If families don't get their #SNAP benefits, this doesn't just mean they won't be able to put food on their table - but their table might be at risk altogether if they then can't afford to make their rent. The Trump admin needs to release SNAP funds immediately.

Housing and healthcare are what we all need to be safe. Here’s what elected officials should be doing that could actually make our communities safer and address the urgent needs of unhoused people:

Shortchanging rental assistance is a policy choice: one that leaves 23 million low-income renters paying over half their income for housing. The fed gov spends more on homeownership subsidies like mortgage interest deductions, which mostly benefit high income households.

Over ten million people benefit from federal rental assistance programs, which help fill the gap between what the cost of rent & what they can afford – but that’s only 1 in 4 of those needing assistance. This leaves a massive gap that at present, state and local govs are left to fill.

Rental costs continue to rise faster than incomes in nearly every state. This leaves more and more families – including most low-income households – paying more than they can afford to keep a roof over their heads.