Fund for Housing and Opportunity
@housingfund.bsky.social
Cross-sector, nationwide collaborative fund working to protect renters and solve homelessness. Learn more: housingisopportunity.org
"'The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick,' said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center" (@homeless-law.bsky.social)
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Trump signs order pushing cities and states to remove homeless people from streets
President Trump wants to make it easier for cities and states to move homeless people to treatment centers under new executive action he's taking.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"'The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick,' said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center" (@homeless-law.bsky.social)
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FHO Exec. Director Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie is taking sabbatical July 21-Oct 10! During this time, Deputy Director Jennifer Angarita will serve as acting ED. At FHO, we rest as essential to sustaining ourselves and our work for housing and racial justice. 🌿
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At the Fund For Housing and Opportunity, we believe rest is a practice of care and a way to restore our commitment to each other and to the long work ahead. | Jeanne (Reitz) Fekade-Sellassie
At the Fund For Housing and Opportunity, we believe rest is a practice of care and a way to restore our commitment to each other and to the long work ahead. I will be taking a 12-week sabbatical begin...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
FHO Exec. Director Jeanne Fekade-Sellassie is taking sabbatical July 21-Oct 10! During this time, Deputy Director Jennifer Angarita will serve as acting ED. At FHO, we rest as essential to sustaining ourselves and our work for housing and racial justice. 🌿
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With Congress debating tax changes & funding cuts, join Tax Equity Funders Network, FHO & Funders Together to End Homelessness on June 10 to understand how funders can leverage the tax code to protect communities, support equitable policies & drive impact. www.taxequityfunders.org/events-posts...
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June 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
With Congress debating tax changes & funding cuts, join Tax Equity Funders Network, FHO & Funders Together to End Homelessness on June 10 to understand how funders can leverage the tax code to protect communities, support equitable policies & drive impact. www.taxequityfunders.org/events-posts...
“It’ll give free rein to companies, to states, to governments to take advantage of people, to refuse to respect their rights, without fear of response from the government...no one will hold them accountable.” #fairhousing @shelterforce.bsky.social @propublica.org shelterforce.org/2025/05/15/t...
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, HUD is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“It’ll give free rein to companies, to states, to governments to take advantage of people, to refuse to respect their rights, without fear of response from the government...no one will hold them accountable.” #fairhousing @shelterforce.bsky.social @propublica.org shelterforce.org/2025/05/15/t...
"Many cities require tenants to sign crime-free leases that are so broad that virtually any perceived violation could be grounds for eviction, even if the allegations are never fully investigated or proved." news.wttw.com/2025/05/14/u...
Under ‘Crime-Free Housing’ Laws, Families May Be Evicted for Minor Offenses
An investigation by The New York Times and the Illinois Answers Project shows that many cities in Illinois have turned crime-free housing programs into a blunt instrument to oust families for virtuall...
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May 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Many cities require tenants to sign crime-free leases that are so broad that virtually any perceived violation could be grounds for eviction, even if the allegations are never fully investigated or proved." news.wttw.com/2025/05/14/u...
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Investigations frozen.
Charges withheld.
Defendants emboldened not to cooperate.
The Trump administration is mounting a major retreat in the government's fight against housing discrimination and segregation, according to ten federal officials. Story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Charges withheld.
Defendants emboldened not to cooperate.
The Trump administration is mounting a major retreat in the government's fight against housing discrimination and segregation, according to ten federal officials. Story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are reall...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Investigations frozen.
Charges withheld.
Defendants emboldened not to cooperate.
The Trump administration is mounting a major retreat in the government's fight against housing discrimination and segregation, according to ten federal officials. Story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Charges withheld.
Defendants emboldened not to cooperate.
The Trump administration is mounting a major retreat in the government's fight against housing discrimination and segregation, according to ten federal officials. Story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Renting is precarious across the country, but some states have more tenant protections than others. NHLP’s Eric Dunn contributed to @consumeraffairs.bsky.social report about how tenants can navigate the market, even when most of us feel like it isn’t working. www.consumeraffairs.com/moving/best-...
