Health & Housing Policy. MSW/JD. Kansan; #RockChalk. She/Her/Hers. Thoughts/tweets are my own. @annakbailey.bsky.social
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🧵No one should be forced to sleep outside in a nation as wealthy as ours. Yet, one year ago today, Pres. Trump issued an executive order (EO) calling on federal agencies to abandon effective homelessness solutions in favor of punishing people who have nowhere safe to sleep.
If the Trump Admin really wanted to reduce homelessness and boost access to mental health and substance use care, it should 1) seek to increase (NOT CUT) funds for low-barrier housing assistance and 2) reverse deep cuts in #Medicaid the president signed into law last year.
To learn more, Join @homeless_law‘s webinar bit.ly/EOanniversary
& read my recent paper about how Trump Admin policies will worsen homelessness and attack basic freedoms of people who can’t afford rent! cbpp.org/research/housing/tr…
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Federal grantmaking processes are meant to be fair and free of political favoritism or retaliation – but a new Trump Admin rule would allow corruption & politicization of grant award decisions, creating an outsized risk of abuse & coercion.
Federal grants are intended to be awarded through an open, fair, and merit-based process. A new Trump Administration proposal would instead allow grant decisions to be based on political preferences and presidential priorities. cbpp.org/research/federal-bu…
Many kids, seniors, caregivers, unhoused people and other Arizonans are starting to go hungry and struggling because of harsh work requirements. Taking away food assistance also makes it harder to keep up with rent. A frightening harbinger of what's to come in other states.
Under President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tru…
Everyone facing #homelessness should have quick access to safe, dignified shelter & permanent housing. But @HUDgov is proposing a rule that would make it harder and less safe for trans & nonbinary people — who already experience higher rates of #homelessness — to access shelter.
Anyone can submit a public comment on HUD’s proposed rule before the June 29th deadline. In the meantime, existing protections remain in place and are still the law of the land. transequality.org/earcomment
Homelessness is unacceptable and solvable no matter who is experiencing it. We must continue to scale up the #RentalAssistance and voluntary supportive services that solve and prevent #homelessness, including building towards a rental assistance guarantee. cbpp.org/research/housing/po…
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🚨SNAP tracker update: We just added March data for the 16 states reporting so far. The # of low-income people receiving SNAP continues to fall.
Largest drops since H.R. 1 was enacted in July:
AZ: -51%
TN: -15%
VA: -13%
SC & TX: -11%
CT, IN, KS, PA: -10%
cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
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It is unconscionable to leave ICE and CBP’s violence unchecked and allow them to continue their reign of terror. Our government should hold them accountable.
Yesterday, Senate Republicans kicked off a partisan process intended to fund ICE & CBP without any crucial reforms or guardrails to end the campaign of lawlessness and violence that the Administration, ICE, and CBP have inflicted across our nation. pbs.org/newshour/amp/politic…
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State and local policymakers can take action to mitigate the impact of these harmful federal policies and make investments in the housing and supportive services that work for people in their communities. For starters, they can:
My new paper details how the Trump Admin is pushing policies that 1) take assistance away while making housing *less*affordable and 2) punish people who become homeless because they can’t afford rent. cbpp.org/research/housing/tr…
My new paper details how the Trump Admin is pushing policies that 1) take assistance away while making housing *less*affordable and 2) punish people who become homeless because they can’t afford rent. cbpp.org/research/housing/tr…
If left unchecked, the Admin’s homelessness policies could pave the way for massive government-run detention camps that would deprive large numbers of people of basic freedom
