rachaelm@wliha.org

Can you post the link to yesterday’s webinar? I never received the email. Thanks!

Hi Debra, if you email me I’ll get you the recording. johns@wliha.org

Thank you!

How will Internet allowance interact with new FCC vote/funding?

how can undocumented tap into this money? Is it still going to be a lottery can communities get this money???

Any updates on the Governor possibly extending the Eviction Moritorium so that we have time to help a bunch of people with T-RAP?

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can we please get the link to the new Treasury Guidance/ Q&A?

thank you!

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/ERA-Frequently-Asked-Questions_Pub-2-22-21.pdf

what is trap?

I heard that a Texas judge ruled the federal eviction moratorium unconstitutional. How might this ruling impact us?

Just read that article, Elizabeth!

Please sign the petition now! https://forms.gle/8vFSPTwewhe37CWw9

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWYjsChMO3UO_L-dWyUQ7al-XfMOo8jld1_i_EckrerjR2PA/viewform?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=44444444-4444-4444-4444-444444444444

That’s me

email them after this

Either link works!

We need at least 100 more signatures today, so please sign now while it’s easily accessible. If you think you might have already signed it, don’t worry — I’ll remove duplicates later! Better safe than sorry

what about HEN?

Done

Done

Done

Woot!

Done

signed!

done

Signed and shared!

signed!

at least 6 times

LOL^

signed

Thank you awesome folks!

Districts: 15, 9, 5, 24,12, 46

signed

In case the sign-on letter link got buried for folks…https://forms.gle/9Yrx8fqtZ15s1a4z6

Signed it--though I think I already have. I believe my organization is signing on, too.

Thanks Linda!

think like chicago , vote at least 6 times

my man!

We’ve gotten 50 new signatures during this meeting so far — if you haven’t signed, please help us to get to 100!

Awesome!!!

does 1277 make ERAP a permanent program?

In rough terms, yes, an ERAP like program would continue under 1277

How do we find out what areas/buildings have higher rates of people accessing rental assistance so we can better geographically target constituent outreach to most impacted?

signed!

Yay!

thanks Tedd. that’s fascinating!

Thanks Michele.Yes, it was 98-0!!

bit.ly/2NoUhXr

Sign on Link! bit.ly/2NoUhXr

^^ Thanks Jamala! Sign!

just curious why we are attempting to create and implement a safety net for such a broken system? Why attempt to sustain these normalities that have placed us in such a horrible position on both sides of the landlord-tenant spectrum? We know that homelessness and inequality aren't properly being addressed by our existing frameworks....people are suffering as a result. Why not allow the clock to run out and the allow the resulting crisis to catalyze actual change?

Hmmm. May need to copy and past that.

https://forms.gle/PM8D9njnvDWJ1JZR9

THERE WE GO^^

I have a question about how to talk to my org—an affordable housing provider—about just cause. They oppose it b/c they think it will make it impossible to evict “problem tenants"

Em, I’m happy to follow up with you on that.

FYI - $5 billion at the federal level roughly equals $100 million for Washington State

Hart - could you tell us what vehicle the homelessness funding would come through (CDBG-CV, ESG-CV, or something else)?

LOTS of misinformation out on Just Cause legislation and sadly many housing providers are opposed...so language to provide factual information is very important.

I live in housing.

To Emily’s question: HB 1236 *will not* protect “problem tenants”. It does not prevent landlords from evicting tenants who are violating the rules or causing problems for their neighbors.

Can Ms. Clements provide her oral remarks in writing for us?

It does require due process so if a landlord alleges that a tenant needs to lose their housing because of their behavior, the tenant will have the right to defend themselves in court. Tenants who are not guilty of what their landlord alleges, will be able to defend themselves.

lol

Just to clarify - Reconciliation package would add $20.25B to T-RAP?

I've heard that there is a threatened takeover of the Pike Place Market governance that could threaten loss of low income housing at the Market. Have others heard of this?

no

Thank you, Hart! Appreciate the federal update!

Yep--Congress on track to add $20.25B for TERAP in addition to the $25B appropriated in December (and which just received the updated FAQs)

Thanks everyone

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20210222/BILLS-117hrPIH-american-rescue-planRH.pdf

Homelessness Assistance Program is on pg. 242

re: Pike Place --foolish-- they certainly wouldn't want Figgy Pudding size crowds boycotting and spreading the word as the market is trying to get back on its feet or turning out to oppose that

Thanks for raising it Emily - it is really important to understand where there is misunderstandings on the impact of the bill.

