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	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/coalition-on-human-needs",
	"title": "Tell Congress to invest in, not cut, housing assistance",
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	"description": "A new report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)reveals that homelessness increased by 12%, or 70,650 more people, in 2023—a record high. On a single night in January of 2023, 653,100 people—20 of every 10,000 people in the U.S.—were experiencing homelessness. Speaker Mike Johnson is threatening to cut current funding levels so deeply that housing assistance would be eliminated for nearly 700,000 households and 3,000 fewer units of affordable housing would be produced. Even the Senate’s bipartisan bill that substantially increases funding for Housing Choice Vouchers—America’s largest rental assistance program—wouldn’t fund all existing vouchers and would leave 6,000 families without assistance. We know that lack of access to affordable housing doesn’t affect all communities equally. Black, Indigenous, and other people of color continue to be overrepresented among the population experiencing housing instability and homelessness. For example, Black people make up just 13% of the total U.S. population, yet comprise 37% of all people experiencing homelessness and 50% of people in families with children experiencing homelessness. Without stable housing, people have difficulty accessing stable employment, education, and reliable health care—the effects of which can be felt for generations. Click “Start Writing” to send a message to Congress to increase funding for housing programs, not cut them.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-invest-in-not-cut-housing-assistance"
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