May 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Renting is precarious across the country, but some states have more tenant protections than others. NHLP’s Eric Dunn contributed to @consumeraffairs.bsky.social report about how tenants can navigate the market, even when most of us feel like it isn’t working. www.consumeraffairs.com/moving/best-...
Well said, Kim Johnson @nlihc.org: "The end of the program represents 'an awful cycle': Our assistance ran out because rent is too expensive, so...figure out how to pay for your expensive rent on your own even though you couldn’t afford it.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
60,000 people set to prematurely lose federal housing assistance
The Emergency Housing Vouchers program was supposed to last through 2030, but funding will probably run out sometime next year.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well said, Kim Johnson @nlihc.org: "The end of the program represents 'an awful cycle': Our assistance ran out because rent is too expensive, so...figure out how to pay for your expensive rent on your own even though you couldn’t afford it.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Coverage from @nextcity.org on our latest report on the health impact of private equity on mobile home communities 🗞️
And read our full report, Home Sick, here: humanimpact.org/hipprojects/...
And read our full report, Home Sick, here: humanimpact.org/hipprojects/...
May 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Coverage from @nextcity.org on our latest report on the health impact of private equity on mobile home communities 🗞️
And read our full report, Home Sick, here: humanimpact.org/hipprojects/...
And read our full report, Home Sick, here: humanimpact.org/hipprojects/...
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This can lead to housing insecurity for kids and can have long-term impacts on their health and development. We can keep families stably housed by preserving affordable housing and protecting tenants.
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When little kids don’t have stable housing, it can affect their health later
Researchers following a group of American children for decades found that even short periods of housing instability increased the chances of poor mental and physical health years later.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This can lead to housing insecurity for kids and can have long-term impacts on their health and development. We can keep families stably housed by preserving affordable housing and protecting tenants.
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Permanent supportive housing emerged three decades ago as a solution to chronic homelessness, initially with bipartisan support. Proponents say it saves lives by getting chronically homeless people off the streets, where they die at high rates.
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Trump Seeks to End Permanent Supportive Housing for the Chronically Homeless (Gift Article)
More than 300,000 people live in such housing, all chronically homeless and disabled. Many are veterans.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Permanent supportive housing emerged three decades ago as a solution to chronic homelessness, initially with bipartisan support. Proponents say it saves lives by getting chronically homeless people off the streets, where they die at high rates.
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🚨 NEW: A groundbreaking database from the Eviction Lab, the Housing Initiative at Penn, and the Urban Displacement Project reveals how $46B in emergency rental aid was distributed by states, counties and cities.
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How Much Rental Assistance Did Your Community Receive During the Pandemic?
Over the course of 2021 and 2022, the U.S. carried out an unprecedented experiment: we invested $46.55 billion to help Americans pay rent when they fell behind. Here we provide insight into how this m...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 NEW: A groundbreaking database from the Eviction Lab, the Housing Initiative at Penn, and the Urban Displacement Project reveals how $46B in emergency rental aid was distributed by states, counties and cities.
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"Children in unstable housing environments – behind on rent, moving frequently or experiencing homelessness – are more likely to be hospitalized, in poor health and have cognitive impairments than those whose families don’t struggle financially." www.businessrecord.com/the-links-be...
The links between unstable housing and health - Business Record
Children and their caregivers who live in unstable housing situations are more likely to have health-related issues than their more financially stable peers. That was keynote speaker Stephanie Ettinge...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Children in unstable housing environments – behind on rent, moving frequently or experiencing homelessness – are more likely to be hospitalized, in poor health and have cognitive impairments than those whose families don’t struggle financially." www.businessrecord.com/the-links-be...
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NEW: I wrote a roundup of all the HUD grants that have been cancelled or frozen by the Trump administration nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Millions of HUD Funds Remain Trapped in Legal Limbo. Here’s Where Things Stand.
