#Marcia Fudge

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Congressman Marcia Louise Fudge (October 29, 1952) is an attorney and retired politician who served as the 18th Secretary of HUD (2021-24). A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district (2008-21). The district included most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron. She was the first female African American mayor of Warrensville Heights (2000-08).

Born in Cleveland. She earned a BS in Business Administration from Ohio State University. She worked as a law clerk after college, she earned a JD from Cleveland State University. She served as an attorney in the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office where she held the position of director of Budget and Finance. She was an auditor for the estate tax department and has served as a visiting judge and a chief referee for arbitration. She was chief of staff to 11th District Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones during Jones’ first term.

After Jones’ passing on August 20, 2008, a committee of local Democratic leaders selected her as Jones’ replacement on the November ballot. She easily won the general election in the heavily Democratic Black-majority district with 85 percent of the vote. She was sworn in on November 19, 2008.

She served as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and was named vice chairperson of the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. She has been assigned to various Congressional Committees including the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Science and Technology, and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, among others.

She was the National President of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (1996-2000), co-chair of the sorority’s National Social Action Commission, and a member of its Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter. In 2003, she was a member of the Shaker Heights Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame Class.

He has been a member of the Glenville Church of God and is a member of Zion Chapel Baptist Church. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #deltasigmatheta

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BIDENBUCKS: The Biden-Harris regime used the 2022 election as a trial run to use federal tax dollars to replicate and expand Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's so-called 'Zuckbucks' effort using HUD in 2020. This year they have expanded the effort to EVERY federal agency and they're refusing to allow ANY oversight from Congress.

Without any fanfare or mainstream media reporting HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge rolled out a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-Style election effort in the 3,000+ Public Housing Agencies she managed. Secretary Fudge was given more than a billion dollars and orders to build a nationwide election infrastructure on top of the nation’s 3,000+ Public Housing Agencies. As a result, she was able to multiply the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s 2020 election successes by more than ten times - expanding it from five states to all fifty.

When Democrats learned that Mark Zuckerberg had decided to discontinue his effort to build election infrastructure they looked to the government to fill the void. The billionaire invested more than $400 million in the 2020 presidential election to help election officials in five swing states set up parallel election infrastructure consisting of thousands of ballot drop boxes, voter registration efforts targeted at Democrat communities, and the personnel to manage and maintain them. To fill that gap the Biden-Harris regime signed the Executive Order 14019 on Promoting Access to Voting on March 7, 2021. Six months later Biden allocated more than $5 billion for the effort including more than a billion dollars for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and outlined specific actions to be taken by the agency.

Secretary Fudge stepped down in March but her initiative was expanded to include ALL 15 cabinet secretaries - each of whom were directed to implement Executive Order 14019. Flush with more than $4 billion in taxpayer funds these political appointees have been able to use the infrastructure, personnel, and power of their federal agencies to duplicate HUD's efforts to mobilize voters in Democrat communities - under the guise of mobilizing 'historically disenfranchised groups'.

The Chairman of the House Administration Committee @RepBryanSteil correctly pointed out that this effort violates the Constitution's 'times, places, and manner of elections' clause. As a result Steil issued subpoenas to 15 cabinet secretaries on June 13, 2024, demanding they provide documents related to their strategic plans for implementing the executive order. These plans were originally supposed to be submitted to the White House under the guidance of then-Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice. Despite Steil's repeated requests, the agencies have only provided publicly available information effectively stonewalling the committee. The plan seems to be to run out the clock before the November election.

Democrats have repeatedly attempted to pass legislation that would nationalize federal elections. Their most recent effort was called “Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act” (H.R.5746) and would have turned over elections to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats from the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ which is headed by Kristen Clarke who has written extensively on race claiming that Blacks have “greater mental, physical, and spiritual abilities” than other races. Republicans blocked the legislation but Biden’s EO has opened the backdoor allowing for the creation of a de facto National Election Infrastructure.

HUD, flush with almost a billion dollars in startup capital on top of the $48 billion the agency already receives, features a majority-minority workforce almost completely made up of registered Democrats. These dedicated Democrats provide services to a majority-minority population who live in 958,000 public housing units and typically identify as Democrats but are traditionally unreliable voters. By using HUD’s massive footprint and infrastructure Democrats are guaranteed to bring these unreliable voters into the fold and provide a federal election beachhead into every state in the union. Observers have pointed out that having a federal employee actively running a de facto partisan election agency would violate the Hatch Act. In fact, the Office of Special Counsel investigated Fudge before she left office and determined she had, indeed, violated the Hatch Act issuing her a stern warning.

