Heading Home MN Funders Collaborative

The Heading Home Minnesota Funders Collaborative is pleased to announce Patrick Ness as our new Executive Director: headinghomemnfunders.org/wp-content/upl…

Each layer of government, including Hennepin County, must do more to achieve dignity for our unsheltered residents. This statement: -Outlines policy areas and governing bodies responsible -Discusses the values I’m rooted in -Offers solutions moving forward hennepind2.com/encampments

#mnleg invest in the creation and staffing of emergency shelter for the #homeless in #MN! We know that shelters saves lives and deeply #affordable housing will end #homelessness. @GovTimWalz @LtGovFlanagan @melissahortman @paulgazelka @MNHomelessCo startribune.com/outstate-the-h…

We continue to work through these uncharted times in a global pandemic with a renewed strength & commitment to racial equity as #mnleg enters a Special Session. Help Take Action Now: bit.ly/30zUCdU #Homes4AllMN

With #unemployment at historic highs and #moratoriums getting lifted across the U.S., tens of thousands of #renters are expected to get #evicted from their #homes. #mnleg usatoday.com/story/money/20…

"Grappling with grief, I asked myself, how can this still be happening? Why does this keep happening? And then I remembered. I remembered the words of my father, who said, “The system will never work for us. They didn’t intend for it to.” #racism splcenter.org/news/2020/06/0…

“The leaders of color I know, especially Black leaders, are exhausted, driven to burn out and despair, and often it is not because of overt racists and bigots, but by those moderates within our own sector” nonprofitaf.com/2020/06/have-n…

via @NYTimes Have we hit the tipping point in Minnesota that will create lasting and real change in our state? Will we listen and have honest dialogues about race in our community? #racism #Minnesota nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/…

"Tenant advocacy groups and the #Minnesota judicial branch are bracing for a wave of #eviction filings, between unpaid rents and #landlords expressing exasperation about tenant unruliness." #mnleg #COVID19 @HOME_Line startribune.com/minnesota-has-…

We are potentially facing a wave of #evictions as government relief payments and legal protections run out. #mnleg ended the session with no plan or funding. How will we respond #minnesota? @Homes4AllMN @HOME_Line @TheAlliance_TC #Congress nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/…

"The opportunity in this crisis will be lost, if in hindsight, we look back and see that we merely interrupted #homelessness during this health cataclysm. Everyone deserves a home." #COVID19 #mnleg @GovTimWalz @LtGovFlanagan @mnhousing vtdigger.org/2020/05/11/tom…

A new analysis by Brendan O’Flaherty, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, estimates that #homelessness could increase by 40 to 45% by the end of this year due to an increase in the #unemployment rate. #COVID19 community.solutions/analysis-on-un…

In January, @HUDgov found the national #homelessness rate increased 2.7% in 2019 with 567,715 people experiencing homelessness on a single night. As #unemployment rates climb amid the #COVID19 pandemic, those numbers are expected to rise. #mnleg smartcitiesdive.com/news/us-homele…

"This is not going to be a disease of #equity," she said. "The people who already have had the least are going to lose the most." #homelessness #homeless #Covid_19 #mnleg wbur.org/commonhealth/2…

"The federal government could render #homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. The cure for homelessness is #housing..." #mnleg #Congress #bonds4housing @Homes4AllMN @mnhousing nytimes.com/2020/05/15/opi…

"There's been lots of discussion of the costs of rent cancellation, but if we have hundreds of thousands of people becoming #homeless at the end of this crisis, I don't know how we'll pay for a solution to that, either." #mnleg @Homes4AllMN #bonds4housing news.trust.org/item/202005131…

“I want to think, anyway, that this pandemic highlighted the utter inadequacy and societal failure to deal with homelessness ..." #homelessness #mnleg #COVID19 mynorthwest.com/1860702/pandem…

“There are too many people coming and going who are preying on the vulnerable,” Hernandez said. “It’s important to remember, this is our home.” #HomelessCantStayHome #homelessness #COVID19 #mnleg #15" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">startribune.com/as-minneapolis…

The expansion of #shelters and alternative housing has been the primary response from cities to protect the #homeless. These initiatives raise the question: Why did it take a pandemic for cities to find solutions to their #homelessness crises? #COVID19 vox.com/2020/4/21/2122…

The Homes for All Virtual Rally starts in 24 hours - Friday May 8, 10 a.m. - noon . We need your voice! REGISTER NOW and urge your legislators to support $500 million in bonds for housing: bit.ly/2zGddJN. #Homes4AllMN! #StayHomeMN #MNleg