Rebecca @ral414

Joined April 2012

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Rebecca @ral414

2 years ago

Sign-on to oppose the draft Ivy City Small Area Plan and its failure to prevent displacement of residents! This plan is going to result in another highly gentrified neighborhood and will push out residents of color.

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2 years ago

@HeyMandoKay Until DC decides to help those who can’t afford the increasing rents with subsidies, people have no choice to rely on ERAP. If DHS starts to only give $ to true emergencies then there are a lot of folks who are going to end up unhoused. We’re already bracing given the cut to ERAP

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2 years ago

@HeyMandoKay Did you know that they had an in person site? Also, if it only opens once a year what happens to people who have an emergency in month 6 when they’ve run out of $? ERAP opening/closing isn’t the problem, it’s that there is no other assistance for people who can’t afford the rent.

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2 years ago

@ByronDonalds keep your nose out of DC’s business. Thank you @abbydphillip for holding up the mirror to this hypocrite. Byron was the beneficiary of lenient criminal legal policies and yet he’s now saying DC shouldn’t have similar policies to give youth offenders a 2nd chance!

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Rebecca @ral414

2 years ago

@amberwharding A very real consequence of disinvestment in affordable housing is that people have to rely on ERAP because the rent is too damn high. Paying 50% or more of your income for rent isn’t sustainable. But go ahead and convert downtown offices into more market rate housing.

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Rebecca @ral414

2 years ago

@wamu885 I’ve been a sustaining member for almost 20 years. Dismantling DCist is unthinkable. I care about local issues and folks like @jennygathright were always there to cover them. Without a commitment to local reporting, I’m stopping my membership & will send my $ to @WPFWDC

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Rebecca @ral414

2 years ago

@jennygathright @wamu885 @DCist @WeMakeWAMU Jenny, thank you for shining a light on so many important issues, especially your work on housing and evictions.

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Rebecca @ral414

2 years ago

@mhbaskin Thank you for all of your work covering the shenanigans at DCHA. You gave our clients a voice. Can't wait to see what you take on from the policy side.

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2 years ago

@BFCorganizing Can't wait. Count me in!!!

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

@MayorBowser are you kidding me? How could you let this happen? DC needs the Caps and Wizards. You're running this city into the ground.

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

Thanks @mhbaskin for highlighting the frustration experienced by public housing residents. Time and again @DC_Housing fails to deliver on its promises. @RobertWhite_DC please hold DCHA accountable to Kenilworth and the thousands of other residents living in deportable conditions

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

@LukeRussert @LookForMeThere @LukeRussert I met your dad twice and each time felt his warmth. When he learned I was from Buffalo he showed his pride for our home city. He’d be so proud of you. His kind doesn’t exist anymore. Thanks for carrying on a bit of him.

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

@maustermuhle I've had the same experience in Honduras and Guatemala! It's so baffling. Everyone drinks instant coffee at home.

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

@Blaine_Stum @damonandreking There is so much need for additional funding. I’ve got plenty of clients who need assistance and ERAP can’t cover the balance. Truly magical thinking that funding at this level is sufficient. I hope there’s enough $ in homeless services to help folks post eviction.

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Rebecca @ral414

3 years ago

@EstherCinDC I had a colleague who did this.

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Rebecca @ral414

4 years ago

@CMBrookePinto Thank you for your well reasoned decision on this!

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Rebecca @ral414

4 years ago

Y’all. My colleagues in the food department are amazing!!! If you can help, please donate. The lines are down the block. Help us give away more turkeys!!!

Bread for the City is on Bluesky @BreadfortheCity

4 years ago

We had a goal of giving 12,000 $50 debit cards, turkeys, & holiday sides by Nov 23. We've already met that, & we're still going! Can you help us make it through the next six days? Our friends Mark & Cindy are matching donations up to $25,000 this week! pages.elevate.salesforce.org/breadforthecit…

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Rebecca @ral414

4 years ago

@HeyMandoKay @EmpowerDC @Lowes @HomeDepot Yes! M&M is great. Locally owned and they have great customer service.

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4 years ago

@HeyMandoKay Or a contract for teachers that pays fair wages?

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4 years ago

@HeyMandoKay @J_Hunziker what if we created a retirement incentive for people who are public servants? public service loan forgiveness but for people near retirement. if you work for 30 years in public service you can access your full social security early. judges and police already have that benefit!