A few months ago, HUD launched House America: An All-Hands-On-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis.
And with 2022 quickly approaching, I'd be remiss if I didn't thank the mighty team I fight alongside to reduce homelessness in this country.
Follow along:
From HUD's New England region, I welcome Worcester, MA to #HouseAmerica's team. I applaud Boston, MA and the great states of Maine and Vermont for announcing their own sets of goals.
From HUD's Region 2, I applaud @rasjbaraka, Mayor of the great City of Newark, for joining the #HouseAmerica initiative and making a commitment to house Newark.
From HUD's Mid-Atlantic Region, I welcome Baltimore; New Castle County, DE; and Washington, DC to #HouseAmerica. I thank Philadelphia for announcing its goals to reduce homelessness in its community
From HUD's Southeast Region, I welcome Savannah, GA; Miami-Dade, FL; Charlotte, NC; and Shelby County, TN to the #HouseAmerica cooperative. I thank Birmingham, AL and Chattanooga, TN for announcing strong goals to house their communities.
From HUD's Midwest Region, I welcome Chicago and Columbus, OH to #HouseAmerica! We're so excited to have you on board. I applaud Cook County, IL for announcing its goals to house its communities.
From HUD's Great Plains Region, I applaud St. Louis and Kansas City, MO for joining #HouseAmerica and setting goals to address homelessness in their towns.
From HUD's Rocky Mountain Region, I applaud Denver, CO for setting strategic goals to re-house neighbors experiencing homelessness and add affordable housing!
Thank you, @MayorHancock for your commitment to our work to House America.
In HUD's Pacific Region, I welcome Santa Barbara County, CA; Tucson and Phoenix, AZ; and LA County, CA to #HouseAmerica. I applaud Mesa, AZ; King City, San Fransisco, LA City, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Diego, CA & the state of California for setting housing goals.
Finally, I thank @ChuckHoskin_Jr, Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation for signing on to #HouseAmerica and committing to reduce homelessness across Cherokee Nation.
This initiative wouldn't be possible without this team of local and state leaders.
I'm so proud to be in this fight with you all. Let's do everything we can to end homelessness.
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Over the past several months, the #PAVETaskForce - which I'm proud to co-chair with @AmbRice46 - has made important progress to advance racial equity in home appraisals.
Follow along for some of the efforts introduced across federal agencies. 1 /
.@HUDgov issued a Mortgagee Letter to appraisers, which emphasized compliance with the Fair Housing Act and other antidiscrimination laws. 2/
.@FHFA and @HUDgov signed a first-of-its-kind collaborative agreement to promote fair housing and fair lending coordination. 3/
From an #MLKDay trip to the birthplace of Dr. King to the awarding of tens of millions of dollars in equitable COVID-19 relief to Tribal communities, @HUDGov had a productive week.
On Tuesday, we announced the awarding of more than $83 million in grants to 74 Tribal communities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. hud.gov/press/press_re…
Over the past year, far too many stories recounting the serious and all too frequent problem of racial bias latent in home buying and homeownership have made major headlines.
I say enough is enough. HUD is doing something about it. Follow along: 1/
Every time I see one of these stories, like the story in Marin County, I am reminded why the work we do at @HUDGov to combat appraisal bias through the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity task force (#PAVETaskForce) is so important. 2/ pressdemocrat.com/article/news/a…
HUD, along with @AmbRice46 and the @WhiteHouse Domestic Policy Council, is taking on these issues from the root.
And early next year, we're planning to put forward a set of actions and recommendations that will help end these discriminatory practices for good. 3/