Becks Heyhoe-Khalil (she/her)
@beckshk.bsky.social
🇮🇪 🇬🇧 | Nonprofit Exec. | 🏡 Housing | 🇺🇸Veteran Wife | Dog Mom 🐶 |
Advocating for proven solutions to end homelessness, dignity for all, and lasting change.
ED @ United to End Homelessness, Orange County United Way
Advocating for proven solutions to end homelessness, dignity for all, and lasting change.
ED @ United to End Homelessness, Orange County United Way
This will have huge impacts for Public Housing Authorities nationwide.
Things like:
- waitlists for regular HCV's increasing due to utilization of turnover vouchers to keep EHV's housed
- delay or prevention of building permanent supportive housing units in the pipeline
- potential homelessness
Things like:
- waitlists for regular HCV's increasing due to utilization of turnover vouchers to keep EHV's housed
- delay or prevention of building permanent supportive housing units in the pipeline
- potential homelessness
More than 800 people currently benefit from the emergency housing voucher program.
Orange County leaders concerned as HUD announces end to funding for emergency housing vouchers
More than 800 people currently benefit from the emergency housing voucher program.
www.ocregister.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This will have huge impacts for Public Housing Authorities nationwide.
Things like:
- waitlists for regular HCV's increasing due to utilization of turnover vouchers to keep EHV's housed
- delay or prevention of building permanent supportive housing units in the pipeline
- potential homelessness
Things like:
- waitlists for regular HCV's increasing due to utilization of turnover vouchers to keep EHV's housed
- delay or prevention of building permanent supportive housing units in the pipeline
- potential homelessness
Yay!! Nichole is awesome!! She was one of our guests on our Community Chat yesterday sharing her insights about homelessness for women - well worth a watch :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXS...
March 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yay!! Nichole is awesome!! She was one of our guests on our Community Chat yesterday sharing her insights about homelessness for women - well worth a watch :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRXS...
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What Dr. Kushel said 👇🏻 If there isn’t enough housing, where do we expect people to go? No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing. And my home state of NV rounding out the bottom with just 17 units per 100 extremely low-income households.
The US has only 35 units of housing affordable & available per 100 extremely low-income households. CA has 24. This is why we have the homelessness crisis we do.
The @nlihc.bsky.social #TheGap2025 report out today.
nlihc.org/gap 1/x
The @nlihc.bsky.social #TheGap2025 report out today.
nlihc.org/gap 1/x
The GAP
The U.S. has a shortage of more than 7.1 million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income renter households. Find out more. #TheGap25
nlihc.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What Dr. Kushel said 👇🏻 If there isn’t enough housing, where do we expect people to go? No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing. And my home state of NV rounding out the bottom with just 17 units per 100 extremely low-income households.
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What the hell IS even going on at HUD? I can’t answer that, but I did try to sort thru some budget shenanigans. If you need a quick-ish primer on what’s up (at least for now) for FY25 & FY26, @shelterforce.bsky.social is here for you. shelterforce.org/2025/03/13/w...
What's Going On With the HUD Budget?
As a federal government shutdown looms, advocates warn of cuts to affordable housing programs in the remaining months of FY 2025—and deeper threats in 2026.
shelterforce.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What the hell IS even going on at HUD? I can’t answer that, but I did try to sort thru some budget shenanigans. If you need a quick-ish primer on what’s up (at least for now) for FY25 & FY26, @shelterforce.bsky.social is here for you. shelterforce.org/2025/03/13/w...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
AOC Rips “Tyrannical and Un-American” Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a serious warning about the ICE arrest of Palestinian activist (and U.S. green card holder) Mahmoud Khalil.
newrepublic.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex condemned ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, calling it a “tyrannical” move.
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
“If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too."
Any Orange County, CA residents looking for a tool to advocate with your reps to help protect HUD?
