We’re suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for restricting access to housing grants based on politically-motivated criteria. These federal funds exist to aid people experiencing homelessness — not to punish states, localities, and service providers trying to help.

Especially good. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

This has nothing to do with safety or “tackling” homelessness. Forcibly removing homeless and poor people from their city, after stripping away their healthcare and food, is another step toward fascism.

Being unhoused because you can’t afford housing is not the same as being unable to care for yourself due to mental illness! The EO ignores real solutions like fully funding housing first, including support services, would throw people in institutions, violating rights, wasting money and lives.

Congrats to @KCtenants, one of the key activist groups featured in my book And Housing for All. shelterforce.org/2025/07/29/s...

In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...

Thank you @News3LV and @MarieMortera for highlighting my book And Housing for All and the need to recognize that #housingisahumanright. lnkd.in/eRv_b5Ng

Enraging but not surprising. Cruel, ineffective, counterproductive and costly laws to punish people with nowhere to go have had bi-partisan support for decades, as I describe in my new book, And Housing for All. Shame on PA. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/06/7-st...

Grateful to @NYPLSNFL for hosting @BCAppelbaum and me for a conversation about my new book, And Housing for All, last week—and to all who came!

Thank you @beyondchron.bsky.social!

⏰It's Wednesday, which means it's new issue time for Real Change! This week's paper includes an interview with Durell Green from CHOOSE 180, a Q&A with @mariafoscarinis.bsky.social, how the SPD and FBI infiltrated 2020 Seattle protests & the SPD defund that never happened. Cover 🎨: ZigZag (RIP)

Thank you @npr.org and @erickataylor.bsky.social for this review of my new book! www.npr.org/2025/06/04/n...

"There have been more than 30 incidents of police violence against journalists as of Tuesday, including 20 injuries, at least five of which required emergency room or urgent care visits..."

Thank you @milaatmos.bsky.social and @futur_hindsight for having me on the pod! www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/dem...

Many thanks to @DavisVanguard for hosting me on Everyday Injustice #housingisahumanright #HousingNotHandcuffs davisvanguard.org/2025/06/home...

Thank you Real Change for highlighting my new book, And Housing for All, coming June 3, and for all your work! www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...

Look what came in the mail!

Save the dates for upcoming events for And Housing for All in NYC (June 9, at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library) and DC (June 12, at Politics & Prose, Union Market)! Details at www.nypl.org/events/progr... and politics-prose.com/maria-foscar...

Just received a wonderful blurb for my forthcoming book, And Housing for All, from the incomparable Kim Hopper, ending with: "This warhorse of a book is a testament to movement lawyering with heart, head, and stamina." Full blurb at www.mariafoscarinis.com

These cuts would further decimate already grossly underfunded housing assistance--right now only 1 in 4 of those poor enough to qualify for housing assistnce actually get it because of lack of funding.

Happy to share this snippet from a very nice review of my forthcoming book, And Housing for All, from the Library Journal: “Foscarinis presents a fresh and comprehensive view of housing as a human right.” Full review here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/and-h...

What a poor excuse for a governor. Where are unhoused people supposed to go?? #HousingNotHandcuffs. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Yes, @brian-goldstone.bsky.social this is America, racing to the bottom at breakneck speed.

Pathetic response from #Tufts president www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...

Finally doing something.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/democrats-town-halls-republicans.html?smid=bs-share

Bernie Sanders Is Showing Democrats How It’s Done newrepublic.com/article/1925... via @newrepublic.com

The Trump administration's outrageous detention of Mahmoud is designed to instill terror in students speaking out for Palestinian freedom and immigrant communities. This is the fascist playbook. We all must fiercely reject it, and universities must start protecting its students.

Interesting. “If financial markets can manufacture wealth and power, they can just as easily dismantle both. And this may well be Mr. Musk’s and Mr. Trump’s undoing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

“To win the White House and governing majorities again, Democrats must reckon with how far our party has strayed from our New Deal roots.”Yes. newrepublic.com/article/1920... via @newrepublic.com

“But we need to remind ourselves that we have the power. The only reason that they have the power and are continuing to do what they do is that people are going silent.” People Are Going Silent’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Good news in an otherwise grim time!