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Vice President Kamala Harris 

President Joe Biden

President Jimmy Carter

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 

Rep. Jerry Nadler

Former Rep. John Lewis

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Biden HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge

Rep. Jamie Raskin

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

Rep. Barbara Lee

Former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz 

Rep. Ted Lieu

Rep. Raul Grijalva

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre 

Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe

Former Vice President Al Gore 

Rep. Corrine Brown

Rep. Maxine Waters

Former Rep. Alcee Hastings

President Bill Clinton 

Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

President Barack Obama

Former Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Sen. Sherrod Brown

Sen. Debbie Stabenow

Rep. Danny Davis

Former Sen. Ted Kennedy

Biden Climate Czar John Kerry 

Teresa Heinz (John Kerry’s wife) 

Former Rep. Stephanie Tubbs

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Rep. Lacy Clay

Former DNC Chair Howard Dean

Sen. Dick Durbin

Former Sen. Harry Reid

Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams 

Sen. Corey Booker

These are all the democrats who openly and repeatedly denied election results between 2000 and 2018. I've yet to see any of them indicted for "conspiracy" or "obstruction."

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Happy birthday to Marcia Fudge.

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One-on-One With Marcia Fudge

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Allison Janowski at DNC:

5:30 PM Call to Order Minyon Moore Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee Gavel In The Honorable Veronica Escobar Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Invocation Everett Kelly National President of the American Federation of Government Employees Imam Muhammad Abdul-Aleem Masjidullah Mosque, West Oak Lane, PA Presentation of Colors Illinois State Police Honor Guard Pledge of Allegiance Luna Maring 6th Grader from Oakland, California Welcome Remarks The Honorable Veronica Escobar Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Joint Remarks Becky Pringle President of the National Education Association Randi Weingarten President of the American Federation of Teachers Remarks The Honorable Alex Padilla United States Senator, California

6:00 PM

Remarks The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Remarks The Honorable Ted W. Lieu Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California Remarks The Honorable Tammy Baldwin United States Senator, Wisconsin Remarks The Honorable Katherine Clark U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Whip Remarks The Honorable Joe Neguse U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Democratic Leader Remarks The Honorable Leonardo Williams Mayor of Durham, North Carolina Remarks The Honorable Raja Krishnamoorthi Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Remarks The Honorable Bob Casey United States Senator, Pennsylvania Remarks The Honorable Elizabeth Warren United States Senator, Massachusetts Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter Four: Making America Weaker and Less Secure” The Honorable Jason Crow Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado Remarks The Honorable Elissa Slotkin Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan Remarks The Honorable Pat Ryan Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York Remarks Reverend Al Sharpton Civil rights leader Joint Remarks from representatives of “the Central Park Five” The Honorable Dr. Yusef Salaam Member of the New York City Council Korey Wise Activist Raymond Santana Activist Kevin Richardson Activist

7:00 PM

Joint Remarks Amy Resner Former prosecutor and friend of Vice President Harris Karrie Delaney Director of Federal Affairs at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network Lisa Madigan Former Attorney General of Illinois Marc H. Morial President of the National Urban League Nathan Hornes Former student at Corinthian Colleges Tristan Snell Former New York State Assistant Attorney General Remarks The Honorable Maura Healey Governor of Massachusetts Remarks Courtney Baldwin Youth organizer and human trafficking survivor Remarks The Honorable Deb Haaland Remarks John Russell Content creator Remarks The Honorable Maxwell Alejandro Frost Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida Remarks The Honorable Colin Allred Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Joint Remarks on “A New American Chapter” Anya Cook, Florida Craig Sicknick, New Jersey Gail DeVore, Colorado Juanny Romero, Nevada Eric, Christian, and Carter Fitts, North Carolina

8:00 PM

National Anthem The Chicks Host Introduction Kerry Washington Joint Remarks Meena Harris Ella Emhoff Helena Hudlin Remarks D.L. Hughley Remarks The Honorable Chris Swanson Sheriff of Genesee County, Michigan A Conversation on Gun Violence The Honorable Lucy McBath Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia Joined by Abbey Clements of Newton, Connecticut, Kim Rubio of Uvalde, Texas, Melody McFadden of Charleston, South Carolina, and Edgar Vilchez of Chicago, Illinois. Remarks The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona Performance P!NK Remarks The Honorable Mark Kelly United States Senator, Arizona Remarks The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Former United States Secretary of Defense Remarks The Honorable Ruben Gallego Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona Remarks The Honorable Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan

