Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Pope Leo today: “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood’ (Is 1:15).” 000
Reposted by Samuel GunterOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/03/2026Reuters: Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...reuters.comPope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage warsPope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. 12937401184
Reposted by Samuel GunterMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York. 1008389449561
Reposted by Samuel GunterHarvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026An influx of new apartments and a slowdown in demand have pushed vacancy rates up and rents down. After record-high increases during the pandemic, growth in asking rents has hovered near zero since mid-2023. Our new report is out next Thursday, March 12. www.jchs.harvard.edu/calendar/ame...jchs.harvard.eduAmerica's Rental Housing 2026Renter cost burdens have surged to yet another record high even as rents for new leases show modest declines, signaling intensifying affordability pressures across the rental market. Join us for the r... 032
Reposted by Samuel GunterDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!" 128170775038
Reposted by Samuel GunterNorth Carolina Housing Coalition @nchousing.org · 05/12/2025A new report from the NC Housing Coalition documents the pattern of racial bias in Orange County’s 2025 property tax revaluations and how neighborhood organizers are leading the way to property tax justice. Read Part 1 of Overtaxed now: nchousing.org/community-justice-col… 012
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Showing up for the No Kings protest in Hillsborough, NC #NoKings #Antifascist 712535
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." - Sotomayor 141
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025I like that Elliot is coming on, but why no Ngumoha? #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV 121
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025That Crystal Palace goal looked like it was coming. They're looking a little disjointed out there the last 15 minutes or so #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV 230
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025I feel like MacAllister and Ngumoha need to come on and inject some energy #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV 140
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Wow Frimpong! The new guys are out to prove a point. #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV 120
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025What a way to kick off your Liverpool career Ekitike!! #LFC #YNWA #CRYLIV 020
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I was reminded over on a different platform that on this day 18 years ago I helped deliver a baby in Morocco. #PeaceCorps #TBT #NationalService 250
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025This is our neighborhood, just at the bottom of our street. #Chantal #Durham 140
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025You can find @nchousing.org detailed breakdown of the #AffordableHousing and Community Development provisions in the #OBBB here. #ncpol nchousing.org/obba-impacts...nchousing.orgOBBA Impacts to Housing & Community Development – North Carolina Housing CoalitionThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) or H.R.1 is a large piece of legislation with widespread impact. In both the Senate and House versions of the OBBA there were … Continued 010
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025On July 3 Congress passed the #OBBB that included a number of affordable housing provisions, including a permanent 12.5% increase to the #LIHTC. This is a direct result of a decade of the @nchousing.org work building bipartisan support for the #AffordableHousing Credit Improvement Act. However... 220
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Here’s a picture of flooding in my neighborhood this morning along the Eno River #Durham #Flooding 130
Reposted by Samuel GunterINDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 22/05/2025The century-old (1,718-square-foot, three-bed, two-bath) family home of the late Marian Cheek Jackson, for instance, was assessed to have a tax value higher than that of a swanky (3,750-square-foot, six-bed, six-and-a-half-bath) 2024 construction in the same neighborhood.indyweek.com"There's a Double Standard": Coalition Calls Out Disparities in Orange County Home RevaluationA coalition of homeowners and advocates says homes in Orange County’s Black neighborhoods are puzzlingly overvalued, leading to higher tax bills. 072
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025“We have to remember that the ways communities are built, roads laid out, is not an accident… thinking this is the way to be… remember this is NOT the way it has to be” Samuel Gunter, @samuelgunter.bsky.social @nchousing.org 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025“As we try & figure out how to make sure to make this work continue… we will have to continuously be rethinking how this work happens… on the other end of this we all will still try & figure out how to solve these issues for our communities” -Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social @nchousing.org 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Kicking off Day 2 of Bringing it Home: Ending Homelessness in NC with a joint conversation with our Executive Director Samuel Gunter with NC Housing Coalition and Dr. Latonya Agard, Executive Director with the NC Coalition to End Homelessness #ncpol #nc @nchousing.org @samuelgunter.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"As we know, if you jail, fine, or arrest somebody it does not address or solve homelessness." -Donald Whitehead, Jr., Executive Director for the National Coalition for the Homeless #ncpol #ncga #bringingithome2025 021
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Kicking off Day 1 of the Bringing it Home 2025: Ending Homelessness in North Carolina conference with strong, true words from Dr. Dev Sangvai - Secretary, NC Department of Health and Human Services "Housing is Healthcare". #bringingithome #nc #ncpol 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Thankful to Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social for taking the time to speak this morning at Bringing it Home 2025: Ending Homelessness in NC #ncpol #ncga 011