After a seemingly endless stream of HUD cuts, some federal funds for housing and homesless have been restored. But as legal challenges work their way through the courts, uncertainty remains.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW: I wrote a roundup of all the HUD grants that have been cancelled or frozen by the Trump administration nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
📣Funders📣 Join us for our monthly Policy Funder Call, held jointly with Funders Together to End Homelessness. We'll take an informal chance to connect on housing and racial justice in this pivotal moment. Note this call is for funders only. www.funderstogether.org/monthly_poli...
Monthly Policy Funder Call: Navigating Philanthropy’s Role in a Shifting Political Landscape
Homelessness ends here.
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May 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📣Funders📣 Join us for our monthly Policy Funder Call, held jointly with Funders Together to End Homelessness. We'll take an informal chance to connect on housing and racial justice in this pivotal moment. Note this call is for funders only. www.funderstogether.org/monthly_poli...
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"The spirit of the Fair Housing Act is to protect everyone who is vulnerable to discrimination, even if the text of the law does not explicitly include gender identity as a protected class" See more about recent changes in transgender protections in HUD’s housing policies: ow.ly/khlh50VN45O
May 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"The spirit of the Fair Housing Act is to protect everyone who is vulnerable to discrimination, even if the text of the law does not explicitly include gender identity as a protected class" See more about recent changes in transgender protections in HUD’s housing policies: ow.ly/khlh50VN45O
We can't solve the housing crisis without better supports for renters. Multiple studies have shown that rental assistance cuts #homelessness dramatically. Why not make it a priority? Read more from @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/our-res...
Our Response to the Housing Crisis Must Include Rental Assistance, Not Just More Supply | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
In a Congress struggling to define its role during a time of political and economic upheaval, there is at least one area of broad agreement: lawmakers need to address the nation’s ever-worsening...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We can't solve the housing crisis without better supports for renters. Multiple studies have shown that rental assistance cuts #homelessness dramatically. Why not make it a priority? Read more from @centeronbudget.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/our-res...
Community organizers and movement leaders are working tirelessly to support their communities and neighbors who are impacted most by the federal government's continued attacks. And many are wondering: Where is philanthropy in all this? 🤔
We'll dig in on May 21 -- Join us!
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We'll dig in on May 21 -- Join us!
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Cultivating Philanthropic Champions to Drive Real Solutions in Today’s Threateni - Neighborhood Funders Group
In this political moment, we are witnessing expedited harmful and inhumane treatment of our neighbors, particularly those who are unhoused. Politicians are exploiting the suffering in our communities ...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Community organizers and movement leaders are working tirelessly to support their communities and neighbors who are impacted most by the federal government's continued attacks. And many are wondering: Where is philanthropy in all this? 🤔
We'll dig in on May 21 -- Join us!
nfg.org/events/culti...
We'll dig in on May 21 -- Join us!
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Last year, SCOTUS ruled cities/states can arrest & ticket people for experiencing homelessness, making homelessness worse.
Folks across the US—Housing Not Handcuffs, National Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-US, WRAP and more—will rally to demand Housing NOW: nationalhomeless.org/housing-now-...
Folks across the US—Housing Not Handcuffs, National Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-US, WRAP and more—will rally to demand Housing NOW: nationalhomeless.org/housing-now-...
April 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Last year, SCOTUS ruled cities/states can arrest & ticket people for experiencing homelessness, making homelessness worse.
Folks across the US—Housing Not Handcuffs, National Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-US, WRAP and more—will rally to demand Housing NOW: nationalhomeless.org/housing-now-...
Folks across the US—Housing Not Handcuffs, National Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-US, WRAP and more—will rally to demand Housing NOW: nationalhomeless.org/housing-now-...
"We’re not just facing a crisis of housing, but a crisis of communication to reach and change minds." 💭💥
Check out this @invisiblepeople.tv toolkit for insights into how we can build understanding across different audiences to advance housing justice solutions.
invisiblepeople.tv/2025research...