9:00 PM

Remarks Eva Longoria American actress and film producer Remarks The Honorable Adam Kinzinger Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Remarks Maya Harris Remarks The Honorable Roy Cooper Governor of North Carolina Remarks The Honorable Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States

The speakers list for the 4th and final night of the DNC is here. The main speaker is Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

There could be a surprise guest or two.

Other notable speakers: Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, Ted Lieu, Tammy Baldwin, Al Sharpton, Roy Cooper, Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, and Maxwell Alejandro Frost

Performers: The Chicks, P!nk.

Illinois: Lisa Madigan, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Adam Kinzinger

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Celebrating Marcia Fudge's Return: A Heartfelt Tribute to a HUD Legend

Join us in a heartfelt tribute as we celebrate Marcia Fudge's return to Northeast Ohio, marking the end of an era of unparalleled success at HUD. Celebrating Marcia Fudge's Return: A Heartfelt Tribute to a HUD Legend.

This video expresses our deep pride and admiration for her impactful contributions to affordable housing and her inspiring journey. From her early days to her achievements as HUD Secretary, we honor the legacy of a true public servant.

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Van Drew to visit Stanley Holmes, and 17 more South Jersey stories you may have missed

The congressman had been trying to get HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to visit Atlantic City with him, but she has been unresponsive to his invitations …

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U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down this month

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How the Freedman's Bank failure still impacts Black Americans

Pictured above, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge at the Freedman’s Bank Forum held at the Treasury Department in 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, also known as the Freedman’s Bank, was established in March 1865 by white abolitionists, bankers and philanthropists. According to the Treasury Department, the bank was created to “help develop the newly freed African Americans as they endeavored to become financially stable.” Within the first few years, the bank flourished, with 37 established branches and more than 100,000 depositors in total.

However, the bank failed after less than a decade, due to a financial crash and mismanagement by an all-white board of trustees. More than 60,000 depositors, many of whom were Black, lost over $3 million (equivalent to $68.2 million today). Very few received a fraction of their money back after years of appeals to government officials. Many believe this bank’s failure created many Black Americans’ distrust of financial institutions. 

Justene Hill Edwards is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia and the author of the forthcoming book, “Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank.” Edwards told “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal that there is a “generational memory of the Freedman’s Bank and its failure” that dictates the strenuous relationship between Black Americans and financial institutions.

The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.

Kai Ryssdal: For those unfamiliar, could you give a 30-ish second precis of the Freedman’s Bank?

Justene Hill Edwards: Sure. Well, the Freedman’s Bank, also known as the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company, was a savings bank founded in March of 1865. And it was founded by a group of white politicians and philanthropists for the financial benefit of recently freed slaves. 

Ryssdal: As I was prepping to speak with you, it occurred to me that the phrase “well-meaning white philanthropists” should probably be appended here. Is that fair?

Edwards: That is absolutely true. The basic foundations of the Freedman’s Bank were created by white Northerners who, in some ways, really believed that they could economically help the nation’s almost four million freed African Americans. And so, they conceived of the bank as a vehicle to help them make the really dangerous transition from slavery to freedom, but in terms of their finances and economics.

Ryssdal: The reason this bank failed matters through, not just the history of that period, but up to today, right?

Edwards: It does. There was a financial crash, a financial crisis in the fall of 1873, and African Americans started to withdraw their money en masse. Frederick Douglass comes in, he becomes the bank’s president in March 1874. And he looks at the bank’s finances and realizes that the bank is overleveraged. The finance committee had approved of millions of dollars of bank loans that were not going to be repaid. And interestingly enough, the majority of those loans went to the white partners and businessmen who were affiliated with the bank’s trustees.

Ryssdal: We should point out here that was the Frederick Douglass. 

Edwards: Yes. The one and only Frederick Douglass, the most photographed man of the 19th century, was the bank’s last president.

Ryssdal: Okay. Alright. So with all of that, as context, I want to do a little prologue here. Was the supposition by the people who started this bank that Black Americans had not had, not necessarily financial institutions, but financial know-how and financial practices before emancipation?

