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#housingforall

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A-Dub 🥝<p>microshelters are a good idea. *and* more publicly funded rent-geared-to-income housing is what's needed, yesterday!! </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/city-council-exploring-micro-shelters-homelessness-advocates-at-meeting-1.7581200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cit</span><span class="invisible">y-council-exploring-micro-shelters-homelessness-advocates-at-meeting-1.7581200</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DignityForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DignityForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
emeritrix<p>Portland spent $724 million in 2024 on houseless services.</p><p>There are about 12,000 houseless people in the Portland Metro area. Round that up to 15,000, and that's over $48,000 per person. </p><p>But instead of everyone having a place to live with that ~$50,000 per person, houseless people are being churned through punitive shelters and sweeps and jails and fines, because developers and plutocrats and 'investors' are making money by inflating housing prices and punishing the poor.<br>(Portland has a history of arresting people for the 'crime' of living outside.) </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopTheSweeps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSweeps</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-metro-area-724-million-homeless-services-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koin.com/news/portland/portlan</span><span class="invisible">d-metro-area-724-million-homeless-services-2024/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/05/homelessness-continues-to-rise-in-portland-area-even-as-increased-services-help-thousands.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oregonlive.com/politics/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/homelessness-continues-to-rise-in-portland-area-even-as-increased-services-help-thousands.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.streetroots.org/news/2023/06/06/portland-fine-arrest-homeless-portlanders" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">streetroots.org/news/2023/06/0</span><span class="invisible">6/portland-fine-arrest-homeless-portlanders</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>also: shut the fuck up, NIMBYs </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/councillors-residents-transparency-new-toronto-shelters-1.7580015" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cou</span><span class="invisible">ncillors-residents-transparency-new-toronto-shelters-1.7580015</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TOpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOpoli</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>Toronto's unhoused population more than doubled in three years, reaching an estimated 15,400 last fall, according to a new survey. </p><p>9% of the total unhoused population surveyed in October were Indigenous, while 58% were Black. and Indigenous people made up 31% of people experiencing outdoor homelessness.</p><p>The number of unhoused people who identified as part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community has also doubled since 2021, with the greatest representation among refugee claimants at 31% and young people staying in city sites at 27%.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/street-needs-assessment-homeless-population-toronto-1.7580073" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/str</span><span class="invisible">eet-needs-assessment-homeless-population-toronto-1.7580073</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TOpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOpoli</span></a></p>
The Bright Side<p>Defining homelessness is crucial.</p><p>Norway includes anyone without stable housing, not just those sleeping on the streets.</p><p>The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrined housing as a basic right.</p><p>Countries must recognize this to tackle the issue effectively.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/GlobalGoals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalGoals</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a></p>
Tabula Rasa<p>Let the fear change sides.<br>Normalize burning your landlord's home.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/housingforall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housingforall</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radicalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radicalart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politicalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicalart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
P Gurgel-Segrillo<p>Thousands marched with CATU in Dublin today <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CATU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CATU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DerelictIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DerelictIreland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/PublicHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dublin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodaoine</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLvTJg9NYA_/?igsh=MW43cTJvZTAwZGF3NA==" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/reel/DLvTJg9NYA_</span><span class="invisible">/?igsh=MW43cTJvZTAwZGF3NA==</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>oh no. fuck fuck fuck. </p><p>"One person was found dead after a major blaze at a homeless encampment in North York early Thursday, Toronto Fire says." </p><p>"Lorraine Lam, organizer with Shelter Housing Justice Network, said that "pamphlets are not going to do anything for fire safety" and the deadly fire highlights the need for the city to face the housing crisis."</p><p>""People's lives are in danger and yet there is no urgency to implement any change," Lam added."</p><p>"The public should stop "scapegoating" people who are unhoused, she said, and instead focus on the policies that leave people homeless."