The City's lack of coordination and collaboration is inadequate. It should not take volunteers to do the work of local government to house people especially when it goes against CDC guidelines during #COVID19 to dismantle encampments if they're insufficient housing available. 2/
When spending time with unhoused people at the encampments, I learned about their dreams if they had access to stable housing and healthcare. A robustly funded Housing First model is needed to end homelessness. Medicaid Expansion is crucial too. 3/
Eviction while more evictions are on the horizon is NOT the solution. Local research is showing that potentially 2,000 new households PER month will be at risk of housing insecurity starting this September. 4/
If this is how local and state government are going to treat unhoused people then I am scared how people will be treated this fall. All people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Housing is a human right. 5/
Thank you so much to all those who quickly came together over the weekend to support our unhoused neighbors. Special shout out to #TentMissionSTL that demonstrates this is what community looks like. 6/6
