AHAA Endorsement: District 15
Affordable Housing Action Alliance asked 8 questions to all the candidates and then did endorsement interviews in most of the races or will be doing them.
Primary Day!!
Tuesday February 19, 2013 is Wisconsin Primary Day! There are only a couple races on the ballot, but these races are very important!...
Who is doing more for Homelessness and Poverty?
Well, the city has their heads buried in the sand and are busy pointing fingers at the county . . . the county is working a little harder at the legislative level (head buried in sand at executive level). Check out just this week's meeting schedules for an example.
Michael Brickman!
The fact that the state of education has deteriorated since Scott Walker has been in power can be summed up in two words -...
Stunning Housing News
Wait lists are so long for public housing they are closing the housing lists as of March 1st. I haven't seen it this bad in the 20 years I've been working in housing.
County Week Ahead
Here ya go . . .
City Week Ahead
Ah, feeling so much better than last week!!!! No meetings Tuesday due to elections, but still lots of meetings.
March 10th: 157 Homeless Men are Out of Days/Done At Shelter til November
And they are the lucky ones - women and families don't have these same opportunities . . .
Response to County’s “Offer” Regarding Token Creek
Not much of an "offer" . . .
Yes, Homelessness Is Increasing!
It's not our imaginations. Twice a year service providers are required to do a "Point in Time" study to see how many homeless persons we can count. From 2010 to 2013 the numbers have increased from 567 to 831 for the January 31 count. And not everyone was counted.
Impasse on City Stealing Homeless Persons Belongings
JFC, my blogs are depressing this morning, no more time for laying on the couch and being sick - its all out war on those without homes and low-income people when it comes to housing and homelessness - anyone else want to pile on . . . you're not going to believe this one.
Public Housing – Making it Harder to Obtain (Please email)
Yeah, the vacancy rate is about 2%, affordable housing is impossible to obtain and so lets make it harder to get into public housing - housing of last resort for many on fixed incomes.