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Moderator @mshannabrooks kicking off our #HousingVoterForum @seattleu tonight, where we’ll talk about the role of #housing & #homelessness in our City Council election. Follow along on @tech4housing YouTube channel. 
.@mshannabrooks says she’s attended 30+ candidate endorsement meetings thus election season, & she observes a lot of candidates know the language to use to talk about #homelessness, but not necessarily what it means.
For example, says @mshannabrooks, everyone talks about #HousingFirst; but when you ask their policy, some have said they want FEMA-style tents. [For the record, tents aren’t housing.]
Homelessness among older adults reaching crisis proportions. Our study, #HOPEHOME has been examining this/warning about this for years. Surge in number of older homeless people catches L.A. officials off guard latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
44% of ppl 50+ who are homeless experienced homelessness 1st time after age 50. These folks have different needs then those homeless since early life, but all have significant suffering & need our compassion. 2/ journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
And need effective solns. Need to tailor #permanentsupportivehousing to the needs of older adults & need effective age appropriate housing for those newly homeless. We need to focus on prevention as well--if we don't "close the front door" to homelessness, we won't solve it 3/
