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Category Archives: Housing
Tell Congress to Support the ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Shaman Woman’s an activist. Shaman Woman’s a person living with diabetes. Shaman Woman’s a homeless person. And Shaman Woman’s a lawyer.
Listen and meet this remarkable woman. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Housing, Portraits, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged Homeless Action!, homeless civil rights, Homeless movement
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Homelessness and Disability Rights
Listen 29 min On April 5, 2018 a Federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments against evicting the 125+ people of a Sebastopol Road homeless camp in Santa Rosa. The camp residents asked the judge to issue a temporary restraining … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibilty, Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Americans with Disabilities Act, analysis & commentary, Community, Housing, Mental Disability, Sheela Gunn Cushman
Tagged Homeless encampments, housing, Julie Combs, Kalia Mussetter, Living Bridges, Mental disability, Poverty, Santa Rosa City Council
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Homelessness is Local – Sonoma County, California
Listen (28 min) The Myth is that homeless people are older white men with addiction problems. The Reality is that nearly half of homeless people (in one local community – 41%) live with a disability. The Myth is that homeless … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Community, Housing, Politics, Protest, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged 2017 Homeless Point In Time Count, John Creager, Julie Combs, Myths of homelessness, Santa Rosa California, Sonoma County California
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Charlene Love – Disabled and Homeless
Listen 28 minutes Are you making space in your lives for messes that these holidays can’t help but drudge up? Are you looking for a place to store your brining turkey? Under the bed, perhaps? Oh, the dreaded holidays…have to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Adrienne Lauby, Housing, Mental Disability, Shelley Berman, Story Telling - Disability
Tagged California Mental Health Servces Act, Charlene Love, homeless, Murphy Bill, Wellness and Advocacy Center
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Extremely-Low Income Housing Search
Listen (30 min) How to find housing –and survive the process. Sheela offers Housing 101, a program that takes us through everything from mental attitude to directions for setting up application and documentation files. A half-hour of practical, specific and … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, resources, Sheela Gunn Cushman
Tagged Advice, Application information, Bay Area California, low income housing, Rental Housing Hunt, Section 8 Voucher, Tax Credit Properties
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Rental Application Template
Information You May Be Asked To Provide The vital stats will be required for EVERY PERSON IN THE HOUSEHOLD! First listing should be the “head of house.”  or “Self” if single occupant. Name: Address: Address Line 2: Phone: (home and/or … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, resources, Sheela Gunn Cushman
Tagged Rental Application Template
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Home Remodeling Resource Guide for People with Disabilities
“For individuals and veterans living with disabilities or special needs, or seniors aging in place, the fact that much of the world outside is not built to accommodate their needs magnifies the value of a comfortable home. . . “Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, resources, Uncategorized
Tagged Accessibility, Expertise.com, housing, remodeling
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Is ‘Affordable Housing’ Affordable?
Listen (29 min) Who doesn’t support the concept of “Affordable Housing?” As rents climb to ever-ascending heights and ever more people are pushed from their housing, ‘affordable housing’ is like motherhood and apple pie for activists and elected officials alike. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Eddie Ytuarte, Housing
Tagged Linda Carson, Section 8 housing, SSI, Tenants Rule
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Will Rent Control Come To Your City?
Listen 29 min As renters across Central and Northern California continue to receive rent increases of $200-500. a month, low-income people who often have disabilities are the hardest hit.  Raising the rent, as they skirt or ignore laws meant to … Continue reading
Posted in Eddie Ytuarte, Housing, Politics
Tagged Alameda Renters Coalition, Almeda Renters Coalition, Center for Independent Living Berkeley, Doyle Saylor, James Vann, Rent Control, Robin Earth
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Vote For Your Life
Listen: October 21, 2:30-3 pm PDT, KPFA Nick Feldman arrested in a 2009 protest with a sign “Feel the Power of the Disability Vote.”. Photo by Steve Rhodes, courtesy of Disability Rights California and UDWA Weather’s getting colder. November’s drawing … Continue reading →