</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fatal-fire-credit-union-drive-1.7575962" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fat</span><span class="invisible">al-fire-credit-union-drive-1.7575962</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TOPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TOPoli</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>how St Michael's Hospital in Toronto is trying to do better for unhoused patients:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-michaels-hospital-unhoused-readmissions-break-the-cycle-1.7574766" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-</span><span class="invisible">michaels-hospital-unhoused-readmissions-break-the-cycle-1.7574766</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthCareForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareForAll</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>STILL MAD AS FUCK ABOUT THE 519 "COMMUNITY" CENTRE GETTING HOMELESS QUEERS EVICTED FROM AN ADJACENT PARK SO THEY CAN HOST CORPORATE PRIDE PARTIES IN THE NAME OF FUNDRAISING 😡 </p><p>see all y'all queers with a conscience at Abolitionist Pride tomorrow 🫀</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>may these rent strikers succeed ✊</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/thorncliffe-park-tenants-await-eviction-proceedings-1.7572022" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tho</span><span class="invisible">rncliffe-park-tenants-await-eviction-proceedings-1.7572022</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>"Why is The 519, which claims to serve its community’s most marginalized members, allowing police to evict unhoused people on its watch so it can throw a days-long dance party? Is that not fiercely hypocritical? Does it not undermine everything we, and they, stand for, everything we believe in? Is Pride about parties or about community?" 🎯 </p><p><a href="https://xtramagazine.com/power/activism/this-pride-month-the-stakes-are-clear-274725" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xtramagazine.com/power/activis</span><span class="invisible">m/this-pride-month-the-stakes-are-clear-274725</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>if you missed the news of massive cuts to New Zealand's state house building programme, that was on purpose – it came just as the country was powering down for the Matariki weekend. </p><p><a href="https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/24-06-2025/short-term-pain-and-long-term-fallout-as-kainga-ora-scraps-thousands-of-state-homes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/</span><span class="invisible">24-06-2025/short-term-pain-and-long-term-fallout-as-kainga-ora-scraps-thousands-of-state-homes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>amen, sister. </p><p>"We don't need another review. We know the heat is dangerous. Just open up the cooling centres now," <br>— Lorraine Lam </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cooling-centres-heat-1.7570057" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tor</span><span class="invisible">onto-cooling-centres-heat-1.7570057</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoolingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoolingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>the city of Toronto cleared a homeless camp from a downtown public park - to make way for a fundraiser to help fight homelessness 🤡 </p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/OMItr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/OMItr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>yes x 3</p><p>"rent control, property windfall taxes and steep fees for second properties"</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-social-housing-models-1.7565611" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/europe-socia</span><span class="invisible">l-housing-models-1.7565611</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a></p>
A-Dub 🥝<p>FUCK THE 519 FOR GETTING LEGIONS OF COPS AND CITY WORKERS TO CLEAR THE UNHOUSED ENCAMPMENT IN BARBARA HALL PARK IN FAVOUR OF FUCKING CORPORATE PRIDE -THIS YEAR OR ANY YEAR - THIS IS NOT HOW YOU BUILD GENUINE QUEER COMMUNITY YOU FUCKING MUPPETS </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporatePride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporatePride</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>So long as too many people are harping about homeless people and not homelessness, nothing will change.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Gigi 🍄‍🟫<p>Today in Jesus fucking Christ I hope your house burns to the ground:</p><p>The housed residents around this encampment apparently came up with a suggestion to CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES in this park so that the unhoused people had no shade and would have to leave.</p><p>Up early doing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDefence</span></a> which doesn't involve arson.</p><p>Edited because voice-text and too tired to proofread. Expect some very specific ranting later today.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingIsAHumanRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingIsAHumanRight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingForAll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HousingNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingNow</span></a></p>
Imogen <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/22/queensland-mp-calls-for-return-of-vagrancy-laws-to-allow-police-to-prosecute-homeless-people?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...</a> This is what a <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HumanRights" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> abuser looks like. They’re blind to the systemic nature of poverty and homelessness. To the fact other laws of governments create those things. Housing and health are human rights. Poverty kills. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HousingForAll" target="_blank">#HousingForAll</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23auspol" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RaiseTheRate" target="_blank">#RaiseTheRate</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lsaoyahgbc2f" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vzhasc32fu4oaivv5s3iaqz2/post/3lsaoyahgbc2f</a></span><br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/22/queensland-mp-calls-for-return-of-vagrancy-laws-to-allow-police-to-prosecute-homeless-people?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Queensland MP calls for return...</a></p>
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