Noah - any updates about how we can get advance disbursement from FEMA for Public Assistance?

Elizabeth Maupin: Re the babies-in-the-river metaphor: we have to do both going upstream to change the reasons they're in the river, AND get them out of the river. To not do the latter until the system is changed would be cruel.

National sign letter for organizations, asking Pres. Biden to extend and strengthen eviction moratorium: https://nlihc.secure.force.com/actions/CapturePetitionNew?actionId=AR00933&utm_source

Email members of congress to support passage of next relief package:https://nlihc.secure.force.com/actions/TakeActionNew?actionId=AR00928&utm_source=

It is an emergency that Kristopher Mallotte is incarcerated indefinitely, without council, for free speech and peaceful protest asking FEMA to house the homeless.

watch out for nsaids

signed

signed for myself and org

Thanks Aubria!

Thanks Sally :)

City of Port Angeles just signed on to the WLIHA letter! Thank you.

Awesome, thanks Lindsey!

Thanks Lindsey!!

Erica Barnett reported today that City of Seattle will not apply for FEMA funds. What recourse to this refusal?

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who is Barnett?

https://publicola.com/2021/02/26/seattle-rejects-biden-administration-offer-to-pay-full-cost-of-hotel-based-shelters/

Barnett is a reporter.

Barnett is a longtime Seattle/KC journalist who has specialized in the last few years in reportage on housing/homelessness issues.

@Aubria she is a publicola reporter

Thanks Lindsey/PA! Please issue a challenge on your social channels to other cities to join you!

The Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessnessness is working on this in partnership with WLIHA, WA legislators, NLIHC, and consulting with Sen. Murray's staff.

Thanks, Alison.

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Thank you, Sally, Aubria, and all - we'll keep you posted as things evolve.

A question came up yesterday in CM Lewis committee as to whether the City was going to get reimbursed for the low utilization of the Executive Pacific Hotel during the pandemic. DM Sixkiller is looking into that. I think the reimbursement $$ would come from FEMA.The Executive Pacific is now going to be converted to shelter for people experiencing homelessness and they expect full utilization given the overwhelming need for shelter.

Most cities develop a legislative priorities sheet each year. Port Angeles has been adding WLIHA's legislative priorities to our City priorities, see https://www.cityofpa.us/1034/2021-Council-Legislative-Priorities. That is an easy ask for other cities, make the advocacy pitch to city councils in the fall and early winter when cities begin developing those agendas.

We love that PA does that Lindsey, and want all the cities to follow your lead!

Got it, Lindsay, and will pass around and find out where we are here.

Yes that's excellent Lindsey!

I tried the link

loving this Legislative priorities list advocacy for county level too!

Grateful for your creativity as a councilmember, Lindsey! So many cities hold their legislative agendas as their own and ignore the opportunity to put action to their words to include legislative solutions to regional problems such as homelessness and affordable housing in their municipal legislative agendas. Thank you!

Butte county had it back in 6 weeks I've heard

Edmonds is also following WLIHA

Love that, Mindy!

*WLIHA's leg. agenda

good job, Mindy

If you still haven’t signed the sign on letter for the budget asks, please go ahead! We’re just 25 shy of our goal for today :) https://forms.gle/sjKzwjzBaVi9VeG78

why would Seattle turn down FEMA?

The FEMA approval letter from California.

Signed! 25 more we can do it y’all!

Looks like link didn't work. Will send again.

Thanks Debbie, Noha and Hart!!

We have a webinar on this coming up on March 16th!: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zYFLjAF-T6eBq9rlxsssvQ

There doesn't yet seem to be a coherent rational reason for Durkan not wanting FEMA funds.

*Noah :)

sorry for prior bad link, this one hopefully works: https://www.cityofpa.us/1034/2021-Council-Legislative-Priorities

https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/FEMA/202005-DR-4482-CA-Non-Congregate-Sheltering-Request-Response-Letter-03272020.pdf

https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/housing-programs/project-roomkey

Seattle turned down FEMA?

They will not be applying for them.

Read the link above to Erica Barnett's article in Publicola.

