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On Working to End Homelessness in Orange County

After 6 years (term limits!) of service with the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness Leadership Team, the last few as chair, my run ends with 2018.  Throughout the month of December I’ve been curating a series of tweets talking about the state of homelessness in Orange County and nationally and the work that we and our partners are doing to make homelessness “rare, brief, and one-time.”  

You can take a look at the full twitter archive here to learn about our partners, our successes, our needs, and ways you can help end homelessness in Orange County.

A Just Community

I recently filled out the INDY Candidate Questionnaire and I wanted to go ahead and start sharing my answers.  When they asked what I would do to build a just community in the Triangle, this is how I responded:

Section 8 Housing Recipients Face Reduction in Voucher Value

This is a follow-up to several earlier posts about Section 8 Housing in Orange County. Read them first for background. 

On behalf of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Just Housing Coalition, my assistant and I just talked to a lawyer with Justice NC, who confirmed that the reduction in HUD funding due to the federal sequestration is going to result in lower voucher values for Section 8 recipients. 

Chapel Hill/Carrboro Just Housing Coalition Meeting

Chapel Hill/Carrboro Just Housing Coalition is an informal alliance that is forming to work against injustice and for affordable housing in our community.

We are seeking organizations, citizens, and elected officials in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro area concerned about equitable and just living options and wages for all residents of our community.

Read more about the "tsunami" of events that is creating a housing crisis in our community. 

If you would like to formally join our coalition, we would love to have you on board. You are welcome to attend our upcoming meeting, or stay tuned for a community petition and call to action.

Participating organizations: Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro; Mutual Aid Carrboro; Real Advocates Now Emerging (RANE) of Orange, Person and Chatham Counties; Carolina Coalition for Disability Justice

Date: 

Friday, August 9, 2013 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Human Rights Center, 107 Barnes Street, Carrboro, NC

Section 8 Housing Crisis Update

I am actively seeking help to address this problem. As I wrote before, we are looking at the possibility a lot of newly homeless folk in Orange County. The best information I have says that the GSC decision to kick people out violates HUD, and we need to file a complaint. I don't know how to do this, but if you do, or know someone who can help, please contact me, or come to the meeting on August 2nd at the Human Rights Center in Carrboro at 4pm. 

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