Kevin Lindamood
@kevinlindamood.bsky.social
Nonprofit CEO. Working at the intersections of homelessness, health & housing. Everyone deserves to go home. Personal account.
Powerful interview: “I used to think that once rights were secured, they were safe. But we’ve seen that’s not true in this country… once we start stripping away rights from someone, no one is safe.” www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...
Iowan with a transgender child reacts to state's elimination of protections
Iowa eliminated anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights law. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Matt McIver, an Iowan with a transgender child.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Powerful interview: “I used to think that once rights were secured, they were safe. But we’ve seen that’s not true in this country… once we start stripping away rights from someone, no one is safe.” www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...
Reposted by Kevin Lindamood
“More than half of Maryland renters are “cost burdened,” paying more than 30% of their incomes on rent.” @halliemiller@bsky.social of @theBaltimoreBanner.com delves into the housing affordability crisis in this compelling story… www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...
How bad is the housing affordability crisis? Ask this Baltimore couple.
The U.S. lacks about 7.3 million homes for renters with extremely low incomes, according to estimates from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“More than half of Maryland renters are “cost burdened,” paying more than 30% of their incomes on rent.” @halliemiller@bsky.social of @theBaltimoreBanner.com delves into the housing affordability crisis in this compelling story… www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/ho...
Here’s to the Maryland Transit Administration.
Happy Transit Equity Day.
Will make it much easier for @hchomeless clients to get to appointments & resources today.
Happy Transit Equity Day.
Will make it much easier for @hchomeless clients to get to appointments & resources today.
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here’s to the Maryland Transit Administration.
Happy Transit Equity Day.
Will make it much easier for @hchomeless clients to get to appointments & resources today.
Happy Transit Equity Day.
Will make it much easier for @hchomeless clients to get to appointments & resources today.
Saw Ms. Deborah in the hallway @hchomeless last week on her new, blue mobility scooter. (She told me with a smile that it reaches 25mph!) www.hchmd.org/news/pass-mi...
Pass the Mic with Deborah Hart
Pass the Mic features the voices and stories of people with a lived experience of homelessness. In this edition, hear from Deborah - a US Army veteran, Bingo lover and lifelong volunteer.
www.hchmd.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Saw Ms. Deborah in the hallway @hchomeless last week on her new, blue mobility scooter. (She told me with a smile that it reaches 25mph!) www.hchmd.org/news/pass-mi...
Here’s how we’re navigating the road ahead:
1. Stay focused
2. Slow down
3. Center clients, staff & community
4. Act with intention, dignity & integrity
5. Rely on data-driven decision making
6. Work in coalition with others. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
1. Stay focused
2. Slow down
3. Center clients, staff & community
4. Act with intention, dignity & integrity
5. Rely on data-driven decision making
6. Work in coalition with others. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
6 Guiding Principles for Advocacy & Engagement
Any change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent actions by the federal Administration, Congressional leadership and the Supreme Court outline dramatic policy changes in the years ahe...
www.hchmd.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here’s how we’re navigating the road ahead:
1. Stay focused
2. Slow down
3. Center clients, staff & community
4. Act with intention, dignity & integrity
5. Rely on data-driven decision making
6. Work in coalition with others. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
1. Stay focused
2. Slow down
3. Center clients, staff & community
4. Act with intention, dignity & integrity
5. Rely on data-driven decision making
6. Work in coalition with others. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
How are you staying focused amid uncertainty?
Recognizing that homelessness is a policy choice, here are a few ways we’re staying grounded at Health Care for the Homeless. I hope you find them helpful, too. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
Recognizing that homelessness is a policy choice, here are a few ways we’re staying grounded at Health Care for the Homeless. I hope you find them helpful, too. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
6 Guiding Principles for Advocacy & Engagement
Any change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent actions by the federal Administration, Congressional leadership and the Supreme Court outline dramatic policy changes in the years ahe...
www.hchmd.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How are you staying focused amid uncertainty?
Recognizing that homelessness is a policy choice, here are a few ways we’re staying grounded at Health Care for the Homeless. I hope you find them helpful, too. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
Recognizing that homelessness is a policy choice, here are a few ways we’re staying grounded at Health Care for the Homeless. I hope you find them helpful, too. www.hchmd.org/news/6-guidi...
