Kerry Abbott
@kerrabx.bsky.social
Housing and homelessness systems advisor/consultant. Former Director of Housing and Homelessness Services for Alameda County Health. Former Deputy Director of San Francisco HSH.
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Medicaid expansion covers more than 20M adults w/ low incomes, helping them become healthier & more financially secure. Expansion coverage has saved lives, improved access to care and health outcomes & protected people from medical debt. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
Medicaid Expansion: Frequently Asked Questions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level. States that have adopted the Medicaid expansion have dramaticall...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Medicaid expansion covers more than 20M adults w/ low incomes, helping them become healthier & more financially secure. Expansion coverage has saved lives, improved access to care and health outcomes & protected people from medical debt. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
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You may qualify for battery/generator rebate programs, shelter accommodations, and transportation services during Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events. Call 211 or text “PSPS” to 211-211 today to see if you qualify!
March 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You may qualify for battery/generator rebate programs, shelter accommodations, and transportation services during Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events. Call 211 or text “PSPS” to 211-211 today to see if you qualify!
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The US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) focuses on preventing & ending homelessness. Dissolving it (and devastating cuts to HUD, SAMHSA etc) will hamper efforts to address homelessness—as the these policies dramatically worsen an existing catastrophe.
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Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
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March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) focuses on preventing & ending homelessness. Dissolving it (and devastating cuts to HUD, SAMHSA etc) will hamper efforts to address homelessness—as the these policies dramatically worsen an existing catastrophe.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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A top official in the Office of Public and Indian Housing "mapped out his focuses in a Thursday staff meeting (...) including evicting undocumented residents of public housing. He also talked about implementing term limits or work requirements for most residents..."
Sharp cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development are likely to upend housing markets, make homes less affordable and roil mortgage transactions, according to current and former employees, contractors and housing experts.
HUD cuts expected to worsen America’s housing crisis, staffers say
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is expected to be slashed in half, according to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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February 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A top official in the Office of Public and Indian Housing "mapped out his focuses in a Thursday staff meeting (...) including evicting undocumented residents of public housing. He also talked about implementing term limits or work requirements for most residents..."
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Disruptions to community health center payments can impact over 30 million patients according to the Nat’l Assoc of Community Health Centers including people receiving care from health care for the homeless clinics @nhchc.bsky.social, clinics in rural & farm communities, & public housing residents.
Federally funded community health centers in at least 10 states are experiencing delays accessing their funds, forcing some to shut down and others to contemplate closures, several officials tell PBS News.
Community health centers face funding delays after Trump administration freeze
PBS has confirmed that health centers in Arizona, Virginia, Maine, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Rhode Island, Montana and Minnesota were unable, at least temporarily, to access funds. The…
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February 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Disruptions to community health center payments can impact over 30 million patients according to the Nat’l Assoc of Community Health Centers including people receiving care from health care for the homeless clinics @nhchc.bsky.social, clinics in rural & farm communities, & public housing residents.
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🚨Funding alert!🚨 HUD PD&R just announced $10M funding opportunity to support Minority Serving Institutions to research critical housing and community development topics, strengthen knowledge and build research capacity. Proposals due 4/9/25. Pls help spread the word! 1/5
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HUD Announces $10 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Housing and Community Development Research at Minority-Serving Institutions
HUD No. 25-008 HUD Public Affairs (202) 708-0685 FOR RELEASE Friday January 10, 2024 HUD Announces $10 Million Funding Opportunity to Support Housing and Community Development Research at Minority-Ser...
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January 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨Funding alert!🚨 HUD PD&R just announced $10M funding opportunity to support Minority Serving Institutions to research critical housing and community development topics, strengthen knowledge and build research capacity. Proposals due 4/9/25. Pls help spread the word! 1/5
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
www.hud.gov/press/press_...
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This doc tracking rental price gouging in LA (posted by
@latenantsunion.bsky.social on X) has been up for less than five hours, and already 57 properties are on the list.
The rent gouging is unreal:
"Listed $9,995 on 1/7/2025 (!) and then increased to $14,500 on 1/11/2025"
bit.ly/price-gougin...
@latenantsunion.bsky.social on X) has been up for less than five hours, and already 57 properties are on the list.
The rent gouging is unreal:
"Listed $9,995 on 1/7/2025 (!) and then increased to $14,500 on 1/11/2025"
bit.ly/price-gougin...
January 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This doc tracking rental price gouging in LA (posted by
@latenantsunion.bsky.social on X) has been up for less than five hours, and already 57 properties are on the list.
The rent gouging is unreal:
"Listed $9,995 on 1/7/2025 (!) and then increased to $14,500 on 1/11/2025"
bit.ly/price-gougin...
@latenantsunion.bsky.social on X) has been up for less than five hours, and already 57 properties are on the list.
The rent gouging is unreal:
"Listed $9,995 on 1/7/2025 (!) and then increased to $14,500 on 1/11/2025"
bit.ly/price-gougin...
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Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
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January 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:
bit.ly/LAaid
bit.ly/LAaid
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A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
I have really missed having a forum like this! Happy to see some familiar faces and lots of people working on housing options for all.
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
I have really missed having a forum like this! Happy to see some familiar faces and lots of people working on housing options for all.