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Alaska Just Transition Lunch & Learn, April 13, 2023
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Alaska Just Transition & Housing Justice
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Last Thursday, ACEH Director of External Relations, Owen Hutchinson, joined Just Transition’s Virtual Lunch & Learn on Housing Justice to share the Coalition’s mission and work in Anchorage. During the virtual event, panelist shared their experiences and discussed homelessness prevention and response, the importance of supporting the human right to housing, and how communities can work together to support our neighbors.
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Highlights from the Coalition
** April HPRS Advisory Council Monthly Meeting
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The Homelessness Prevention & Response System (HPRS) Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, April 27, at 4 PM to discuss relevant Anchorage Continuum of Care initiatives and current events.
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Meeting ID: 870 7123 1355
Passcode: 362033
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This meeting will also be recorded for meeting minutes and record-keeping purposes.
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National Housing & Homelessness Highlights
Community Solutions
** St. Thomas-Elgin, Ontario, Canada, reaches functional zero for veteran homelessness.
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Meet the newest community proving we can build a future where veteran homelessness is rare and brief.
“The true test of a city’s success is how it cares for and elevates its most vulnerable members,” said Joe Preston, Mayor of St. Thomas.
Preston was one of the many community members celebrating St. Thomas-Elgin, a Built for Zero Canada community, reaching functional zero for their veteran population. This achievement makes St. Thomas-Elgin the second community in Canada to achieve this milestone.
Thanks to strong local leadership, collaboration, and determination, St. Thomas-Elgin achieved this goal in February 2023 and continues to sustain functional zero with the goal of working toward zero for more populations.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
** Serving Unsheltered People with
Severe Service Needs
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People who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness are a priority for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as evidenced by a Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness Special Notice of Funding Opportunities (Special NOFO) issued by the Office of Community Planning and Development in September of 2022. Through this initiative, HUD is promoting coordinated approaches—grounded in Housing First and public health principles—to reduce the prevalence of unsheltered homelessness and improve services, health outcomes, and housing stability among highly vulnerable unsheltered individuals and families. This Special NOFO, designed in collaboration with people with lived experience of homelessness, outlines strategies communities may implement to address the severe service needs of unsheltered people within their homeless response systems and supports serving the needs of people with complex and multiple service needs. It assists CoCs in
their efforts to identify and connect people living in unsheltered situations, including encampments, with health and housing resources.
Fast Facts
Most common diseases among people experiencing unsheltered homelessness:
* Cardiovascular disease
* Diabetes mellitus
* Hepatitis
* Communicable diseases (e.g., COVID-19)
* HIV/AIDS
* Influenza
* Substance use disorders
* Tuberculosis
Most common conditions among people experiencing unsheltered homelessness:
* Chronic pain
* Cognitive impairments from traumatic brain injuries
* Disability
* Extreme weather-related injuries
* Mental illness
* Trauma
* Oral and visual health concerns
* Inadequate nutrition
* Reproductive health concerns
Equity Considerations and Barriers
People with high service needs are often members of stigmatized groups in society. Stigma and discrimination impact the health and healthcare needs of vulnerable populations. Social stigma can be identified as the negative perceptions, attitudes, and characteristics a society places on individuals and group members. Social stigma feeds the prejudices and discrimination people with high acuity service needs can encounter based on those needs and the intersectionality of group identities inclusive of being identified as experiencing homelessness. Another consideration is the disparity in access to, and quality of, health care individuals can experience due to long-standing structural and systemic oppressive practices and behaviors that support negative outcomes for the stigmatized in society. Meeting the service needs of individuals and families when race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, language, family, undocumented status, and other identifying factors serve as barriers
requires homeless service providers and physical, behavioral, and mental health practitioners to identify ways to bridge the gap between people with high acuity and those who can support them in obtaining and providing the services they need. The Primer on Serving People with High-Acuity Needs provided insight for responding to peoples’ high-acuity needs during the pandemic and can be a guide to address common diseases and conditions.
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National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
** House Republicans to Vote on Proposal to Slash Affordable Housing and Homelessness Programs
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged to enact legislation to raise the country’s debt limit in exchange for steep spending cuts to domestic programs, including HUD’s and USDA’s vital affordable housing and homelessness programs.
While details are not fully known, Speaker McCarthy’s proposal will likely cap federal domestic spending for fiscal year (FY) 2024 at FY22 levels, resulting in at least a 23% reduction in funding for key programs, depending on how the cuts are designed. The proposal would limit future spending increases to 1% annually for 10 years, rescind unspent COVID-19 relief funds, and put in place rigid work requirements for some anti-poverty programs, among other harmful provisions.
The House is expected to vote on the harmful legislative package as soon as next week. Advocates should contact their representatives to urge them to oppose deep spending cuts and to support the highest level of funding possible for housing and homelessness programs.
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