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Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🧵Last week, @HUDgov and @DHSgov announced an alarming interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to scapegoat and scare people who are immigrants instead of taking steps to ensure that everyone has access to a stable, affordable home. www.kuow.org/stories/hud-...

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HUD will share data with Homeland Security to target immigrants without legal status

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is partnering with Homeland Security to help identify immigrants without legal status living in publicly subsidized housing.

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Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The MOU does NOT change current policy, which already clearly defines who is and isn’t eligible for housing assistance based on immigration status.

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Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The Admin’s claims that many ineligible people are receiving assistance are completely unsubstantiated, & only serve to distract us from the real solutions to housing insecurity and #homelessness and intensify fear among immigrants and their families. www.cbpp.org/research/hou...

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Policy Brief: Policymakers Can Solve Homelessness by Scaling Up Rental Assistance and Supportive Services | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Housing is a basic human need, but stable housing is out of reach or hard to keep for far too many people. This is a policy choice, not an economic inevitability. Evidence shows that we can solve...

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