We have one! actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
HUD does vital work in our community, it needs to be protected from budget and staffing cuts. Use your voice! 📣🏠
We have one! actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
HUD does vital work in our community, it needs to be protected from budget and staffing cuts. Use your voice! 📣🏠
Join me to Support HUD Resources for Orange County
I just wrote a letter urge my congresspeople to support a federal budget that protects the Department of Housing and Urban Development https://actionnetwork.org/letters/act-now-hands-off-housing
actionnetwork.org
March 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Any Orange County, CA residents looking for a tool to advocate with your reps to help protect HUD?
We have one! actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
HUD does vital work in our community, it needs to be protected from budget and staffing cuts. Use your voice! 📣🏠
We have one! actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
HUD does vital work in our community, it needs to be protected from budget and staffing cuts. Use your voice! 📣🏠
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“One of the most poignant findings was that 1 in 5 told us they are actively seeking treatment and couldn’t get it."
@latimes.com wrote about our @jama.com study of people who experience homelessness & substance use.
#CAHomelessnessStudy
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@latimes.com wrote about our @jama.com study of people who experience homelessness & substance use.
#CAHomelessnessStudy
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Large majority of homeless people in California are not illicit drug users, study finds
Even though a majority of people on the streets do not use illegal drugs, they are both a factor leading to homelessness and an effect of it, the study found. Methamphetamine is the drug of choice.
www.latimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“One of the most poignant findings was that 1 in 5 told us they are actively seeking treatment and couldn’t get it."
@latimes.com wrote about our @jama.com study of people who experience homelessness & substance use.
#CAHomelessnessStudy
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
@latimes.com wrote about our @jama.com study of people who experience homelessness & substance use.
#CAHomelessnessStudy
@ucsfbhhi.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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HUD staffers reporting “pauses” on grant funding. These funds help #unhoused people , cities rebuild communities, and support increasing housing supply. All pieces needed for strong communities.
This is the exact OPPOSITE of what gov’t should be doing.
t.co/D91FHeUVKT
This is the exact OPPOSITE of what gov’t should be doing.
t.co/D91FHeUVKT
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-48297/doge-hud-trump-funding-cuts-housing-urban-development
t.co
February 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
HUD staffers reporting “pauses” on grant funding. These funds help #unhoused people , cities rebuild communities, and support increasing housing supply. All pieces needed for strong communities.
This is the exact OPPOSITE of what gov’t should be doing.
t.co/D91FHeUVKT
This is the exact OPPOSITE of what gov’t should be doing.
t.co/D91FHeUVKT
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Homelessness at an all-time high. Millions struggling to pay rent. 80k displaced by LA fires.
And rather than help, DOGE/HUD leadership is attacking Fair Housing & creating an environment so chaotic “it’s impossible to plan in”
And rather than help, DOGE/HUD leadership is attacking Fair Housing & creating an environment so chaotic “it’s impossible to plan in”
HUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestion
The Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Homelessness at an all-time high. Millions struggling to pay rent. 80k displaced by LA fires.
And rather than help, DOGE/HUD leadership is attacking Fair Housing & creating an environment so chaotic “it’s impossible to plan in”
And rather than help, DOGE/HUD leadership is attacking Fair Housing & creating an environment so chaotic “it’s impossible to plan in”
Terrible photo, important data shown at 211 day in #OrangeCounty
Housing is the highest need in our community, with over half of everyone reaching out to #211OC in need of housing assistance.
- MediCal 54%
- Non Medical 48%
Everyone needs a safe and affordable place to call home.
🏡 = Health
Housing is the highest need in our community, with over half of everyone reaching out to #211OC in need of housing assistance.
- MediCal 54%
- Non Medical 48%
Everyone needs a safe and affordable place to call home.
🏡 = Health
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Terrible photo, important data shown at 211 day in #OrangeCounty
Housing is the highest need in our community, with over half of everyone reaching out to #211OC in need of housing assistance.
- MediCal 54%
- Non Medical 48%
Everyone needs a safe and affordable place to call home.
🏡 = Health
Housing is the highest need in our community, with over half of everyone reaching out to #211OC in need of housing assistance.
- MediCal 54%
- Non Medical 48%
Everyone needs a safe and affordable place to call home.
🏡 = Health
Housing First evidence has been scrubbed from HUD’s website.
February 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Housing First evidence has been scrubbed from HUD’s website.