Texas Homeless Network

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Month: April 2018

Our Homes, Our Voices May 1-8, 2018

 LIFT YOUR VOICE TO PROTECT OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES  Join advocates from across the country in calling for greater investments in affordable homes and in our communities.  Mark your calendar: Monday, May 7th – National Call-In Day Tuesday, May 8th – Tweet Storm Join one of the events hosted by Texas Housers. Austin Lead Organization: Texas Housers Contact: Christina Rosales, christina@texashousing.org Date: Sunday, May 6[…]

ACTION ITEM: Comment on the General Land Office’s Relief by 4/26

By Eric Samuels, President/CEO   The General Land Office (GLO) recently released an Action Plan announcing $5 billion in funds for Harvey recovery. While I’m encouraged that homelessness is included in this plan, I’m concerned that the strategies outlined to address disaster-related homelessness are not adequate.   As I reported to Texas’ 11 Continuums of[…]

Lisa’s VISTA Experience

By Lisa Sewell My VISTA assignment was to help the Texarkana Homeless Coalition implement a coordinated entry (CE) system mandated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Coordinated entry is a process that prioritizes the most vulnerable homeless people for housing. My first step was to do a needs assessment by speaking to an executive director of a nonprofit[…]

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