Check out this @invisiblepeople.tv toolkit for insights into how we can build understanding across different audiences to advance housing justice solutions.
invisiblepeople.tv/2025research...
Invisible People Messaging Tooklt
A recent research study we conducted at Invisible People reveals that a majority of people reject criminalizing homelessness when presented with housing-based
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April 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"We’re not just facing a crisis of housing, but a crisis of communication to reach and change minds." 💭💥
Check out this @invisiblepeople.tv toolkit for insights into how we can build understanding across different audiences to advance housing justice solutions.
invisiblepeople.tv/2025research...
Check out this @invisiblepeople.tv toolkit for insights into how we can build understanding across different audiences to advance housing justice solutions.
invisiblepeople.tv/2025research...
How are anti-immigrant policies driving displacement and deepening the housing crisis? Join FHO, @endhomelessnesssd.bsky.social & @gcir.bsky.social on 4/23 for a funder briefing on how to support immigrant rights as a vital part of the housing justice movement.
🏡✨ RSVP: bit.ly/4ihUu6Q
🏡✨ RSVP: bit.ly/4ihUu6Q
April 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How are anti-immigrant policies driving displacement and deepening the housing crisis? Join FHO, @endhomelessnesssd.bsky.social & @gcir.bsky.social on 4/23 for a funder briefing on how to support immigrant rights as a vital part of the housing justice movement.
🏡✨ RSVP: bit.ly/4ihUu6Q
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones at
@nlihc.bsky.social's Policy Forum: “People who control the narrative control the policies."
Inequality we experience is not natural nor innate. Reshaping narrative exposes power—It gets us closer to winning the world our communities deserve.
@nlihc.bsky.social's Policy Forum: “People who control the narrative control the policies."
Inequality we experience is not natural nor innate. Reshaping narrative exposes power—It gets us closer to winning the world our communities deserve.
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones at
@nlihc.bsky.social's Policy Forum: “People who control the narrative control the policies."
Inequality we experience is not natural nor innate. Reshaping narrative exposes power—It gets us closer to winning the world our communities deserve.
@nlihc.bsky.social's Policy Forum: “People who control the narrative control the policies."
Inequality we experience is not natural nor innate. Reshaping narrative exposes power—It gets us closer to winning the world our communities deserve.
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HUD issued a memo, removing critical disaster resilience, community participation, federal oversight, fair housing, & civil rights requirements & standards from nearly $12 billion in disaster recovery funding approved by Congress for disasters occurring in 2023 & 2024. bit.ly/4bKAiJv
March 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
HUD issued a memo, removing critical disaster resilience, community participation, federal oversight, fair housing, & civil rights requirements & standards from nearly $12 billion in disaster recovery funding approved by Congress for disasters occurring in 2023 & 2024. bit.ly/4bKAiJv
"Last week’s executive order has renewed concerns across the industry that mass terminations—illegal or otherwise—of CDFI Fund staff or contracts w/ application readers would mean losing cumulative decades of experience administering this intricate application process."
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The CDFI Fund Is Under Fire. What Does That Mean for Community Development?
Trump’s executive order won’t kill the CDFI Fund. But it could slow down one of our most powerful tools for community-based banking.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Last week’s executive order has renewed concerns across the industry that mass terminations—illegal or otherwise—of CDFI Fund staff or contracts w/ application readers would mean losing cumulative decades of experience administering this intricate application process."
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📢 This City Cut Homelessness by 30%—Here’s How They Did It
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March 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
📢 This City Cut Homelessness by 30%—Here’s How They Did It
📌 Listen or Watch Now:
🎥 YouTube ▶️ bit.ly/4bHgCEu
🍏 Apple 🎧 apple.co/4cckQ86
🎵 Spotify 🔊 spoti.fi/3XyM98c
📌 Listen or Watch Now:
🎥 YouTube ▶️ bit.ly/4bHgCEu
🍏 Apple 🎧 apple.co/4cckQ86
🎵 Spotify 🔊 spoti.fi/3XyM98c