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Dear Friend,

 

The National Coalition and its partners are excited to officially launch the HousingNow!2020 campaign to honor the 30th anniversary of the HousingNow! March for Affordable Housing and to rebuild the movement to end homelessness now.  With the launch of the informational video below about the history of the HousingNow campaign, we hope to remind everyone of the immense work and passion that was critical to addressing the issue of homelessness and re-energize the community including elected officials in driving a plan of action that can resolve homelessness once and for all.

 

Unfortunately, the promises resulting from the activism of the 1980’s were not adequately sustained, and federal investments in homelessness, affordable housing and other initiatives to address the causes of homelessness have failed to keep pace with increasing homelessness in communities throughout our nation. Due to inadequate federal funding and budget cuts, HUD policy has moved from a focus on ending homelessness to one that manages and rations limited resources through unproven policies and initiatives.  To truly end homelessness we need to re-energize and organize a movement to demand a significant increase in federal funding that keeps pace with rising local need.  It’s why we are launching the national campaign of HousingNow!2020 to end homelessness now.

 

 
  

Please SAVE THE DATE:

 

November 12th at 12:30 PM EST / 11:30 AM CST / 10:30 AM GMT / 9:30 AM PST for a webinar featuring a panel of experts in the movement to end homelessness.  The panel will be moderated by Jeff Olivet and features special guests:

  • Maria Foscarinis, Founder and Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
  • John Parvensky, Interim Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless and President/CEO of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  • Donald Whitehead, Chair of the Board of the National Coalition for the Homeless

 

You can access resources, campaign materials, discussion guides, at the newly-launched HousingNow!2020 website here and sign-up for to be a part of the campaign here.

 

In the coming months, we will be launching more materials, videos, webinars, and resources leading up to a HousingNow!2020 Leadership Summit in Washington, DC in April 2020. 

 

We hope you will join us in this re-invigorated movement to end homelessness in the United States!

 

John Parvensky
Interim Executive Director
National Coalition for the Homeless

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