Samara Scheckler
@samarascheckler.bsky.social
Housing and long-term care researcher at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard, urban hiker, fiction and poetry reader, parent to two wild and woolies, cat video watcher
Federal rental assistance helps older adults stay in their homes. #housing
For older adults, housing is their greatest expense. In 2021, over half of older renter households (56% or over four million households) were cost burdened, and more than 4 in 10 older renters had less than $1,000 in cash savings. @justiceinaging.org
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The Importance of Federal Rental Assistance for Older Adults - Justice in Aging
This issue brief explains how federal rental assistance plays a critical role in the safety net for seniors, helping them avoid homelessness and institutionalization. As HUD programs face the risk of ...
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May 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Federal rental assistance helps older adults stay in their homes. #housing
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New research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that mass deportations would likely worsen the housing shortage by decimating the labor force.
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
February 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows that mass deportations would likely worsen the housing shortage by decimating the labor force.
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
Immigrants make up >23% of the construction workforce & more in FL, TX. About half are estimated to be undocumented immigrants. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...
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You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
February 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You can make whatever campaign promises you want, but budgets don’t lie.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
This is the middle-finger Trump gave to 99% of Americans tonight.
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The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
Another example of the high costs of crisis care compared to the much more affordable cost to help people remain housed.
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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December 31, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Another example of the high costs of crisis care compared to the much more affordable cost to help people remain housed.
Imagine ticketing a person in labor for being unhoused instead of calling for emergency medical care. Where are our helpers?
A police officer cited a homeless woman for "camping" as she was in active labor. In some ways, the logical end result of policies that criminalize sleeping--for people who have no other place to go.
@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social & I are quoted
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@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social & I are quoted
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Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor
She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.
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December 19, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Imagine ticketing a person in labor for being unhoused instead of calling for emergency medical care. Where are our helpers?
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As people live longer, they are burdened by disease, a new study from the American #Medical Association shows.
Americans live w/ diseases for an avg of 12.4 yrs, an increase from 10.9 in 2000. US Women spent on average 2.6 more yrs sick than men. #Medsky #DisabilityRights #ACA #ChronicIllness
Americans live w/ diseases for an avg of 12.4 yrs, an increase from 10.9 in 2000. US Women spent on average 2.6 more yrs sick than men. #Medsky #DisabilityRights #ACA #ChronicIllness
December 13, 2024 at 4:20 PM
As people live longer, they are burdened by disease, a new study from the American #Medical Association shows.
Americans live w/ diseases for an avg of 12.4 yrs, an increase from 10.9 in 2000. US Women spent on average 2.6 more yrs sick than men. #Medsky #DisabilityRights #ACA #ChronicIllness
Americans live w/ diseases for an avg of 12.4 yrs, an increase from 10.9 in 2000. US Women spent on average 2.6 more yrs sick than men. #Medsky #DisabilityRights #ACA #ChronicIllness
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NEW: Maine Public Housing Tenants Face Eviction at High Rates. A New Program to Keep Renters Housed Excludes Them.
For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.” w/ @bangordailynews.bsky.social
For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.” w/ @bangordailynews.bsky.social
Maine Public Housing Tenants Face Eviction at High Rates. A New Program to Keep Renters Housed Excludes Them.
For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.”
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December 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Maine Public Housing Tenants Face Eviction at High Rates. A New Program to Keep Renters Housed Excludes Them.
For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.” w/ @bangordailynews.bsky.social
For those who are evicted from public housing in Maine, experts say the consequence “is almost certainly homelessness.” w/ @bangordailynews.bsky.social
While household demographics are typically categorized according to the characteristics of the householder, half of the 13.5 million multi-race households in the US are categorized as white using this method.
The standard way of categorizing US households may not fully capture the racial/ethnic diversity that exists. A new paper uses the race/ethnicity of all adults to explore the characteristics of 13.5 million multi-race households.
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www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/identif...
Identifying the Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within US Households
As the US population grows more diverse, it is increasingly important to capture how different racial/ethnic groups fare in the housing market. But th
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December 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
While household demographics are typically categorized according to the characteristics of the householder, half of the 13.5 million multi-race households in the US are categorized as white using this method.
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Daniel Gibbs is a retired neurologist who has #dementia due to #Alzheimer's.
He wrote the book, "A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease."
I haven't read his book, but his blog has lots of great information, opinions & experiences.
tattooonmybrain.com
He wrote the book, "A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease."
I haven't read his book, but his blog has lots of great information, opinions & experiences.
tattooonmybrain.com
A Tattoo On My Brain
A neurologist's personal battle against Alzheimer's disease
tattooonmybrain.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Daniel Gibbs is a retired neurologist who has #dementia due to #Alzheimer's.
He wrote the book, "A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease."
I haven't read his book, but his blog has lots of great information, opinions & experiences.
tattooonmybrain.com
He wrote the book, "A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease."
I haven't read his book, but his blog has lots of great information, opinions & experiences.
tattooonmybrain.com
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Want to hear more from our researchers and staff? Here's a JCHS Starter Pack for you to follow!
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December 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Want to hear more from our researchers and staff? Here's a JCHS Starter Pack for you to follow!
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How could anyone who has used health insurance still assume that efficiency and profit taking go hand in hand?
The credulous language with which the legacy media is describing an effort by billionaires to loot the federal government.
Privatizing prisons makes the more cruel. Privatizing the post office betrays a promise of access made at nation's founding.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Privatizing prisons makes the more cruel. Privatizing the post office betrays a promise of access made at nation's founding.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
December 7, 2024 at 2:07 PM
How could anyone who has used health insurance still assume that efficiency and profit taking go hand in hand?