Thank you for your influence in Edmonds, Mindy! We need more cities in King County to follow and adopt WLIHA's legislative agenda to solve our regional homelessness and affordable housing problems.

Can you go back one slide please?

Is phase 3 general population?

Thaaaaanks

It makes much more sense operationally to just vaccinate everyone in shelter (staff & guests) at the same time. Especially if we bring the vaccines to the shelters this would greatly reduce the workload of the local heath districts as well as the vaccine providers not having to come back to each shelter multiple times.

Just looking at the numbers again

What about people living unsheltered?

janssen???

I currently work at a homeless shelter through Catholic Community services and our staff were given the go-ahead to get the vaccines in Mid-January.

Can we get these slides?

We’ll share the slides in the follow up email.

Will you give guidance to local health departments about recuperation beds for people either in shelters or unsheltered who experience side effects especially from the second shot of the two shot vaccines? These can be pretty severe especially for those living unsheltered. Easier for us if guidance comes from you.

Breaking: The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was just approved by the F.D.A., according to a news brief I just received.

Yeah!

That means J & J should start being sent out as early as Monday?

Can grand kids living with grandparents who get vaccine have increased chances of than getting sick?

Tara - really appreciate your work putting together the conversation aids. These will be very helpful!

Yes, thank you for this work!!

Tara, can you share your contact information?

Thank you Tara for these important tools for difficult conversations!

a way to laminate vaccine cards onsite

I don't have a car. Will this be addressed?

@aubria vaccine is going out to lots of pharmacy sites too. Right on buslines

what if people in shelters don’t want the vaccine? would they be prohibited from shelter?

Here J&J vaccine approval in WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/johnson-and-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-fda-expert-panel-recommendation-11614294002

have they even started test trials for youth?

Minors may receive immunizations without parental consent

https://depts.washington.edu/uwhatc/PDF/guidelines/Minors%20Health%20Care%20Rights%20Washington%20State.pdf

I have teenagers :)

In Kitsap, we are going to try out having shelters offer to keep track of the vaccination cards between the 1st & 2nd vaccinations, if wanted. Also, we may try out offering some incentives to help people remember to come back for the 2nd vaccine.

Ages?! right is this not a concern?

Theft of vaccine cards- lots of folks get ID stolen

I would recommend that the single dose is available to homeless individuals in case they are between locations

Primarily that the current “concert tickets” model won’t work for the population of folks who are homeless.

Knowing where to go, when, how to get there.

As someone running and working in a shelter, I have had several staff due to not being able to get the vaccine. I hope the vaccine becomes available soon to both the staff and guests

*quit sorry

I have heard that even if you lose your vaccine card, the orgs that administer them can look up in the state database the needed information, so that would not be a barrier.

Take the vaccine to a camp site and return at the appropriate time for the second dose.

Single dose Moderna around 80% effective but not sure for how long

I have heard that the best vaccine to give/get is the one that is available!

Sorry. Just that the rush to a single site won’t be successful with this population.

Can COVID testing teams also give out the vaccine?

....more details on when minors can consent without a parent https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/locations/mature-minor-rule.aspx

Given the cost of an hour in the emergency room - app $700/hour, the quicker we can get people experiencing homelessness vaccinated, the more cost effective it becomes -

Two studies came out last week, showing 92% efficacy for a single dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines: https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/home/topics/covid19/pfizer-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-first-dose-high-efficacy-bnt162b2-mrna1273-astrazeneca/

Concert tix = It can take a good week or two of constantly refreshing pages to find a vaccine appointment and they are gone within minutes , like concert tix when they go on sale

I've been reading obsessively re vaccines and remember that the J&J has a lower effectivity (in the 60s %) than Moderna and Pfizer.

It’s been especially disheartening for our staff that agencies providing behavioral health services *via telehealth* have been prioritized for vaccination above shelter staff.

Rachel - could I make a quick comment?

Parallels betw Shelter provider employees to teachers in schools getting the COVID-19 vaccine timely? Both schools and shelters involve many people in small places with poor ventilation.

@jesse Thanks! those are way better numbers

Can’t you ask the person if they recently got a vaccine?

my email: tara.bostock@doh.wa.gov

We would love to be able to get people into Q and I!

Maybe isolation again between shots might curve that for people

Considering how frightening it is to be unhoused anyway, maybe cautioning people in shelters about side effects of vaccines to try to settle their fears.

Thank you so much Tara!