<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Erin Miller</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emiller@rosiesplace.org">emiller@rosiesplace.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:30 PM<br>Subject: [Community_forum] DHCD's regulations warrant a 51-A: Come March for Homeless Families!<br>To: "<a href="mailto:community_forum@lists.occupyboston.org">community_forum@lists.occupyboston.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:community_forum@lists.occupyboston.org">community_forum@lists.occupyboston.org</a>><br>
<br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">As many of you know, the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) issued new restrictive eligibility requirements for EA family shelter. <b>With these new regulations, 70% of families that apply for shelter are now denied!</b> One of the most concerning parts of these new regulations is that some families applying for shelter have to prove that they are literally staying in a place “not meant for human habitation.” What constitutes a place “not meant for human habitation,” you ask? A car, a park, a train station, a parking lot, the emergency room, a porch, you get the idea. Despite efforts to amend the regulations to include families at “imminent risk of staying in a place not meant for human habitation,” many families are still forced to live in these conditions before they can be deemed “homeless enough” for DHCD to grant them shelter. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>With winter on the horizon, these regulations are dangerous and irresponsible!<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, let’s take it to the streets! On Wednesday, <b>December 12<sup>th</sup> at 12:00 PM (12/12/12 @ 12:00)</b> we will be marching from the gate of the Massachusetts State House, to the DHCD office, 100 Cambridge St., to deliver a symbolic 51-A to DHCD. A 51-A is a report of child neglect that someone files with the Department of Children and Families (DCF).<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>This is an opportunity to demonstrate that DHCD’s misguided policies neglect children in the Commonwealth by requiring that they sleep in unsafe conditions before they are eligible for shelter.<u></u><u></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u></u> <u></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">Can you join us for this event? Can you share the invite with your friends and colleagues? Please share the attached flyer widely!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Questions? Comments? Contact: <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Katy Erker: <a href="mailto:kerker@rosiesplace.org" target="_blank">kerker@rosiesplace.org</a> <a href="tel:617-318-0223" value="+16173180223" target="_blank">617-318-0223</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anne Sheldon: <a href="mailto:Asheldon@rosiesplace.org" target="_blank">Asheldon@rosiesplace.org</a> <a href="tel:617-318-0244" value="+16173180244" target="_blank">617-318-0244</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In solidarity, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Katy & Anne <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<img border="0" width="579" height="763" src="cid:image001.png@01CDCC9A.EAE50580" alt="cid:image001.png@01CDCBF3.66B2AE90"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Katy Erker</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1f497d">Erin E. Miller<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Advocacy Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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