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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 12d

Showing up for the No Kings protest in Hillsborough, NC #NoKings #Antifascist

My family at the No Kings protest in Hillsborough, NC

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Sep 9

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." - Sotomayor

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

I like that Elliot is coming on, but why no Ngumoha? #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Van Dijk looks off the pace today. #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

That Crystal Palace goal looked like it was coming. They're looking a little disjointed out there the last 15 minutes or so #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Here comes MacAllister, but also Endo... interested to see who Endo is coming on for #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

I feel like MacAllister and Ngumoha need to come on and inject some energy #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wow Frimpong! The new guys are out to prove a point. #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Aug 10

What a way to kick off your Liverpool career Ekitike!! #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 10

I was reminded over on a different platform that on this day 18 years ago I helped deliver a baby in Morocco. #PeaceCorps #TBT #NationalService

A 23 year old Samuel in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco during his Peace Corps service.

Oulghas in the Khenifra province of Morocco

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Correction: This should read 12%, not 12.5%

Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

On July 3 Congress passed the #OBBB that included a number of affordable housing provisions, including a permanent 12.5% increase to the #LIHTC. This is a direct result of a decade of the @nchousing.org work building bipartisan support for the #AffordableHousing Credit Improvement Act. However...

Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is our neighborhood, just at the bottom of our street. #Chantal #Durham

Travis Long @vizjourno.bsky.social · Jul 7

Some residents along the Eno River in the Old Farm neighborhood and Rippling Stream Townhomes were awakened around 2:30 a.m. by firefighters in rafts after floodwaters began pouring into homes following hours of rain from Tropical Storm Chantal. #Chantal #ncwx

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

You can find @nchousing.org detailed breakdown of the #AffordableHousing and Community Development provisions in the #OBBB here. #ncpol

nchousing.org/obba-impacts...

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ultimately, when combined with the #NCGA failure to pass a budget that includes gap financing through the Workforce Housing Loan Program, this federal increase in the #LIHTC may not even result in more units.

#OBBB #ncpol

Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Marginally increasing the number of units that the low income housing tax credit can produce each year while potentially stripping health care from more than 670,000 North Carolinians and cutting food assistance hurts our state.

#OBBB #AffordableHousing #ncpol

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

...we also know that stable housing, financial security, and opportunity for families at the lowest end of the income spectrum is about much more than housing costs.

#OBBB #AffordableHousing #ncpol

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

The mission of @nchousing.org is to lead a movement to ensure that every North Carolinian has a home in which to live with dignity and opportunity. What we know best is #affordablehousing policy, but...

#OBBB #AffordableHousing #ncpol

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sen. Tillis (R) noted, this will “force the state to make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands.” Rep @ross.house.gov (D) also noted that #OBBB "guts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by 20%, the largest cut in our history.” #ncpol

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

...while these provisions are important and we would normally celebrate their passage, sadly they were included in a much larger bill that will ultimately do harm to more North Carolinians than these provisions will help.

#OBBB #LIHTC #AffordableHousing #ncpol

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

On July 3 Congress passed the #OBBB that included a number of affordable housing provisions, including a permanent 12.5% increase to the #LIHTC. This is a direct result of a decade of the @nchousing.org work building bipartisan support for the #AffordableHousing Credit Improvement Act. However...

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

This level is higher than we experienced during Hurricane Florence. #Durham #Flooding #ClimateChange

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jul 7

Here’s a picture of flooding in my neighborhood this morning along the Eno River #Durham #Flooding

Flooding in North Durham along the Eno River

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Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · Jun 15

And Fayetteville #NoKings

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Reposted by Samuel Gunter

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · May 22

The century-old (1,718-square-foot, three-bed, two-bath) family home of the late Marian Cheek Jackson, for instance, was assessed to have a tax value higher than that of a swanky (3,750-square-foot, six-bed, six-and-a-half-bath) 2024 construction in the same neighborhood.

"There's a Double Standard": Coalition Calls Out Disparities in Orange County Home Revaluation

A coalition of homeowners and advocates says homes in Orange County’s Black neighborhoods are puzzlingly overvalued, leading to higher tax bills.

indyweek.com

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