Colleagues,
I'm a bit behind but here are the notes from last week's WA Low Income Housing Alliance call and the big red button to click to register for tomorrow's.  
If you are engaged with tenants, be sure to read the notes from Patricio Marquez' presentation and the Q and A's.  He followed the Dept of Commerce on the agenda.  You can also listen to him on the recording.  

Take a look at the LIHEAP guidance and also the Building Changes slides - note their recommendations on changes to diversion.

Maureen
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From: John Stovall <johns@wliha.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 3:40 PM
Subject: Follow Up from 4-22 COVID Housing & Homelessness Call
To:


Hello everybody, 

Thank you to those of you who joined today's COVID-19 Housing and Homelessness call. Here is a link to the recording, and attached are our notes. 

*Note: The calls will continue to require a password, which you will receive in your registration confirmation email. 

If you would like to follow up with any of the speakers on today's call, please see below for their contact info:
      Tedd Kelleher/Dept. of Commerce: tedd.kelleher@commerce.wa.gov
      Patricio Marquez/WA Office of the Attorney General: patricio.marquez@atg.wa.gov
      Katara Jordan and Klarissa Monteros/Building Changes: katara.jordan@buildingchanges.org, klarissa.monteros@buildingchanges.org
      Rich Stolz/OneAmerica: rich@weareoneamerica.org
      John Tirpak/Unemployment Law Project: jtirpak@ulproject.org
      Kurt Wiest/Bremerton Housing Authority: kwiest@bremertonhousing.org
      Theresa Sanders/Island County Public Health: t.sanders@islandcountywa.gov
  

Please follow the above link to contact your members of Congress today and ask them to ensure that the next stimulus package includes:

  • $11.5 billion in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding. This combined with the $4 billion previously provided in the CARES Act will reach the funding level needed to expand access to emergency shelter, short-term rental assistance, and housing stabilization services;
  • A uniform, national moratorium on evictions and foreclosures; and
  • $100 billion in rental assistance to keep people housed and ensure landlords, including low-income housing providers, have the income they need to continue to operate.
Another Action Alert from Chris Suh at Northwest Harvest: Today is the National SNAP Day of Action. If you have time, please call, email, tweet Congress and White House to: 
  • Boost maximum SNAP benefits by 15%
  • Raise the minimum SNAP benefit from $16 to $30
  • Suspend administrative rules that cut SNAP benefits or alter/eliminate eligibility

Resources from Today's Call
As always, several resources were highlighted in the chat today that are worth uplifting: 

Take care, and talk to you next week!

In community,

John Stovall

Member Organizer

Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

He/Him/His

(206)442-9455 ext 200

www.wliha.org



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