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Community engagement @NPHANC | previously @NLIHC @OurHomesVotes @TheRac | she/her/hers | opinions my own (but tbh rarely spicy enough to need this disclaimer)

 Washington, DC ➡San Francisco
Joined December 2015
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🧵Across the country, housing was on the ballot in this election: @NLIHC's @ourhomesvotes campaign tracked 100+ housing & homelessness ballot measures! Let's celebrate these victories for housing justice, and congratulate the organizers who made them possible.
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Washington, DC right now. This is fascism. Eviction of 62 homeless encampments start tonight. If you don’t live in DC I need you to call your congresspeople and tell them to stop this racist, authotarian power grab.
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The @OurHomesVotes ballot measures report is hot off the press! ⬇️ Learn how state & local resources for affordable homes, tenant protections, zoning/land use, and homelessness fared at the ballot box in November — and what advocates can learn from successful campaigns. 🗳️🏠✅
National Low Income Housing Coalition@NLIHC12 Dec 2024
.@NLIHC’s @OurHomesVotes campaign has released a new report on Housing & Homelessness on the Ballot. The report summarizes nearly 100 state & local ballot measures on affordable housing & homelessness in this year’s elections. 📥 Read the full report: bit.ly/4ivQyRu
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This Thanksgiving season, I’m grateful for the long-awaited opening of the Aston! It was an honor to attend the Aston’s ribbon-cutting with DC leaders & community members. As of yesterday, 25 individuals had moved into the Aston, with 25 more anticipated before the holiday.
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@miriamskitchen26 Nov 2024
Just in time for Thanksgiving, DC families are finding hope at the Aston! 🏠 The Aston offers private rooms, kitchens & dignity for homeless families. Wesley Thomas: “I almost cried. It’s a safe haven.” #EndHomelessness #MiriamsKitchen wtop.com/dc/2024/11/new-feat…

New feature for DC’s latest shelter to fight homelessness: Privacy – WTOP News

As compared to other shelters, Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto said the Aston provides something different to the couples, adult families and individuals it

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CO towns also voted to facilitate housing development: Snowmass voters approved a 79-unit workforce housing project. Chaffee County voters authorized the housing authority to maintain revenues that allow it to proceed with a mixed-use development including transitional housing.
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In Camden, ME, voters overwhelmingly (77%) approved a zoning change that will allow for the conversion of a schoolhouse into an apartment building with residences on the ground floor, paving the way for new affordable homes for teachers.
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Voters in Aspen, CO, supported two separate measures to extend its 1% real estate transfer tax and 0.45% sales tax, both of which provide revenues for affordable housing programs.
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