Mari Castaldi
@maricastaldi.bsky.social
State housing policy at CBPP, but opinions my own
HUD is changing how homelessness funding works in ways that will return people to the streets, leave supportive housing on the brink, and further strain already decimated state and local budgets:
🧵It’s official-@HUDgov is slashing overall permanent housing funds by roughly 2/3 in its main #homelessness solutions program–the Continuum of Care(CoC). If Congress doesn’t undo this harmful change, over 170K formerly unhoused people will lose housing assistance next year.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
HUD is changing how homelessness funding works in ways that will return people to the streets, leave supportive housing on the brink, and further strain already decimated state and local budgets:
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.
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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.
This week, Trump ordered the fed takeover of local police & mobilized the nat'l guard and ICE in DC, w/ threats of action toward many including unhoused ppl. This is an abuse of power and an escalation of cruel anti-homeless policies across the country: www.cbpp.org/research/hou...
State and Local Policymakers Should Advance Policies Prioritizing Stability and Dignity to Solve Homelessness | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Our communities are safer when each person has a stable place to call home. Policies that improve access to housing assistance together with robust, voluntary services have been shown to both prevent....
www.cbpp.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This week, Trump ordered the fed takeover of local police & mobilized the nat'l guard and ICE in DC, w/ threats of action toward many including unhoused ppl. This is an abuse of power and an escalation of cruel anti-homeless policies across the country: www.cbpp.org/research/hou...
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The average rent for a one-bedroom in DC is over $2,300. That is why folks live outside. But Trump and the billionares are so out of touch that they don't see what most ppl do: housing costs too much, and when rents go up, so does homelessness.
August 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The average rent for a one-bedroom in DC is over $2,300. That is why folks live outside. But Trump and the billionares are so out of touch that they don't see what most ppl do: housing costs too much, and when rents go up, so does homelessness.
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States & localities are being responsive to people’s struggle to afford rent. These papers show the progress they are making and the example they are setting for the federal gov’t.
Solutions to homelessness & housing affordability exist and need larger scale investment.
Solutions to homelessness & housing affordability exist and need larger scale investment.
Feeling down about the affordable housing crisis (among other things)? Here’s a bright spot – 2 new reports out today catalogue over 100 state-funded rental assistance programs across 35 states helping people afford housing: www.cbpp.org/blog/state-a...
State and Local Policymakers Should Invest in State-Funded Rental Assistance to Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Everyone needs and should have a place they can call home. Yet housing is unaffordable for more people than ever in the United States, including most low-income renters. For people with the lowest...
www.cbpp.org
August 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
States & localities are being responsive to people’s struggle to afford rent. These papers show the progress they are making and the example they are setting for the federal gov’t.
Solutions to homelessness & housing affordability exist and need larger scale investment.
Solutions to homelessness & housing affordability exist and need larger scale investment.
Feeling down about the affordable housing crisis (among other things)? Here’s a bright spot – 2 new reports out today catalogue over 100 state-funded rental assistance programs across 35 states helping people afford housing: www.cbpp.org/blog/state-a...
State and Local Policymakers Should Invest in State-Funded Rental Assistance to Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Everyone needs and should have a place they can call home. Yet housing is unaffordable for more people than ever in the United States, including most low-income renters. For people with the lowest...
www.cbpp.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Feeling down about the affordable housing crisis (among other things)? Here’s a bright spot – 2 new reports out today catalogue over 100 state-funded rental assistance programs across 35 states helping people afford housing: www.cbpp.org/blog/state-a...
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🧵We all want to live in communities where no one is forced to sleep outside, in a car, or in shelters. The President’s budget would force MORE people into #homelessness.
May 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
🧵We all want to live in communities where no one is forced to sleep outside, in a car, or in shelters. The President’s budget would force MORE people into #homelessness.
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We just released a statement from @sharonparrott.bsky.social on the partial details of Pres. Trump's 2026 budget plan released today, which breaks his campaign promises by proposing cuts that would most hurt people struggling at the margins of a weakening economy: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Trump’s Budget Plan Continues Agenda of Hurting Those He Pledged to Help | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Trump Administration’s partial budget plan released today is just its latest repudiation of the Trump campaign’s promises to help people struggling at the margins of the economy — an economy that ...
www.cbpp.org
May 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We just released a statement from @sharonparrott.bsky.social on the partial details of Pres. Trump's 2026 budget plan released today, which breaks his campaign promises by proposing cuts that would most hurt people struggling at the margins of a weakening economy: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
"Here’s what we did see ... ppl becoming more likely to lose touch with support services, ppl losing essential items they need to get into housing (birth certificates) or to survive the elements (tents) and ppl still stuck on the streets — sometimes in new locations." calmatters.org/housing/home...