Great example of YIMBY zoning reforms happening in Minneapolis! www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Great example of YIMBY zoning reforms happening in Minneapolis! www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
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it is funny how much the politicized version of immigration economics discourse is "Immigrants supply labor but do not demand labor, thus lowering wages for Americans. Except in the housing market, where immigrants demand housing without supplying it, thus driving up prices for Americans"
November 25, 2024 at 12:03 PM
it is funny how much the politicized version of immigration economics discourse is "Immigrants supply labor but do not demand labor, thus lowering wages for Americans. Except in the housing market, where immigrants demand housing without supplying it, thus driving up prices for Americans"
Affordable is such a relatively term...
Trump’s Treasury pick Scott Bessent’s view is that paying promised Social Security benefits is unaffordable but extending the Trump tax cuts is affordable.
The reality is that they cost the same. It’s a question of priorities.
The reality is that they cost the same. It’s a question of priorities.
November 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Affordable is such a relatively term...
More reasons to worry about institutional investors.
New Research Thread🧵:
We examine the spatial patterns and eviction rates of single-family landlords in the Twin Cities. We find Private Equity firms and REITs each have their own distinct geographies and evict tenants at higher rates than smaller landlords. 1/
We examine the spatial patterns and eviction rates of single-family landlords in the Twin Cities. We find Private Equity firms and REITs each have their own distinct geographies and evict tenants at higher rates than smaller landlords. 1/
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 AM
More reasons to worry about institutional investors.
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The #ENABLEAct preserves ABLE to Work, the Savers Credit & 529 rollovers past 2025. Makes it permanent, in fact.
It’s bipartisan. It’s passed the Senate. Learn how to help it pass the House at this link. This is an achievable goal.
#disability #personalfinance
femmefrugality.com/enable-act/
It’s bipartisan. It’s passed the Senate. Learn how to help it pass the House at this link. This is an achievable goal.
#disability #personalfinance
femmefrugality.com/enable-act/
The ENABLE Act | Femme Frugality
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November 19, 2024 at 8:48 PM
The #ENABLEAct preserves ABLE to Work, the Savers Credit & 529 rollovers past 2025. Makes it permanent, in fact.
It’s bipartisan. It’s passed the Senate. Learn how to help it pass the House at this link. This is an achievable goal.
#disability #personalfinance
femmefrugality.com/enable-act/
It’s bipartisan. It’s passed the Senate. Learn how to help it pass the House at this link. This is an achievable goal.
#disability #personalfinance
femmefrugality.com/enable-act/
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Making parking fully flexible for daycares is something any community can do to make families lives easier right now! More daycare openings with no taxpayer money at all. A win-win. 1/
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
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Parking Mandates Are Keeping Kids Out of Daycare - Sightline Institute
But cities can ditch these arbitrary rules and help families out of the daycare desert.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Making parking fully flexible for daycares is something any community can do to make families lives easier right now! More daycare openings with no taxpayer money at all. A win-win. 1/
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
www.sightline.org/2024/11/19/p...
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Election 2024: What Does it Mean for Homelessness in California and Beyond? Join us @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social for a webinar on Wednesday Dec 11 at noon PT
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With: Marc Dones
@annymoliva.bsky.social
Chione Flegal
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With: Marc Dones
@annymoliva.bsky.social
Chione Flegal
Election 2024: What Does it Mean for Homelessness in California and Beyond? | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
Join the UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative for a webinar to explore the implications of the 2024 election for homelessness on the West Coast and beyond. Margot Kushel, MD, will moderate a...
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November 18, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Election 2024: What Does it Mean for Homelessness in California and Beyond? Join us @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social for a webinar on Wednesday Dec 11 at noon PT
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/ele...
With: Marc Dones
@annymoliva.bsky.social
Chione Flegal
homelessness.ucsf.edu/calendar/ele...
With: Marc Dones
@annymoliva.bsky.social
Chione Flegal
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Petition to make "Hi, what are you reading?" the conventional greeting.
"How are you doing?" hasn't been appropriate for some time now. Deprecated.
"How are you doing?" hasn't been appropriate for some time now. Deprecated.
November 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Petition to make "Hi, what are you reading?" the conventional greeting.
"How are you doing?" hasn't been appropriate for some time now. Deprecated.
"How are you doing?" hasn't been appropriate for some time now. Deprecated.
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Starting this list … please respond if you work on US national #housing policy issues too and I will add you! 🙏💙 go.bsky.app/5Xzj7gr
November 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Starting this list … please respond if you work on US national #housing policy issues too and I will add you! 🙏💙 go.bsky.app/5Xzj7gr
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I tried to pull together some housing and homelessness folks! I am sure I missed many. Comment to add more!
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November 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I tried to pull together some housing and homelessness folks! I am sure I missed many. Comment to add more!
go.bsky.app/JGmu7Nf
go.bsky.app/JGmu7Nf
Excited to talk about aging in community! Spoiler - living with low income makes it harder.
Many older adults want to live independently but can only do so if they have help with bathing, shopping, cooking, etc, and many cannot afford this help, particularly after paying for housing. Join us this Friday, Nov 15 @ 12:15 pm ET.
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The Dual Burden: Making Housing and Long-Term Care Affordable for Older Adults
Many older adults cannot afford the long-term care services they need to live independently, particularly after paying their housing costs. Samara Sch
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November 15, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Excited to talk about aging in community! Spoiler - living with low income makes it harder.