Lucy Tompkins

BREAKING: Winooski Schools Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was detained and questioned for hours by immigration officials while returning from a visit to Nicaragua sevendaysvt.com/news/winooski-…

I'm excited to share that today is my first day as an immigration reporter at @sevendaysvt in Burlington, VT! I'm really looking forward to covering this important beat and working alongside the talented team here. Send tips, ideas or Vermont recs here: [email protected]

Imagine losing everything you value in one fell swoop. People across the country spent the year telling @asiakmfields, @nicolesantacruz, @mayatmiller and Ruth Talbot about the true cost of cities' encampment sweeps. Please spend some time with this. projects.propublica.org/impact-of-home…

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… On today's episode of @nytimes The Daily, I spoke with @mikiebarb about Community First Village, a place where hundreds of people who were chronically homeless in Austin, TX, now live in permanent housing. I hope you'll give it a listen!

🇺🇸 Rental Aid Plan Is Failing Families ▫Voucher program is supposed to help poor families rent a home. Nearly half the time, it fails. ▫@lucytompkins2 👉 is.gd/cYck7g 👈 #frontpagestoday #USA @USATODAY 🇺🇸

The Housing Choice Voucher program is supposed to help poor families rent a home. It often fails. I went on today's episode of The Excerpt from @usatoday to discuss. Give it a listen! art19.com/shows/5-things…

"Mr. Graham saw the village as a way to replace the 'profound, catastrophic loss of family' he believed was at the root of chronic homelessness with a close-knit and supportive community." @lucytompkins2 @nytimes #longreads nytimes.com/2024/01/08/hea…

Really nicely done, thoughtful story about an affordable housing experiment in Austin by @lucytompkins2 for the @nytimes Headway project nytimes.com/2024/01/08/hea…

Huge news in the Missoula/Montana media scene: meet the new independent news source, The Pulp! thepulpmt.lp.page/subscribe-to-t…

“The attack on Housing First is the most worrisome thing I’ve seen in my 30 years in this field,” said Ann Oliva, chief executive of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/…

New: @NYCMayor announces emergency order ending the "90-day" rule for CityFHEPs rental vouchers for those in city shelters "effective immediately."

Good morning! The final public meeting of this year's rent guidelines board season is tonight @ St. Francis College in Brooklyn, 5-8PM: rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/upl… Here's some reporting on what's at stake: citylimits.org/2023/05/03/nyc…

Houston is seeing one of the biggest spikes in eviction filings nationwide. The city’s 10% filing rate is close to double that of New York City. At one apartment complex in South Houston, there have been close to 500 evictions filed in a single year. bit.ly/3qyNUnF