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#homelessness

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Lyle Solla-Yates

streetlightnews.org/hud-budget “There are people waiting,” Murray said. “There are court orders. I expect them to be followed and I’m just going to say for the record, there is nothing objectionable about this funding. It’s stunning to me that we’re under a court order, and you’re not giving the money out.” #housing #HUD #CDBG #USPolitics #homelessness #shortage

Streetlight · HUD is withholding funds despite court orders, while creating delays that are killing homebuilding projects, senators say - StreetlightMeanwhile, HUD is seeking cuts to slash the agency’s budget in half
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Lyle Solla-Yates

arlnow.com/2025/06/16/nonprofi “Lawmakers can help by investing in affordable housing, expanding access to mental health treatment and support, and strengthening economic support systems to address the many causes that push families into homelessness.” #homelessness #virginia

ARLnow | Arlington, Va. local news · Nonprofit: Affordable housing crisis deepening in N. Va. | ARLnow.comA local nonprofit is sounding the alarm about a worsening affordable housing crisis that's driving homelessness to new heights across Northern Virginia. Falls Church-based Homestretch released new data showing that finding affordable housing in the region has become increasingly difficult for many residents. The numbers paint a stark picture: workers need to earn $38.73 per hour
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CBC Canada

Ontario soccer tournament brings together players impacted by homelessness, mental health struggles
A Canadian soccer team that brings together people affected by homelessness, mental health struggles and substance abuse will be heading to the Homeless World Cup in August — an experience some players say they never thought...
#soccer #homelessness #mentalhealth #sports #Ontario #Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hom

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

Better title: How the West Failed the Unhoused

And then they have the nerve to say that the problem is not Capitalism and Wage Slavery - it's us and our unwillingness to work, our laziness. That's complete bullshit!! The fact is that we live under a system that is for the most completely irrational and meaningless. Every apologist for capitalism must be utterly brainwashed, severely under the influence of bourgeois ideology ->

"In the end, the effect of There Is No Place for Us is stunning and bleak. Goldstone tells stories of undeniable injustice, none of them with a happy ending or a victory for the good guys. Each story is incontrovertible evidence that the American dream is a lie and that hard work, loving your family, getting good grades, or whatever other bullshit this country supposedly reveres doesn’t guarantee a safe living. In fact, they have absolutely no bearing on whether you end up OK or sleeping in your car with your three kids.

These stories are not five individually explicable outliers concerning people who were simply unfortunate; instead, they are five out of millions of similar stories. As readers conclude There Is No Place for Us, they will feel both the deeply personal impacts of the tragedies explored in the book (...) Every tragedy is unique, and yet in some respects it is not; these tragedies are everywhere, all the time, just often hidden from sight.

And what does it mean to have these stories laid out? If there were any justice, it would lead to enormous change. They are stories of people so obviously oppressed by our institutions and forces far beyond their control—people who are not merely unlucky or who have made bad choices—that the need ought to be clear. A book like this ought to be a rallying cry, the 21st-century equivalent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle."

thenation.com/article/society/

The Nation · How America Failed the UnhousedBrian Goldstone’s There Is No Place For Us is an enraging book about the intertwined calamities of homelessness and wage labor.
#USA#Housing#Homeless
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LM Little

From 2024 -"To end #homelessness we must reclaim our #housing infrastructure from the investor class, produce homes as if they were essential goods rather than investment vehicles, and ensure that all #Canadians have the resources necessary to lead dignified, comfortable lives." But #Canada's banker PM is all about the investor class not #humanrights. canadiandimension.com/articles

canadiandimension.comWhy Housing First failed in CanadaTo end homelessness we must reclaim housing from the investor class, produce homes as if they were essential goods rather than investment vehicles, and ensure that all Canadians have the resources necessary to lead dignified, comfortable lives. We can do all these things. We can restore housing affordability and end homelessness. The only thing we lack is political will.
#cdnpoli
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Longreads

"The team goes from tent to tent — along bike paths, sidewalks, waterways and freeway overpasses — treating wounds, infections and post-operative incisions, and helping people monitor and manage chronic health conditions." —K. Rambo for @ProPublica, Street Roots

propublica.org/article/portlan

ProPublicaPortland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.
More from ProPublica
#Unhoused#Portland#Oregon
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ABC Feeds

Eviction notice for van park resident ruled invalid, as judge blasts 'oppression'
By Ashleigh Barraclough

John planned to live out his days at a caravan park but was issued an eviction notice after nearly two years. He took the case to the Supreme Court which has ruled the eviction attempt "invalid and of no effect".

abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/bea

ABC News · Beauty Point Tourist Park resident John Lowe's eviction notice ruled 'invalid' by Tasmanian courtBy Ashleigh Barraclough
#RentalHousing#HousingPolicy#Homelessness
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dissentiate

A few weeks (months?) back, I was talking about how I had lost my job in tech thanks to a certain Afrikaner's ketamine fueled fuckery through the usgov. My work built web apps for companies that relied on gov grants and funding.

I can't overstate what kind of a nightmarish hellscape this job market is without crapping out a novella, but let me tell ya; if you're in tech and have a stable job... HANG ON TO IT.

I'm a senior full stack developer (LAMP/LEMP), 22 years in my field. There's barely any jobs out there for people like me, or junior devs. Since April 19th of this year, I have put out close to 200 resumes.

4 "companies" have responded, and each one was a scammer on Indeed trying to fish for personal information to match up against info from data breaches that can be sold.

I'm tired. My soul is tired. I hate the tech industry and I want out. I want to throw away my computer and phone just to disconnect from the plague that the industry has unleashed with it's inhumane practices, politics, ecocide and outright blood lust for more power and money.

I am beyond ready to leave this industry and start a new life. But this isn't the time to make such a bold leap.

My family and I are looking at foreclosure and #homelessness within the next few months. We have kids. We have nowhere to go. And time is running out for us.

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

So, the good news is that after 200 years the Vagrancy Act will be repealed decriminalising 'rough sleepers'.... but, it will be replaced with a number of focussed measure that will still be targeting people living on the streets.

How these new laws play out will depend on how they are drafted & the attitudes of the police.

Still, on the surface this looks like good news.

#politics #homelessness

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdyz8

File photo dated 16/01/2020 of homeless people sleeping on the plinth of the Ferdinand Foch equestrian statue in Victoria, London.
BBC NewsRough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and WalesThe government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.
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Politics Canada

Older Canadians and seniors with dementia are increasingly becoming homeless due to renovictions, escalating living costs, and the lack of affordable long-term care homes. “The number of people in the 61to­65 age range keeps growing at about two per cent every year,” he said. “If you look at it from 55­plus, around COVID, they accounted for about a quarter of our shelter population, and now we're up to onethird.” #housing #LTC #homelessness #seniors #renovictions #canada ctvnews.ca/canada/article/were

Mo Singh Khunkhun, 68, sits on a bed in the Union Gospel Mission overnight shelter in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
CTVNews · Elderly homeless population increasing in Canada: ‘I really don’t know where to even begin’In major cities across the country, those who provide shelter and services for people who are homeless say they are seeing more elderly people turn to them for help.
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