Blog Key Issue: Equity
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Understanding Trump’s Executive Order on Homelessness: Using Harmful Words to Justify Harmful Actions
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How the Equal Access Rule Can Protect Trans People and Sex Workers
Current threats to the Equal Access Rule would pose more danger for transgender individuals and sex workers who face stigma-related discrimination and the resulting cycle of incarceration and homelessness.
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The Road Ahead: Anti-DEIA Executive Orders & Ongoing Risks
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The Week in Review: What You Need to Know
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Fair Housing and Why It Matters to Ending Homelessness
The Fair Housing Act is our nation’s primary fair housing law. On April 11, 1968, ..
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How Black History Can Shape Homelessness Efforts
Black people have often been at the forefront of movements for social change across the United States, both past and present, from protesting racial segregation to organizing against police…
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Advancing Equity: The Journey of a Black Woman Leader in a Black-Led Organization
Reflecting on my first year as the inaugural Executive Director of the Phoenix Foundation, a Black-led non-profit organization dedicated to serving our Chicago community, I’m deeply entrenched in …
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Why the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Matters
The Biden Administration is at the point of releasing a final rule articulating the obligation of communities to “affirmatively further fair…
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I See You: Asian/Asian Americans Experiencing Homelessness on the Rise
A friend from junior high school recently sent me a picture of a journal entry I had written for our ninth grade graduation. It asked a range of…
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Long Overdue: Visibility for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders Experiencing Homelessness
The impact of settler colonialism on Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders is unique from the experiences of Indigenous people in the…