY22 budget! We will try to explain how much money Mayor Bowser has committed to meet our demands for ending and preventing homelessness and creating deeply affordable housing. It is up to the Council now to shift this budget into one that does more to shake up the status quo, and more to provide housing justice to District residents.

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Envisioning a Path Forward: Budget and Legislative Priorities

Posted on May 11, 2021 in DC Budget, DC Policies and Plans, Homelessness, Housing, Justice, Law, People, Shelter, Wealth Gap | 0 comments

In 2021, there are reasons for hope. It is time to envision and pursue a path forward. We reject setting our goal posts at “back to normal” because too many people were suffering prior to the pandemic, and we know that the death toll and harm of the pandemic could have been lessened if a well-threaded safety net had been in place.

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