Thank you Kalamazoo for record attendance and donations at our March 23rd Walk to End Homelessness. We appreciate all our walkers, donors, sponsors and volunteers! Over 400 people came together to help end homelessness in Kalamazoo! We are grateful. Save the date for our next walk: A Walk to End Homelessness, March 28th, 2020!
We Need Your Help to End Homelessness!
Saturday, March 23, 2019
251 Mills Street-Homer Stryker Field
9:00 am — Event Day Registration
10:00 am — Walk Begins!
11:00 am to 2:30 pm — Join us for lunch at Bell’s
A 5K Walk to End Homelessness benefiting Housing Resources, Inc. You can walk, run, or jog! Family friendly! Crowd friendly dogs are welcome too! Our fundraising goal this year is $90,000.
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Housing Discrimination and Homelessness
On August 19, 2019, (HUD) issued a proposal that would significantly weaken a legal theory called “disparate impact.” Disparate impact allows people to show that a housing policy had a negative impact on them. Courts and HUD have recognized disparate impact theory in fair housing cases for decades with the U.S. Supreme Court concluding in 2015 that disparate impact is a valid approach to fighting housing discrimination.HUD is accepting public comments on the proposal through October 18, 2019.
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign website: www.fightforhousingjustice.org
The Trump Administration has issued a harmful proposal that will make housing discrimination easier to engage in, but harder to prove.
We still have much work to do in our community! We can all make a difference!
wwmt.com/news/local/state-report-michigan-economy-strong-but-homelessness-in-families-seniors-on-...
State report: Michigan economy strong, but homelessness in families, seniors on the rise
The state of Michigan released its 2018 annual report on Ending Homelessness in Michigan. The report found that homelessness among veterans and young people ages 18 to 24 continued to decline, but the number increased among families and seniors. According to the report released by the Michigan State...Today we showered Jacob Beach, our Program Director, with best wishes for his upcoming wedding! 🍾
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The mission of HRI is the assurance of housing for socially or economically vulnerable persons of Kalamazoo County.
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