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Bridgeport Fire: One Week Later
One week after a first-floor fire forced an extended evacuation of all residents and pets from my apartment building, there is hope that...
Michael Hays
Mar 13 min read
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Volunteers Make 'Code Blue' Service Possible
This is a first-hand account of a volunteer’s Code Blue experience, as told by Joanne Mahoney.
Joanne Mahoney
Jan 203 min read
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Housing Costs Strain My Dad, a 45-year Carpenter
As the son of a builder, housing advocacy is personal to me. My parents’ story and struggles are not uncommon in Pennsylvania or elsewhere.
Michael Hays
Jan 34 min read
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Analysis: Trump's Housing Platform
With the Inauguration of the 47th POTUS just days away, Jackson offers analysis of what housing politics may look like in D.C.
Jackson DeGuzman
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Collaboration, Creativity, Political Will Needed Now
On a call last week with nearly 100 citizen advocates, local elected officials, and organizers, I came away feeling a bit less...
Michael Hays
Aug 4, 20242 min read
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Dependence: We Rise or Fall Together
Milling about and waiting for the Pottstown Fourth of July Parade to begin this morning, I talked to two people — one a new friend and...
Michael Hays
Jul 4, 20242 min read
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Neighbors in Need of Affordable Housing are All Around You
This letter-to-the-editor was published in the Pottstown Mercury on June 15. When I think about people who are struggling with the cost...
Michael Hays
Jun 15, 20242 min read
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Letter: Philly's Problems Are Montco's Problems
A day after World Press Freedom Day, we would like to share a letter-to-the-editor written by Towamencin Supervisor Kofi Osei (originally...
Michael Hays
May 4, 20242 min read
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1-Year After Rally: A Call for Bold Action to Address Housing
Almost exactly one year ago, the Montco 30% Project held our initial rally and launch on the Courthouse steps in Norristown. Speakers...
Michael Hays
Apr 30, 20244 min read
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Why you should care about this Supreme Court case and why it won’t matter
Guest column by Doug Slick On Monday, April 22, the Supreme Court of the US began hearing arguments involving the case titled City of...
Michael Hays
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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From D.C. to MontCo: Where can Homeless Go?
Where does society expect people to go when they have nowhere else to sleep? Arguments begin this week in Washington, D.C., when the...
Michael Hays
Apr 20, 20242 min read
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Smears and Lies
In a presidential election year, it should not come as a surprise when local campaigns double-down on nastiness, half-truths, and lies. ...
Michael Hays
Apr 13, 20241 min read
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Volunteers Fill Seven Dumpsters from Pottstown Encampment
I might be guilty of naivete in believing that our two major political parties can work together to solve major problems. Call me...
Michael Hays
Mar 31, 20242 min read
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State Hospital Redevelopment Must Support Essential Workers
(From a recently published letter in the Times Herald of Norristown) Nurses and other health care workers became heroes during the...
Michael Hays
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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State Action Needed to Incentivize Affordable Housing
On Thursday evening, we hosted a Policy Forum to discuss actions at the local and state levels. A full article with notes from the...
Michael Hays
Feb 4, 20243 min read
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Resisting the Tent Sweep
I remember the first time I grappled with the issue of homelessness when I was a college student in Boston. My developing conscience,...
Michael Hays
May 30, 20232 min read
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Change for the Better
The past three months since the launch of The Montco 30% Project have been inspiring. Meeting with local residents, elected officials,...
Michael Hays
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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