Maryland coalition supporting eviction prevention programs that pay 1-3 months of past due rent for families facing a short-term crisis to prevent homelessness
Maryland
Joined February 2023
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Let's do this!
Y'all, we got ~6 hrs to get HB 428/SB 370 DONE
👀to @SpeakerAJones Chair Ben Barnes @VAtterbeary to pass SB 370 & concur on senate amendments to HB 428 & direct $5 million in eviction prevention funds to help thousands of MD families w/ children avoid homelessness
SOOOO CLOSE🏋️
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They weren’t kidding when they called this the Year of Housing in the Maryland General Assembly! We’re eying the Senate to see whether the state takes huge steps to protect renters’ stability and safety. #HousingIsAHumanRight #mdga24
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Tell your MD legislators: Thank you for budgeting funds to prevent eviction and homelessness. Please keep these funds in the budget! secure.everyaction.com/8ztf7… @MDEvictPrevent @rentersuniteMD
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Thank you MD Senate for passing SB 370 to create an eviction prevention funds program for families in community schools with $5 million for initial implementation
Special 🙏to @shellyhettleman @senbillferg @guzzoneguy @senatorbrianfeldman @jacobrday @MdPublicSchools
#MDGA24
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.@JheanelleW @EricEbersole masterfully defend @DelegateStewart 's HB 428 which would direct eviction prevention funds to families in community schools
No child should face eviction or homelessness
Let's start with those students in the greatest need!
Onto the House floor!
#MDGA24
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“We deserve to be safe. We deserve to live in safe housing. We deserve to live in comfortable housing, and we deserve to be heard,” she said. “What we want today is not just words. We want action.” — Sharon Littlejohn
#MDGA24
marylandmatters.org/2024/03/…
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"We know how hard school staff work to prevent evictions. This bill will help families most at risk . If families become homeless, imagine how much hard it will be for those kids to attend school and learn?" -- Lisa Sarro
Pass SB 370/HB 428 @GuyGuzzone & Chair Barnes
#MDGA24
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"My children didn't want to go to school because they didn't want to go come home & find their belongings set out" @CASAforall Magdalena Escobar
"It was stressful. I lost 20 pounds" - Abdul Muhammad & Sylvia Duvall on facing eviction after their car was stolen and job lost
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Families w/children are the most likely demographic evicted
For every dollar for eviction prevention, MD saves almost $2.50
Pass SB 370/HB 428 to protect Blueprint investment and keep kids in their community schools
@SenBillFerg @SpeakerAJones
#MDGA24
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"Children under 5 make up the largest group by age of those whose households have had an eviction filed against them... In a given year, about a quarter of Black children under 5 in rental homes live in a household facing an eviction filing."
No words
nytimes.com/2023/10/02/upsho…
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.@iamwesmoore we were outside your home yesterday calling on you to fund emergency rental assistance to keep Marylanders - especially our KIDS! - housed. Please don't leave us behind. #MDPolitics
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So many tenants, advocates, and practitioners across Maryland have made the case for more rent assistance resources -- we need more lawmakers to support this afternoon! Please let yours know to #LeaveNoOneBehind
Today @ 3:30, the Budget Conf. Committee will finalize FY24 Operating Budget for MD.
It currently includes $0 for emergency rental assistance. Pre-pandemic, it was funded meagerly, but it WAS funded. Why has @iamwesmoore + #MDGA23 eliminated a critical eviction prevention tool?
ALT Black cloud that reads: There's $2.5 billion in Maryland's 'Rainy Day Fund' A family is depicted getting rained on. Yellow box that reads: It's a rainy day right now for the 108,000 families in our state at high risk of eviction because rental assistance funds are not currently in the budget. #LeaveNoOneBehind Maryland Emergency Rental Assistance Coalition logo
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Counting on @SenBillFerg @SpeakerAJones @GuyGuzzone @marksoochang @mkorman @Smith4Delegate @Senatornjk @SenatorMcCray @SenatorSarah @SenatorZucker @JazzforMaryland to correct the oversight + fund emergency rental assistance + direct a task force examine the issue in the interim.
ALT Black cloud that reads: There's $2.5 billion in Maryland's 'Rainy Day Fund' A family is depicted getting rained on. Yellow box that reads: Of the families very likely to be evicted in the next 2 months: 98-100% have children, 82% are low income, 80% are people of color Black men are locked up while Black women are locked out. Maryland Emergency Rental Assistance Coalition logo
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Today @ 3:30, the Budget Conf. Committee will finalize FY24 Operating Budget for MD.
It currently includes $0 for emergency rental assistance. Pre-pandemic, it was funded meagerly, but it WAS funded. Why has @iamwesmoore + #MDGA23 eliminated a critical eviction prevention tool?
ALT Black cloud that reads: There's $2.5 billion in Maryland's 'Rainy Day Fund' A family is depicted getting rained on. Yellow box that reads: It's a rainy day right now for the 108,000 families in our state at high risk of eviction because rental assistance funds are not currently in the budget. #LeaveNoOneBehind Maryland Emergency Rental Assistance Coalition logo
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On this rainy Friday a critical 🧵about the storms looming over Maryland families who are facing eviction w/o emergency rental assistance support. In the final days of #mdga23 money can still be allocated in the FY24 budget for ERA! #mdpolitics #mdhousingjustice @FundMERANow
🧵 We learned yesterday @iamwesmoore + the General Assembly currently have no plans to fund statewide emergency rental assistance in the FY24 budget to stop evictions. We sent this letter with @FundMERANow urging them to reconsider: bit.ly/RUM-MERA-Letter
#MDGA23 #MDPolitics /1
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Great @baltimoresun oped from @UnitedWayCM on the critical need for emergency rental assistance. With 2 wks left in #mdga23 there is still time for legislators to address this need & fund ERA! #mdpolitics #mdhousingjustice @FundMERANow @rentersuniteMD baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-…
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It's imperative that the State funds emergency rental assistance... especially in MD.
MD is one of the most expensive places to live.
Your home is the anchor to every other aspect of life.
It's irresponsible to leave rental assistance out of the budget.
Fund ERA!
Great @baltimoresun oped from @UnitedWayCM on the critical need for emergency rental assistance. With 2 wks left in #mdga23 there is still time for legislators to address this need & fund ERA! #mdpolitics #mdhousingjustice @FundMERANow @rentersuniteMD baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-…
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“I see people being evicted every day. I’m angry & tired of being told there’s no money in the budget Emergency rental assistance & Tenant Safety Act need to get done NOW.”
-@LostInIndigo
We need help @SenBillFerg @SpeakerAJones @iamwesmoore
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In Lawyers Mall this AM with @rentersuniteMD pushing for #mdhousingjustice! There is no money for emergency rental assistance in the FY 24 budget. There are 13 days left in #mdga23 to fund this critical program! #MDpolitics @FundMERANow
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🧵 We learned yesterday @iamwesmoore + the General Assembly currently have no plans to fund statewide emergency rental assistance in the FY24 budget to stop evictions. We sent this letter with @FundMERANow urging them to reconsider: bit.ly/RUM-MERA-Letter
#MDGA23 #MDPolitics /1