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Portland, OR. Save Hazelnut Grove

We are writing today to request your endorsement on a petition and campaign to save Hazelnut Grove. Hazelnut Grove is a self-governed tiny cabin village in North Portland. It is a community, a village, and a model for housing in…

House Keys Not Sweeps

House Keys Not Sweeps 10 Cities Join Forces to Defend OUR Humanity!! WRAP’s House Keys Not Sweeps campaign is underway. Can you help us reach our goal of $15,000 with a generous gift today? We can’t do all the work…

The Pandemic Has Shown Us The System MUST Change Now

By WRAP and Molly Beckhardt Many will not remember this, but before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of homeless people in the United States. Far too many lived in poverty, but people were not forced to live in…

Newsom – Santa Cruz Refuses to Place the Unhoused in Hotels protest today

Monday, April 20, 2020 Noon to 2:00 at 1505 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, California Tell Governor Newsom that Santa Cruz is one of those NIMBY communities that refuses to implement Project Roomkey. Join the Physical Distancing Picket at the hotel…

Take Action Colorado! Call Governor Polis and Demand Housing Now! (303) 866-2885.

Update on City (In)Action Re Needs of the Unhoused in this COVID Crisis Over the past 4 plus weeks of the COVID emergency, we have been demanding action from the City and the State to protect all of us –…

Letter to Governor Polis Sent Demanding Housing Be Opened for Houseless

Letter to Governor Polis Sent Demanding Housing Be Opened for Houseless After filing a Writ of Mandamus on April 1st 2020, today we sent a letter to Governor Polis demanding he take the action laid out in the Mandamus to…

Mandamus Filed to Mandate Housing Be Opened for Houseless Demand Governor Polis Open Up HOUSING NOW!!

Mandamus Filed to Mandate Housing Be Opened for Houseless Demand Governor Polis Open Up HOUSING NOW!! Yesterday we filed a Writ of Mandamus in court aiming to get the State of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Public Health and…

POLICE RAID OF DINNING AREA RIGHT NOW – MEDIA EVENT AT TOWN CLOCK IN SANTA CRUZ AT 5 TODAY IN SANTA CRUZ.

The police are currently surrounding the Food Not Bombs meal shutting down the only food for poor people. They just handed us a letter dated yesterday ordering us to stop feeding people. They did not talk with us or negotiate…

Stop the Sweeps Coalition | URGENT: Please Call Elected Officials to Say STOP THE SWEEPS! OREGON

Stop the Sweeps coalition | URGENT: Please Call Elected Officials to Say STOP THE SWEEPS! OREGON In December 2019, the Stop the Sweeps Pdx coalition (groups listed below) demanded an end to sweeps. Despite the rapidly growing Covid-19 pandemic, the…

WRAP Statement Regarding COVID-19

With the spread of COVID-19, we must remember that our communities’ health is interconnected — it is critical to ensure adequate medical care and hygiene for every person, especially those who are unhoused. Many houseless people are immunocompromised or disabled…