Gathering with staff @hchomeless for an agency-wide inservice training on “care teams” — furthering our decade+ commitment to being a patient centered medical home. So impressed by our dedicated care providers.
January 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Gathering with staff @hchomeless for an agency-wide inservice training on “care teams” — furthering our decade+ commitment to being a patient centered medical home. So impressed by our dedicated care providers.
Though likely to face court challenges, this legally questionable, morally spurious & rhetorically harmful order causes harm, dehumanization & distress for transgender & nonbinary staff, clients, friends, family and community partners. All people matter. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Though likely to face court challenges, this legally questionable, morally spurious & rhetorically harmful order causes harm, dehumanization & distress for transgender & nonbinary staff, clients, friends, family and community partners. All people matter. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Orders like this are designed to sow fear and confusion, and this one is having the desired effect. Congress must intervene to stop this reckless action and restore stability to safety net services, housing providers and the vulnerable people we serve. www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
Trump memo to halt federal funds triggers confusion and constitutional questions
Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Orders like this are designed to sow fear and confusion, and this one is having the desired effect. Congress must intervene to stop this reckless action and restore stability to safety net services, housing providers and the vulnerable people we serve. www.npr.org/2025/01/28/n...
A profound loss for people experiencing homelessness and the service & advocacy community in Maryland. A lasting legacy of individual representation & collective action. www.hprplaw.org/post/a-legac...
A Legacy of Justice: HPRP Closes After Over 30 Years of Fighting Homelessness in Maryland
After nearly 40 years of advocating for Maryland's unhoused residents, HPRP announced today that we will close its doors in early 2025. Our organization has already closed our Silver Spring office and...
www.hprplaw.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A profound loss for people experiencing homelessness and the service & advocacy community in Maryland. A lasting legacy of individual representation & collective action. www.hprplaw.org/post/a-legac...
Have seen too many vulnerable people get trapped in harmful situations like this. Thanks to the Banner for continued reporting. It also drives home the need for quality, regulated treatment & safe, decent & affordable housing. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...
PHA Healthcare ordered to ‘cease and desist’ by state after Banner investigation
PHA Healthcare, a drug addiction treatment provider that enrolls hundreds of Medicaid patients in Maryland each year, has been ordered by the state health department to stop providing services to pati...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Have seen too many vulnerable people get trapped in harmful situations like this. Thanks to the Banner for continued reporting. It also drives home the need for quality, regulated treatment & safe, decent & affordable housing. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/pu...
Maryland DHCD released its final draft of the rules for the 24/25 LIHTC program in Maryland. Includes a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) set-aside AND a homelessness preference for all 9% projects. Well done @govwesmoore.bsky.social & Housing Secretary Jake Day. dhcd.maryland.gov/HousingDevel...
QAP Documents
An official website of the State of Maryland.
dhcd.maryland.gov
January 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Maryland DHCD released its final draft of the rules for the 24/25 LIHTC program in Maryland. Includes a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) set-aside AND a homelessness preference for all 9% projects. Well done @govwesmoore.bsky.social & Housing Secretary Jake Day. dhcd.maryland.gov/HousingDevel...
Reposted by Kevin Lindamood
Today my colleague Anna Bailey released this new blog on the recently released @HUDgov #Homelessness Point in Time Count.
www.cbpp.org/blog/rising-...
www.cbpp.org/blog/rising-...
Rising Homelessness Highlights Need to Invest in Proven Solutions, Reject Policies That Worsen Homelessness and Housing Instability | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is key to solving homelessness. Reducing, and ultimately solving,...
www.cbpp.org
January 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Today my colleague Anna Bailey released this new blog on the recently released @HUDgov #Homelessness Point in Time Count.
www.cbpp.org/blog/rising-...
www.cbpp.org/blog/rising-...
Health Care for the Homeless clinics on Fallsway & in West Baltimore are fully operational. Baltimore County clinic remains telehealth only.
