Colleagues,
From the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance's April 29 call.  I encourage you to register and join these calls.  They are free.  If you can't join the call, at least scan the notes.  The notes are attached.  If you are short on time, find Spokane City Council Member Kate Burke and take a look at what the City of Spokane is doing.  If you are interested in state policy, read through Sen. Saldana's descriptions of some of the work she and her colleagues are engaged in.  And of course, click on the Take Action link - we will not get out of this without federal money.  

Take care,
Maureen

From John Stovall,
Hello everybody, 

Thank you to those of you who joined yesterday'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 the call, please see below for their contact info:
      Tedd Kelleher/Dept. of Commerce: tedd.kelleher@commerce.wa.gov
      Debbie Thiele/Corporation for Supportive Housing: debbie.thiele@csh.org
      Sarah Brundage/Enterprise Community Partners: sbrundage@enterprisecommunity.org
      Sen. Rebecca Saldana/37th LD: rebecca.saldana@leg.wa.gov, coco.chang@leg.wa.gov
      Councilmember Kate Burke/City of Spokane: kateburke@spokanecity.org
  

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;
  • $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;
  • $8.5 billion to ensure that public housing authorities can continue to operate at full capacity;
  • A uniform, national moratorium on evictions and foreclosures;
  • Resources for housing counselors and legal services to help renters and homeowners stay housed; and
  • A requirement that local communities follow guidance by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and institute a moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps.

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

Take care, and talk to you next week!

John Stovall

Member Organizer

Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

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(706)247-3949

www.wliha.org





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