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Housing policies, impact of evictions, and the rights of people first. Coming to you from Maryland, USA.
Read the 2025 Out of Reach report for Maryland. nlihc.org/sites/defaul...
July 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM

The budget for ICE (not including all other parts of DHS) is now $55B.

'Big Beautiful' funding for detention centers alone is $45B.

How much for the housing crisis? The entire proposed FY26 HUD budget is $38B.

$0 to prevent evictions. $0 for community dev block grant.
July 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@nlihc.org‬ has the analysis of the Administration's federal housing budget. It sounds the alarm. 🚨 nlihc.org/sites/defaul...

The headline is a 43% ($26.72 billion) funding cut for HUD rental assistance programs. The details are nerve-racking:
June 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm frequently encouraged to read new fiction, but I just walked through @greedyreads.bsky.social in #Baltimore and have to say, that's a tough sell. Look at all this nonfiction on display--
May 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@emilyabenfer.bsky.social Can't wait to read this!
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"If you work a full fucking week, you should be able to pay your rent.... People struggling out there because of these fucking billionaires, and they got us all arguing liberal and conservative."
February 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM