Noah Patton
@noahpatton.bsky.social
Baltimore City.
Disaster Recovery Advocacy @
the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Esq.
These are my personal opinions, there are many like them, but these ones are mine.
Disaster Recovery Advocacy @
the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Esq.
These are my personal opinions, there are many like them, but these ones are mine.
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Let’s talk about it!
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Let’s talk about it!
For households with low-incomes, the rent is always going to eat first - with SNAP helping make up the gap. Without that subsidy, theres very little to make up the difference. Cant believe there's money sitting in the bank for it, but its not getting used 👀
It couldn't be clearer. The Trump Administration MUST use contingency reserves for SNAP benefits during the shutdown. It is the law & precedent.
The Administration's choice treats people like political pawns rather than people who simply need help affording groceries.
The Administration's choice treats people like political pawns rather than people who simply need help affording groceries.
The Trump Administration’s assertion that it can't use SNAP’s contingency reserves for SNAP benefits is contrary to:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
▪️The plain language of the law
▪️Their own (now deleted) shutdown plan
▪️Guidance from prior Administrations
We have the receipts:
October 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
For households with low-incomes, the rent is always going to eat first - with SNAP helping make up the gap. Without that subsidy, theres very little to make up the difference. Cant believe there's money sitting in the bank for it, but its not getting used 👀
Baltimorishly: "Zoh Rahn Mondawmin"
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Baltimorishly: "Zoh Rahn Mondawmin"
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Trump administration denies Western Maryland’s final appeal for FEMA money
Trump administration denies Maryland’s final appeal for FEMA money
The Trump administration rejected Maryland’s final appeal for federal disaster relief for Western Maryland communities that are still recovering from May’s historic flash floods.
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump administration denies Western Maryland’s final appeal for FEMA money
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It's not too late to join #NLIHC and Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation this afternoon (10/15) at 2:00 PM ET for a webinar designed to help you make the most out of the National Housing Preservation Database.
Learn more and register: nlihc.org/resource/n...
Learn more and register: nlihc.org/resource/n...
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's not too late to join #NLIHC and Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation this afternoon (10/15) at 2:00 PM ET for a webinar designed to help you make the most out of the National Housing Preservation Database.
Learn more and register: nlihc.org/resource/n...
Learn more and register: nlihc.org/resource/n...
Pretty excited to listen to "'Dancing in The Club' (MJ Lenderman Version)" 234.27 times during this flight back from Guam not going to lie
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Pretty excited to listen to "'Dancing in The Club' (MJ Lenderman Version)" 234.27 times during this flight back from Guam not going to lie
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trying to imagine firefighters getting dispatched to this house and the absolute nightmare that would be
August 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
trying to imagine firefighters getting dispatched to this house and the absolute nightmare that would be
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“My art is a worldwide gift for Black people,” Polo Silk said. “I hold on to the memory of people that are no longer here.”
This Photographer Preserved Life in New Orleans Before Katrina — With a Polaroid Camera
Polo Silk documented thousands of moments of Black New Orleans life before the storm reshaped the city.
capitalbnews.org
August 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
“My art is a worldwide gift for Black people,” Polo Silk said. “I hold on to the memory of people that are no longer here.”
Housing supply, subsidies, and tax credits aside, it always astounds me that more politicians don't run on a platform of "I will lower your rent"
So it turns out that Cuomo's slam at Mamdani's lodgings wasn't just a know-nothing misrepresentation of homelessness, rent control, and rent stabilization, it was also a stealth boosting of the landlord lobby's coming messaging on why rent stabilization should be gutted.
A top executive at the landlord lobby echoes Andrew Cuomo's call to means-test rent-stabilized housing.
It's a look into the kind of messaging the real estate lobby could use to try to undermine Zohran Mamdani's popular call to freeze the rent.
It's a look into the kind of messaging the real estate lobby could use to try to undermine Zohran Mamdani's popular call to freeze the rent.
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Housing supply, subsidies, and tax credits aside, it always astounds me that more politicians don't run on a platform of "I will lower your rent"
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#NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery, Noah Patton discusses policy options as solutions for preempting homelessness related to disaster. More here: invisiblepeople.tv/d...
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#NLIHC Director of Disaster Recovery, Noah Patton discusses policy options as solutions for preempting homelessness related to disaster. More here: invisiblepeople.tv/d...
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Landlords exploited disaster.
Officials condemned the practice, but have brought few charges.
Tracking wildfire-era rent gouging in Los Angeles.
Read here: bit.ly/3H7sSom
@nextcity.org
#HousingCrisis #PriceGouging #TenantProtection #Accountability
Officials condemned the practice, but have brought few charges.
Tracking wildfire-era rent gouging in Los Angeles.
Read here: bit.ly/3H7sSom
@nextcity.org
#HousingCrisis #PriceGouging #TenantProtection #Accountability
9 Landlords Charged With Rent Gouging After L.A. Fires. Tenant Advocates Say That’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
A report claims there were thousands of instances of rent gouging. In some cases, landlords accused of exploitation made donations to ...
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Landlords exploited disaster.
Officials condemned the practice, but have brought few charges.
Tracking wildfire-era rent gouging in Los Angeles.