For Baltimore City shelter: 443-984-9540
For Baltimore County shelter: 410-887-8463
For Baltimore City shelter: 443-984-9540
For Baltimore County shelter: 410-887-8463
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Health Care for the Homeless clinics on Fallsway & in West Baltimore are fully operational. Baltimore County clinic remains telehealth only.
For Baltimore City shelter: 443-984-9540
For Baltimore County shelter: 410-887-8463
For Baltimore City shelter: 443-984-9540
For Baltimore County shelter: 410-887-8463
December 21, 2024 - the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. The annual commemoration of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day kicks off in Baltimore.
December 21, 2024 at 10:23 PM
December 21, 2024 - the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. The annual commemoration of National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day kicks off in Baltimore.
“Modest requirements to incorporate a handful of PSH units will not bring about the “collapse of the industry.” Such hyperbolic catastrophizing in proximity to the life-threatening realities of homelessness is unhelpful at best and, at worst, disingenuous.” www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/home...
Letter: Requirements for homeless housing will not hurt developers
Modest requirements to incorporate a handful of PSH units will not bring about the “collapse of the industry," say the president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless and president of HCH Real Estat...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:43 AM
“Modest requirements to incorporate a handful of PSH units will not bring about the “collapse of the industry.” Such hyperbolic catastrophizing in proximity to the life-threatening realities of homelessness is unhelpful at best and, at worst, disingenuous.” www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/home...
Thank you, Jesse, for calling out this dangerous, harmful foolishness designed to distance, dehumanize & silence.
“People are really struggling to afford basic needs in this country, like rent and food. But I don’t expect Musk or the other billionaires to know anything about that,” Rabinowitz told
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening
Trump and his billionaire allies are out of touch with a crisis facing more than 600,000 Americans, advocates tell Alex Woodward
www.independent.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Thank you, Jesse, for calling out this dangerous, harmful foolishness designed to distance, dehumanize & silence.
We call it #GivingTOOTHday. Less than six hours left to close the gap in our $75K goal.
Thanks to a generous matching pledge, your gift is doubled today.
Brush up on essential @hchomeless dental services here... #GivingTuesday2024 giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv... giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv...
Thanks to a generous matching pledge, your gift is doubled today.
Brush up on essential @hchomeless dental services here... #GivingTuesday2024 giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv... giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv...
Giving Tuesday 2024
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December 3, 2024 at 11:07 PM
We call it #GivingTOOTHday. Less than six hours left to close the gap in our $75K goal.
Thanks to a generous matching pledge, your gift is doubled today.
Brush up on essential @hchomeless dental services here... #GivingTuesday2024 giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv... giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv...
Thanks to a generous matching pledge, your gift is doubled today.
Brush up on essential @hchomeless dental services here... #GivingTuesday2024 giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv... giving.hchmd.org/campaign/giv...
Speaking of promising housing policy, applauding MD DHCD Secretary Jake Day, Danielle Meister & team for the 2nd QAP draft with Permanent Supportive Housing requirements for all LIHTC applicants. Here’s the PSH supplemental… dhcd.maryland.gov/HousingDevel...
dhcd.maryland.gov
December 3, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Speaking of promising housing policy, applauding MD DHCD Secretary Jake Day, Danielle Meister & team for the 2nd QAP draft with Permanent Supportive Housing requirements for all LIHTC applicants. Here’s the PSH supplemental… dhcd.maryland.gov/HousingDevel...
Kudos to Johnny O for today’s Executive Order to increase the availability of affordable housing in Baltimore County.
We still need more to reach those with the lowest incomes — but this is a good place to start. www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
We still need more to reach those with the lowest incomes — but this is a good place to start. www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Olszewski to take executive action to expand affordable housing in Baltimore County
Executive order will tie county-supported developments to affordable housing goals.
www.wypr.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Kudos to Johnny O for today’s Executive Order to increase the availability of affordable housing in Baltimore County.
We still need more to reach those with the lowest incomes — but this is a good place to start. www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
We still need more to reach those with the lowest incomes — but this is a good place to start. www.wypr.org/wypr-news/20...
Hello! (Thump-thump) Is this thing on?
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Hello! (Thump-thump) Is this thing on?