#InstitutionalizedPoverty: There are 42 million people living in poverty in the U.S. Nearly 40 percent of single-mother families live in poverty and one in three people who experienced poverty as a child will continue to live in poverty as an adult.

#WhatCouldCongressDoWith2TrillionDefenseDollars

https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columns/ally-hanten-ebert-charting-a-path-out-of-poverty-two-generations-at-a-time

#GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow

#BidenomicEvictions:
When Erickson lost her eviction case in early January, she was entirely alone, unrepresented by a lawyer and without family to aid her. That’s changed. A small coterie of volunteers, acquaintances, as well as government and nonprofit workers have come to her assistance. 

She is one of 75,518 homeless people in Los Angeles County, part of a growing cohort of unhoused seniors. People over 55 are the fastest growing group of unhoused people in the state, as CalMatters has reported.

 “All I want is an apartment that I can get into that can be subsidized,” Erickson said.

#HomelessnessIsAtTheIntersectionOfWarMisogynyPovertyMilitarismRacism

https://capitalandmain.com/seventy-evicted-and-running-out-of-options

#GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow

#WhatCouldCongressDoWith2TrillionDefenseDollars: However in focus groups conducted in November and December last year, participants were already reporting that the stipends had improved their housing stability, reduced economic strain, and improved their mental health — including depressive symptoms, anxiety and their sleep.
“They reported that even their children’s mental health has improved and they perceive that their children have less anxiety knowing that the rent is going to be paid, that there’s food on the table, that they’re going to be able to buy school uniforms,” Aguilar said. “They also reported that they have an improved home environment because they’re less stressed, they’re less irritable in some cases.”
#GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow
https://www.sgvtribune.com/2024/03/15/el-monte-guaranteed-income-pilot-program-shows-signs-of-success/

#HomelessnessIsAtTheIntersectionOfWarMisogynyPovertyMilitarismRacism

#BipaertisanShreddedSafetyNet: Welcome to retirement American style, where retirement is work. (91 year old) Glover’s was not the only GoFundMe retirement. Earlier that year, 82-year-old Walmart cashier Butch Marion retired, thanks to a GoFundMe campaign.
These outpourings of generosity are not feel-good stories; they reveal America’s severely broken national retirement system.

#GenocideTaxForeverWarDivestsFromYouthHousingFoodCleanAirAndWaterMedicareForAll 
#GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/opinion-longer-no-solution-people-110032859.html

In Just Action, we describe the importance of truly mixed-income housing—developments with units affordable to lower-, middle-, and upper-income families. While the HOC achieves that goal better than other affordable housing programs, it could go even further by requiring a larger percentage of middle-income units. We also stress the importance of mixed-race developments and note that without race-specific preferences, the HOC may not achieve racial integration in its projects. But, with African American and Hispanic renters’ lower average incomes than whites, localities are unlikely to create racially de-segregated communities without providing housing for a range of affordability levels. The HOC’s strategy is a step towards achieving that goal.

#HousingIsAHumanRight #HousePeopleNotCars #GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow

https://open.substack.com/pub/justaction/p/reimagining-public-housing?r=39z3o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-housing-assistance-foster-care

#HowTheLawFailsWomen: Wise asked the officer to contact the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services. She hoped that the agency could care for her #children just for as long as she had to be in jail — which turned out to be three days.
When Wise got out of #jail, however, DFCS didn’t return her children. The reason, according to court documents and the case plan the agency gave her, was that she lacked stable #housing and #income for her kids.
#WeWereOnceAFamily #GenocideJoeKnows #MoneyToLevelApartmentsInGazaAndBuildSettlementsButAffordableHousingIsBroke #GuaranteedBasicIncomeNow