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From: John Stovall <johns@wliha.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:59 AM
Subject: 7-15 COVID-19 Housing & Homelessness Call Follow-up Materials
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Cc: Housing Alliance Staff <HousingAllianceStaff@wliha.org>
From: John Stovall <johns@wliha.org>
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:59 AM
Subject: 7-15 COVID-19 Housing & Homelessness Call Follow-up Materials
To:
Cc: Housing Alliance Staff <HousingAllianceStaff@wliha.org>
Hello everyone,
I apologize for the lateness of this follow-up email, but wanted to make sure you had the materials from last week's (7-15) COVID call! Here
is a link to the recording. See attached for our notes and the auto-generated transcript.
If you would like to follow up with
any of the speakers on the call, please see below for their contact info:
Congresswoman Suzan Delbene/1st Congressional District: suzan.delbene@mail.house.gov; kelly.marquardt@mail.house.gov
Monserrat Padilla/Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network: monserrat@waisn.org
Elder Toney Montgomery/Tacoma Ministerial Alliance: 1fathershouse@msn.com
Daisy Reyes/Pierce County Community Member: regiadaisy@yahoo.com
Esther Magasis/Yakima County: esther.magasis@co.yakima.wa.us
Curtis Steinhauer/Welcome Home Skagit: ccsteinhauer@gmail.com
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TODAY!
State Advocacy!
- Email Gov. Inslee to extend the eviction moratorium through March 31, 2021! We all need to act now on this.
- Are you a board member, or do you work for a nonprofit organization? Join our Board Advocacy campaign and have your board pass a resolution in support of progressive revenue! Interested? Click here
- The Housing Alliance is looking for people to send letters to the editor to your local newspaper. We have templates! If you are interested, please fill out this form and I'll follow up with you.
Federal Advocacy!
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Participate in NLIHC's Virtual Lobby Day Tuesday, July 21st! You can either meet with your members of Congress, help mobilize and share an action alert, or use social media to contact your lawmakers! To get plugged in, click here to sign up.
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Here is the Lobby Day Toolkit provided by the National Low Income Housing Coalition
Resources from the 7-15 Call
As always, several resources were highlighted in the chat that are worth uplifting:
- The Dept. of Commerce couldn't join us for last week's call, but they asked us to share this update: "We will be extending the COVID county grants to the end of December but amending the statement of work with tighter guidelines around uses for I&Q housing and expanded shelter capacity. We will be making the formal announcement the last week of July, after we launch the Eviction Assistance Rental Program (ERAP)."
- See attached for our updated report on missed rent payments for the month of June
- Learn more about the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network's work here: https://www.waisn.org/
- Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network Hotline: 1-844-724-3737
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WAISN also has a rent relief fund you can donate to! www.scholarship junkies.com/relief
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If your landlord is trying or threatening to evict you between now and August 2nd, that is illegal in most cases, and the Attorney General's office is enforcing this. You
can file a legal complaint with the AG here: https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/COVID19EvictionComplaintForm.aspx
And here is the link to the form in Spanish: https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/COVID19EvictionComplaintFormSpanish.aspx
Take care, and talk to you later this week!
John Stovall
He/Him/His
Member Organizer
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
(706)247-3949