Read here: bit.ly/3H7sSom
@nextcity.org
#HousingCrisis #PriceGouging #TenantProtection #Accountability
Officials condemned the practice, but have brought few charges.
Tracking wildfire-era rent gouging in Los Angeles.
Read here: bit.ly/3H7sSom
@nextcity.org
#HousingCrisis #PriceGouging #TenantProtection #Accountability
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One of our projects this year is encouraging all of you to go to a game at your closest FCS, D2, D3, or NAIA team.
Start checking out schedules right now, folks. Pick your weekend, and take some friends!
Start checking out schedules right now, folks. Pick your weekend, and take some friends!
July 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of our projects this year is encouraging all of you to go to a game at your closest FCS, D2, D3, or NAIA team.
Start checking out schedules right now, folks. Pick your weekend, and take some friends!
Start checking out schedules right now, folks. Pick your weekend, and take some friends!
"Poitier Pandemonium"
July 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Poitier Pandemonium"
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In recent housing news, @marylandmatters.org features data from #NLIHC in their article exploring the rise of squatting and it’s inherent cause - lack of access to affordable housing: marylandmatters.org/...
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In recent housing news, @marylandmatters.org features data from #NLIHC in their article exploring the rise of squatting and it’s inherent cause - lack of access to affordable housing: marylandmatters.org/...
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More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests.
We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.
We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.
July 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests.
We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.
We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.
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#NLIHC released today “Out of Reach 2025.” It highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and the price of rental housing in the US. #OOR25 shows that low-wage workers & other low income renters continue to struggle with rent costs. Read the report: https://nlihc.org/oor
July 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#NLIHC released today “Out of Reach 2025.” It highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and the price of rental housing in the US. #OOR25 shows that low-wage workers & other low income renters continue to struggle with rent costs. Read the report: https://nlihc.org/oor
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what do british people call a flash flood? is it the same thing or is it something like “a right quick sog”?
July 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
what do british people call a flash flood? is it the same thing or is it something like “a right quick sog”?
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Another way to visualize the data from our blog post on state fiscal capacity and potential increased disaster costs...certain states jump out as potentially highly impacted w/relatively low fiscal capacity (LA, KY, NC, etc.)
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Another way to visualize the data from our blog post on state fiscal capacity and potential increased disaster costs...certain states jump out as potentially highly impacted w/relatively low fiscal capacity (LA, KY, NC, etc.)
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Roanoke, IL F4 #Tornado – July 13, 2004! This F4 tore a 9.6-mile path through Woodford Co, leveling homes & demolishing the Parsons Manufacturing Plant. All 140 workers reached storm shelters just minutes before impact. No fatalities, 3 injuries. Debris was found nearly a mile away. buff.ly/Xy6AWxL
July 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Roanoke, IL F4 #Tornado – July 13, 2004! This F4 tore a 9.6-mile path through Woodford Co, leveling homes & demolishing the Parsons Manufacturing Plant. All 140 workers reached storm shelters just minutes before impact. No fatalities, 3 injuries. Debris was found nearly a mile away. buff.ly/Xy6AWxL
(To the tune of "Tequila!")
🎶Please sell the Magna Carta // Please Mister Rubenstein (x2)
We need a buuuullllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We look like a little league team
(Tequila!)🎶
🎶Please sell the Magna Carta // Please Mister Rubenstein (x2)
We need a buuuullllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We look like a little league team
(Tequila!)🎶
July 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
(To the tune of "Tequila!")
🎶Please sell the Magna Carta // Please Mister Rubenstein (x2)
We need a buuuullllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We look like a little league team
(Tequila!)🎶
🎶Please sell the Magna Carta // Please Mister Rubenstein (x2)
We need a buuuullllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We need a buuuulllpen
We look like a little league team
(Tequila!)🎶
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I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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At 4:57 PM EDT, 1 SE Baltimore [Baltimore City Co, MD] Emergency Mngr reports Flash Flood. Baltimore City EM reports water has flooded cars along Aliceanna Street in Fells Point. #mdwx Link
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
At 4:57 PM EDT, 1 SE Baltimore [Baltimore City Co, MD] Emergency Mngr reports Flash Flood. Baltimore City EM reports water has flooded cars along Aliceanna Street in Fells Point. #mdwx Link
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"The disaster recovery funds are not to mitigate, are not to build resilience, they are to recover from disasters," said protester Julia Orduña, southeast Texas regional director with advocacy group Texas Housers. "The disaster funds should be used to recover from the disaster."
During a visit Tuesday by HUD Secretary Scott Turner, Houston Mayor John Whitmire touted the city’s plan to install backup power generators across dozens of municipal buildings along with his efforts to remove homeless people from public spaces.
Trump’s housing secretary visits Houston amid protests as mayor touts resiliency and homelessness plans
Scott Turner, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, visited Houston on Tuesday. During the visit, Mayor John Whitmire touted the city’s plan to install backup power generators across dozens of municipal buildings along with his efforts to remove homeless people from public spaces.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"The disaster recovery funds are not to mitigate, are not to build resilience, they are to recover from disasters," said protester Julia Orduña, southeast Texas regional director with advocacy group Texas Housers. "The disaster funds should be used to recover from the disaster."