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"This conference comes at a critical time because Homelessness is on the rise in North Carolina" - Governor Josh Stein #ncpol #ncga #bringingithome2025 @ncgovernor.bsky.social 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"While there are efforts to cut red tape to build more housing... there is also efforts in the NCGA to make sleeping outside a crime.No one should have to sleep outside. It's a real problem..we need real solutions..." - Governor Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social #ncpol #bringingithome2025 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025“When we’re tackling an issue like homelessness.. we need everyone at the table, and every tool in the toolbox” -Gov. Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social #ncga #bringingithome2025 #ncpol 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025“Housing is foundational to recovery in Western North Carolina” -Gov. Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga #bringingithome2025 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025“As we focus on this work statewide we have to consider the immense need in Western North Carolina, where in an area already with high housing need - over 73,000 homes were destroyed”-Gov. Josh Stein @ncgovernor.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga #bringingithome2025 001
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"Home is more than just a roof over our head... we must create more homeownership opportunities, access to affordable housing, and more for our communities" - Governor Josh Sein @ncgovernor.bsky.social #ncpol #ncga #BringingitHome2025 001
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 27/04/2025🎶🎶 “We’re gonna win the league!!” 🎶🎶 #YNWA #RedSky #LFC 020
Reposted by Samuel GunterStephanie Watkins-Cruz @stephwcruz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Here is what is on the docket this work week: ✴️ NC Senate budget analysis ✴️ Several bills in the Housing & Development Committee ✴️ AHCIA reintroduction ✴️ Continued NCGA Bill analysis ✴️ Preparing for continued discussions around land use, disaster recovery & housing appropriations 011
Reposted by Samuel GunterNorth Carolina Housing Coalition @nchousing.org · 25/03/2025Our Policy Team is in DC this week leading visits with NC's congressional delegation and representing NC at NLIHC's Housing Policy Forum and NCRC's Just Economy Conference! We'll share more about our DC visit throughout the next two weeks. @stephwcruz.bsky.social @annap93.bsky.social 042
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The @nchousing.org hosted two emergency webinars for #AffordableHousing providers across NC who rely on federal funds. On the call were: - 350 ppl from nearly every county in NC; - serving 176,000 families each year; and - responsible for $626m in federal housing investments at risk. #ncpol 010
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I accidentally signed off an email with "Beset," instead of "Best." That feels right. 020
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Trying to connect some dots for folks about what’s going on in DC around critical #AffordableHousing resources @nchousing.orgyoutu.beNCHC Housing Minute February 26, 2025YouTube video by NC Housing Coalition 021
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Today, HUD canceled TA contracts with a number of national providers (Enterprise, LISC, CSH, TAC, and others) citing only the presence of DEI materials on their websites and LinkedIn profiles. This is in direct violation of the preliminary injunction issued by a federal court on Friday.talkingpointsmemo.comDOGE Cites ‘DEI,’ LinkedIn Profiles It Doesn’t Like In Killing Off HUD ContractsDOGE is moving to cancel all awards for some Housing and Urban... 153
Reposted by Samuel GunterDiane Yentel @dianeyentel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025In court filings and in last week’s hearing, the Trump administration made an unprecedented and chilling ask in our case of National Council of Nonprofits et al vs Office of Management and Budget. 1/ 134
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025That was so smooth from Salah and Szoboszlai #YNWA #MNCLIV 010
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The kids are at Granny and Papa's house, and it feels decadent being able to sit on the couch and watch the #MNCLIV game on the TV instead of on my phone while Miss Linky plays in the background. #ParentLife 000
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Salah!!! That felt incredibly against the run of play, but I'll take it. #EgyptianKing #Salah #LFC #YNWA #MNCLIV 030
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025This is excellent news, and I am proud to say that @nchousing.org had a small role to play in this decision.apnews.comJudge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programsA federal judge has largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. 080
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025In 24hrs, @nchousing.org had more than 160 NC ppl & orgs sign a letter to Congress urging them to: 1. Ensure already appropriated #AffordableHousing $$ reaches its intended destination; and 2. Prioritize housing & community development $$ in budget negotiations. #ncpol SIGN ON NOW!!airtable.comAirtable | Everyone's app platformAirtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free. 030
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 12/02/2025For those of us trying to make #AffordableHousing a reality on the ground, we all have stories about how policies could be better and reach more people, but ultimately what we struggle with is resources that do not meet the scale of the need. You can't "efficiency" your way out of not enoughnpr.orgHUD is bracing as DOGE seeks to cut waste, fraud. Union leaders have a suggestionThe Trump administration is reviewing contracts across the federal housing agency. Some employees worry about potentially "devastating" cuts, though union leaders also hope some good may come of it. 131
Samuel Gunter @samuelgunter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I cannot believe DPS is operating on a 2 hour delay again after cancelling an entire day on Friday when the precipitation wasn’t forecast to start until 2-3 hours after school ended. The roads are clear. These kids need to be in school and their parents have to go to work #Durham #DPS 020