    Dear supporter,
This Thursday, the United States Senate will host its confirmation hearing for Scott Turner. Amid a worsening housing crisis, we need real leadership to ensure that HUD fulfills its mandate to help people afford housing. Scott Turner is not that leader. As we enter an administration that openly talks about rounding up homeless people and forcing them into detention centers, the need for real solutions, not jails, funding cuts, and detention camps, We need you to contact your Senators and tell them to “vote no” on Turner’s nomination. 

                Click here to email your Senators 

    Scott Turner’s legislative and public records indicate his leadership will likely exacerbate homelessness and racial inequity across the U.S. 
Specifically, Mr. Turner: 
Rejects the overwhelming evidence that housing, with voluntary services, is the most effective solution to homelessness;
Endorses arresting and ticketing homeless people for simply trying to survive; and,
Has a legislative track record of voting in contrast to proven solutions to end homelessness, includingOpposing bills that would expand affordable rental housing and fund public-private funding to support homeless residents
Supporting a bill allowing landlords to discriminate against tenants applying for housing simply because they receive federal housing assistance.

Click here to read our joint statement on why we are taking this historic move to stop this nomination.

Onwards,
The National Homelessness Law Center and the National Coalition for the Homeless 

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