NLIHC hosted a national HoUSed campaign call on February 27. Jennifer Sullivan of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) joined the call to discuss the implications of the planned “unwinding” of Medicaid benefits for renters. Jerry Jones of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) presented his organization’s recent statement of values against the criminalization of homelessness. We also heard from Andrew Haughwout of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who shared findings from a report, “Eviction Expectations in the Post-Pandemic Housing Market.” We received field updates from advocates in Maryland and Washington, D.C., and we heard the latest from Capitol Hill.
A recording of the call, as well as the presentation slides, are now available.
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Resources discussed on the 2/27 call:
- Implications of the “Unwinding” of Medicaid for Renters – Jennifer Sullivan, Director of Health Coverage Access, CBPP
- Communications Toolkit, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Find local navigators and enrollment assisters: Get Covered America and LocalHelp.Healthcare.gov
- Medicaid: Unwinding and Returning to Regular Operations after COVID-19
- Unwinding Information from State Medicaid Agencies, Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families Tracker
- Outreach Toolkit, Organizing for Outreach
- Unwinding Fact Sheet, National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- Unwinding FAQ, CBPP
- Tips for Community Partners (Available in 8 languages), CBPP
- FAQ for Housing and Homelessness Services Staff, CBPP
- States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity, CBPP
- NAEH Statement of Values against Criminalization of Homelessness – Jerry Jones, National Field Director, NAEH
- NAEH Statement of Values
- Fact sheet on Cicero Institute legislation
- Housing First Resources
- Register for the NLIHC, NAEH, and CBPP monthly webinar series on Housing First and Homelessness!
- Report on Eviction Expectations in the Post-Pandemic Housing Market – Andrew Haughwout, Director of Household and Public Policy Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Field Update – Scott Gottbreht, Vice President of Housing and Senior Program Officer, United Way of Central Maryland
- Field Update – Susan Jacob, Program Director of Housing Counseling Services, Inc. (DC); Peter Tatian, Senior Fellow and Research Director, Urban Institute
- Policy Update – Sarah Saadian, NLIHC
- Sign your organization on to the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding’s (CHCDF’s) annual budget letter, calling on Congress to reject spending cuts and instead provide the highest possible allocation for HUD’s and USDA’s affordable housing, homelessness, and community development programs in FY24.
- Email your members of Congress today and urge them to increase – not cut – resources for affordable housing and homelessness in FY24 and to support NLIHC’s top appropriations priorities.
- Use NLIHC’s new advocacy toolkit for opposing budget cuts to essential federal investments in affordable housing.
- Register for NLIHC’s 2023 Policy Forum!