'Look, there’s nowhere else to go': Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps
Last year, California cities gained more power to ban homeless encampments. CalMatters dug into what that looks like in three cities.
calmatters.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Here’s what we did see ... ppl becoming more likely to lose touch with support services, ppl losing essential items they need to get into housing (birth certificates) or to survive the elements (tents) and ppl still stuck on the streets — sometimes in new locations." calmatters.org/housing/home...
R proposals to shift the cost of core programs like SNAP and Medicaid to states would not only take away basic needs like food and medicine from millions of people but would also make it harder for states to fund other priorities like affordable housing and homelessness programs.
NEW: Some key Republicans may be planning to impose SNAP food benefit costs on states, forcing them to pay up or cut food assistance to low-income families. Here's why that would worsen hunger & hurt states' ability to meet the needs of their residents: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Imposing SNAP Food Benefit Costs on States Would Worsen Hunger, Hurt States’ Ability to Meet Residents’ Needs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Requiring states to pay even a modest portion of SNAP benefits would radically change the program’s funding structure, abandoning the long-standing national commitment to provide low-income households...
www.cbpp.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
R proposals to shift the cost of core programs like SNAP and Medicaid to states would not only take away basic needs like food and medicine from millions of people but would also make it harder for states to fund other priorities like affordable housing and homelessness programs.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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What a cool resource! Will definitely be digging in here.
AHJ & @prrac.bsky.social have created the "Moving LIHTC Towards Social Housing: A Toolkit" as a guide for advocates & state officials to use relatively stable federal dollars to build & rehab deeply affordable housing.
February 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What a cool resource! Will definitely be digging in here.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My beloved trans family and friends and community: I see you, I love you, I fight with you and for you.
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Housing is a basic human need. Policymakers should embrace evidence-based solutions to #homelessness. Instead, HUD Sec. Scott Turner rebuked proven strategies & refused to condemn inhumane, ineffective policies punishing #unhoused people w/ nowhere else to go during confirmation process.
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Housing is a basic human need. Policymakers should embrace evidence-based solutions to #homelessness. Instead, HUD Sec. Scott Turner rebuked proven strategies & refused to condemn inhumane, ineffective policies punishing #unhoused people w/ nowhere else to go during confirmation process.
Federal cuts would devastate not only vital services but also state budgets. Many fed housing programs, like vouchers and CoC funds, mostly bypass state budgets & go straight to local agencies. But the fiscal impacts of more housing insecurity & homelessness will still be deeply felt by state govs.
Emerging Republican federal budget proposals could cut funding for essential services, forcing states to pay more or reduce health care, education, and food aid—harming millions and straining local budgets. www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Federal cuts would devastate not only vital services but also state budgets. Many fed housing programs, like vouchers and CoC funds, mostly bypass state budgets & go straight to local agencies. But the fiscal impacts of more housing insecurity & homelessness will still be deeply felt by state govs.
Resource alert! We updated our state-by-state housing fact sheets, which cover trends related to housing hardship and show how federal #RentalAssistance helps people afford housing in every state. Some takeaways (🧵): www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Federal Rental Assistance Fact Sheets | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Federal rental assistance helps struggling seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and working families keep a roof over their heads, often by helping them afford rental units they find in the pr...
www.cbpp.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Resource alert! We updated our state-by-state housing fact sheets, which cover trends related to housing hardship and show how federal #RentalAssistance helps people afford housing in every state. Some takeaways (🧵): www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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HUD nominee Scott Turner will testify tomorrow at a time when more people than ever are experiencing homelessness and struggling to afford housing. Unfortunately, there’s a serious risk that the new Administration and Congress will make things worse. 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 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
HUD nominee Scott Turner will testify tomorrow at a time when more people than ever are experiencing homelessness and struggling to afford housing. Unfortunately, there’s a serious risk that the new Administration and Congress will make things worse. www.cbpp.org/blog/rising-...
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Kriston is correct on the numbers but I think there are important reasons to pay attention (and regulate) corporate and institutional investors in the housing market including: increased demand in an inelastic market and their role in the spread of predatory practices throughout the market. 🧵
Corporate investors are only a marginal buyer across the country but in a few places, namely Atlanta and Memphis, they are major owners with negative local impacts.
The effect of institutional buyers is totally overstated by the left but ignored by the center right when it comes to these metros
The effect of institutional buyers is totally overstated by the left but ignored by the center right when it comes to these metros
In Atlanta, out-of-state corporate landlords own over 65,000 rental homes, hiding behind LLCs to avoid scrutiny. Investors purchased 1 in 3 houses in recent years.
Georgia also has a law banning rental registries—a ban the real estate lobby fiercely defends to block any semblance of accountability.
Georgia also has a law banning rental registries—a ban the real estate lobby fiercely defends to block any semblance of accountability.
January 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Kriston is correct on the numbers but I think there are important reasons to pay attention (and regulate) corporate and institutional investors in the housing market including: increased demand in an inelastic market and their role in the spread of predatory practices throughout the market. 🧵
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Shocking but not surprising: House Rs are reportedly mulling a list of proposals that would take away health coverage & food assistance from ppl struggling to get by to pay for expensive tax cuts skewed to the wealthy. plus.cq.com/doc/news-814...
CQ NEWS House GOP reconciliation menu outlines over $5T cuts options
House Republicans are sifting through potential spending-cut proposals that would slash trillions of dollars from federal programs over the next decade without touching the political hot stove of Soci...
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January 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Shocking but not surprising: House Rs are reportedly mulling a list of proposals that would take away health coverage & food assistance from ppl struggling to get by to pay for expensive tax cuts skewed to the wealthy. plus.cq.com/doc/news-814...
Homelessness went up bc too many people can't afford housing and public investment in housing affordability is woefully inadequate. Unfortunately, the policy ideas of the incoming administration are poised to make the situation worse, and policymakers should reject them and pursue real solutions.
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 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Homelessness went up bc too many people can't afford housing and public investment in housing affordability is woefully inadequate. Unfortunately, the policy ideas of the incoming administration are poised to make the situation worse, and policymakers should reject them and pursue real solutions.
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Republican leaders aim to pass a January budget resolution that could set up a process to cut taxes for the wealthy and threaten health coverage, food assistance, and climate investments. The effects on millions of Americans could be significant. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
December 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Republican leaders aim to pass a January budget resolution that could set up a process to cut taxes for the wealthy and threaten health coverage, food assistance, and climate investments. The effects on millions of Americans could be significant. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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“Get lots of sleep, get support. Don’t walk too much if you're not feeling well...nearly impossible to do when you're experiencing homelessness, worsened by the threat that, if you lay down & close your eyes, you do so under the threat of arrest.” - Dr. @mkushel.bsky.social
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 10:51 PM
“Get lots of sleep, get support. Don’t walk too much if you're not feeling well...nearly impossible to do when you're experiencing homelessness, worsened by the threat that, if you lay down & close your eyes, you do so under the threat of arrest.” - Dr. @mkushel.bsky.social
People are homeless because they can't afford housing. One way to help people afford housing is to put cash in their pockets - and it's happening all over the country. Check out this new piece from my @centeronbudget.bsky.social colleagues making the case: www.cbpp.org/blog/states-...
States and Localities Can Use Guaranteed Income to Support People Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Instability While Promoting Dignity and Racial Equity | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Everyone should have an affordable place to live.In the face of the persistent housing affordability crisis, rising eviction rates in many parts of the country, and ongoing threats against unhoused...
www.cbpp.org
December 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
People are homeless because they can't afford housing. One way to help people afford housing is to put cash in their pockets - and it's happening all over the country. Check out this new piece from my @centeronbudget.bsky.social colleagues making the case: www.cbpp.org/blog/states-...
State and local govs already shoulder much of the burden of addressing housing affordability because of federal underfunding, but the upcoming admin will likely just make that worse. That said, there's a lot state and local govs can and must do to get and keep people stably housed.
Under Trump, cities will have to solve their housing crises themselves
Housing is one of the most important issues in the U.S. right now, and while cities are taking positive steps, it's not enough.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:54 PM
State and local govs already shoulder much of the burden of addressing housing affordability because of federal underfunding, but the upcoming admin will likely just make that worse. That said, there's a lot state and local govs can and must do to get and keep people stably housed.