And for Carolyn Leeson, the lifeline turned into a thread a while ago.
The two disabled Star Valley Mobile Home Park residents now face homelessness. One has struggled since 1989 with mental and physical limits. The other has lived imprisoned in post-traumatic stress disorder and a body wracked by seizures.
But now theyâre both facing homelessness â or the need to move away in hopes they can find shelter with family or friends.
Theyâre both profoundly disabled and potentially tragic illustrations of a frightening trend â disability payments donât provide enough to pay the rent in even normal times. Add a pandemic with its rising housing prices worsening an already profound shortage of affordable housing and theyâre out of luck.
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The Eugene City Council got an update on shelter options for the unhoused this week. This included another nudge turn the COVID-19 Recovery Center into a low-barrier navigation center post-pandemic. class wysiwyg-break drupal-content src /sites/all/modules/contrib/wysiwyg/plugins/break/images/spacer.gif title break
The building located on 100 River Avenue was purchased by Lane County in the earlier days of the pandemic for unhoused adults who either needed a place to recover, or quarantine.
Joint Housing and Shelter Strategist Sarai Johnson had previously suggested the recovery center as a viable option for use after the pandemic, but the facility has yet to be officially designated as the future Navigation Center.
Jewish philanthropists increase charitable giving amid pandemic, finds survey
Jewish philanthropists increase charitable giving amid pandemic, finds survey
Some 76 percent of funders boosted their spending in the first six months of the coronavirus crisis with more than half broadening their scope to address emergency needs like food insecurity.
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(December 24, 2020 / JNS) A survey found that a large percentage of Jewish philanthropists have increased their charitable giving in response to emergency needs brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic and that nearly all expect to give at the same or increased levels over the next 12 months.
Conducted by the Jewish Funders Network, which includes some 514 individuals, foundations and federations as members, the survey found that 76 percent of funders increased their spending in the first six months of the crisis and that more than half broadened their scope of giving to address emergency needs like food insecurity.
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