Changing the Narrative About Homelessness

The housing voucher system suffers from widespread misunderstandings among landlords and the community. In this episode, Anne talks with guests Giulianna LoMaglio, Union Station Homeless Services' Associate Director, Housing Location, and Alicia Huizar, who is a landlord with housing voucher experience. The conversation sheds light on the true nature of the voucher system. A housing voucher with wraparound services is really a win-win for both the tenant and the landlord.

This podcast is produced by Brenda Lynch and Katie Cookerly-Dietrich, edited by Jesse Lumen, with production assistance and music by Colin Feldmeth.  Special thanks to our Union Station Homeless Services Lived Expertise Advisory Panel (LEAP) for their insights.

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Housing is the only solution to ending homelessness. Everyone deserves a safe and secure home of their own. Housing Is A Human Right organization is conducting the National Coalition for the Homeless Power Advocacy Tour and have dropped by to help get their message out.  Hear from Susie Shannon, Policy Director - Housing Is A Human Right, Mary Ann Cellini, Housing Specialist - Housing Is A Human Right & CA Field Office, National Coalition for the Homeless and Andre Martin, Community Organizer - National Coalition for the Homeless as they amplify the actions and activities of local homeless organizers working to decriminalize homelessness while working to end homelessness. 

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This podcast is produced by Brenda Lynch and Katie Cookerly-Dietrich, edited by Jesse Lumen, with production assistance and music by Colin Feldmeth.  Special thanks to our Union Station Homeless Services Lived Expertise Advisory Panel (LEAP) for their insights.

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In this episode, Anne talks with Ethan Ward, journalist and podcaster and Adam Murray, CEO of Inner City Law Center, about the criminalization of homelessness. Why are we seeing a return to criminalization of the unhoused across the country? Once again, cities are engaging in encampment sweeps, and instituting overnight parking bans and bans on sitting or sleeping near schools, libraries, and daycares. We have gone down this negative path before and it didn’t work.  We can’t arrest our way out of the homeless crisis. 

This podcast is produced by Brenda Lynch and Katie Cookerly-Dietrich, edited by Jesse Lumen, with production assistance and music by Colin Feldmeth.  Special thanks to our Union Station Homeless Services Lived Expertise Advisory Panel (LEAP) for their insights.

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In our premiere episode, Anne chats with Shawn Morrissey, Vice President of Advocacy and Community Engagement at Union Station Homeless Services and Teresa Eilers, Vice President at Street Level Strategy. Bringing new housing to a neighborhood requires the support of the entire community.  We have seen both successful and unsuccessful attempts. Our key to success is engaging in transparent community communication while building committed political willpower based on a foundation of wraparound supportive services. 

This podcast is produced by Brenda Lynch and Katie Cookerly-Dietrich, edited by Jesse Lumen, with production assistance and music by Colin Feldmeth.  Special thanks to our Union Station Homeless Services Lived Expertise Advisory Panel (LEAP) for their insights.

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