President @JoeBiden makes funding for non-congregate sheltering of people who are homeless 100% reimbursable! Currently FEMA pays 75% & states/cities have to pay rest (& often can’t). We’ve pushed for this for 10 months.

Holy shit, they gave us a mile when they usually give an inch. Pass this news on to your orgs and pressure the fuck out of local leaders to get shelter for every person who needs it. Make some serious noise about this people.

    • kestrel_ [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Fuck if I know - let the wonks and professional advocates handle that part. It's our job to demand it gets put to use.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      My understanding is that the prior policy -- a 75% cost share -- meant that states and municipalities could provide this type of assistance and 75% of the cost would be reimbursed by the feds. A 100% cost share would mean 100% of the cost is reimbursed.

      So a city could provide non-congregate housing for its homeless population and the feds would comp the whole thing. The big limitations I see are that it's set to expire in September and "reimbursement" likely involves states/municipalities fronting the money, which could be a financial difficulty by itself.

      • BillyMays [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I know someone who works in my local government and handles budgets. I’ll ask them tomorrow what they’re planning to do to help the homeless with this money and put some pressure to do whatever they can. Thank you for the reply.