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This Week in Housing Advocacy: Keep it Coming!

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The current special session is required to end on Tuesday. Whether or not a budget agreement will be reached by then is still unknown. There has been a lot of action in the last couple of days with the House passing several new reform bills and another Operating Budget, and with the Senate Ways and Means Committee holding a hearing today (Friday) on several bills, including the House’s budget.

As you know, much is at stake. Funding hangs in the balance for the Housing Trust Fund, for Housing and Essential Needs, TANF, Disability Lifeline Medical and more. We can’t predict how this session will end, but we know that if we keep our advocacy going, that we still have a chance to influence the outcome. As Senator Nelson shared with Housing Alliance members recently, "The next few days of this special session are critical... we still have an opportunity to influence what is happening in this session. Every time you send an email and every time you engage with your legislators, you are winning and you are holding us accountable."

Help keep the roar to protect safety net services and to fund the Housing Trust Fund loud and strong!

Please take action today.

We are in the final days of the first special session and yet Housing and Essential Needs, the Housing Trust Fund, TANF and Disability Lifeline Medical are still at risk of deep cuts or worse, no funding at all. But as Senator Nelson says, "The fight for safety-net services will not be won without you."

If you haven’t yet taken action, please do it now. If you haven’t done it this week, please do it today. Please also ask others to join you in your advocacy. Forward this email to your board, your friends or your family. Tell them what is at stake, why you care and how much their voice matters.

Thank you for your tireless advocacy – we will keep you updated with any significant developments,
Michele

PS — Please consider joining us for the 22nd Annual Conference on Ending Homelessness in Yakima May 16-18.
Registration is now open - click here for more info.

 

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