Edwards: Yes, that’s right. And in many ways, they really didn’t understand the financial knowledge that African Americans were bringing with them into freedom, African Americans who were enslaved were cultivating ideas of how to make and save money in the period of slavery. And so they were bringing with them very concrete ideas about saving and what they wanted to do with their money, which was to buy property and buy land. 

Ryssdal: Well, that’s where I wanted to go next. Because, you know, one of the many, many, many tragedies of the Black American economic experience is the inability that Black Americans have had to build generational wealth, and in a way it kind of starts here. You relayed this story, either in an article I read or parts of your other writings, about during the Great Depression, a descendant of one of these people writing to FDR, saying, “It would be really great if I could get my hands on my grandmother’s deposit right now.”

Edwards: Exactly, and so we see that there is kind of a generational memory of the Freedman’s Bank and its failure. And I think in many ways, too, it’s dictated the oftentimes fraught relationship that we’ve seen between the financial services industry and African Americans in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Ryssdal: Well, say more about that, because this was 150-something years ago that this happened, and your theory of the case here is that it affects things today.

Edwards: Yes, I mean, we see, especially in the period after the bank ends, we see African Americans continue not to trust and engage with the financial services industry that becomes so important in building credit to be able to purchase homes to pass down generational wealth. And so, in some ways, it’s not surprising that the wealth gap is as staggering as it is today.

Ryssdal: As you have done the research for your forthcoming book on this subject, the title of which we’ll get to when we say goodbye here, I imagine there were so many instances as you were doing the research, where it was a ‘what if?’ moment. What if things had been different? What if they hadn’t expanded to white bankers? What if the loans had gone to some of the recently enslaved Black Americans? There must have been so many turning points where today it would have been so different.

Edwards: Sure. I mean, I have heard just in my own family the idea of saving money not in banks, but underneath the mattress. In many ways, I think that these kind of memories of the bank, even though we may not have the language to connect it to behaviors today, it’s there, which is why I think that the history of this bank is so important.

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Congresswoman Shontel Monique Brown (June 24, 1975) is a business professional, politician (D), and congresswoman, serving as the Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district since 2021. She was born in Cleveland. Her mother Rikki, is a human resources professional at the Cleveland Clinic, and her father Tony, is a basketball coach at Warrensville Heights City School District. She attended Cuyahoga Community College, graduating with an AA in Business Management. She obtained her BA in Organizational Management from Wilberforce University’s CLIMB program.

She began working as a regional marketing representative for MSC Distribution, as a marketing support representative for Telco Communications Group, and as a senior account manager for Radio One. She worked as the director of sales for Hotcards.com, before founding her marketing assistance firm, Diversified Digital Solutions.

She entered politics in 2011 when she was elected to the Warrensville Heights City Council. She held the office for three years and was elected to represent the 9th district in the Cuyahoga County Council in 2014. In 2017, she was elected chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, making her the first African American and first woman to serve in the position.

When Congresswoman Marcia Fudge was nominated and confirmed as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the Biden administration. The move caused a vacancy, prompting the need for a special election for Ohio’s 11th district. She won both the primary and general elections and was sworn in on November 4, 2021. She was reelected in 2022.

She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition, and the Congressional Black Caucus. She serves on the Agriculture and the Oversight and Reform committees. She was the keynote speaker for the 2022 Wilberforce commencement. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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HUD Announces $50M to Address Youth Homelessness, Improve Housing Placements

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is making $50 million in Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) grant funding available to communities nationwide.

HUD has announced new resources, technical assistance, and regulatory flexibilities to support their efforts to address homelessness, including among youth, people in unsheltered settings, and people in rural areas.

The grants will focus on systemic change to either improve or create response systems for youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness by funding projects that create and build capacity for Youth Action Boards; establish regional committees on youth homelessness to direct efforts across multiple systems including education, justice, and child welfare; collect and use data on at-risk youth and youth experiencing homelessness; develop strong leaders within a community; and improve the coordination, communication, operation, and administration of homeless assistance projects to better serve youth, including prevention and diversion strategies.

“HUD knows that ending homelessness requires commitment from many partners. Through HUD funding and technical assistance, HUD is cutting some of the red tape to help communities make tangible plans and take actionable steps to address homelessness among youth, people in unsheltered settings, and in rural areas,” said Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “The Biden-Harris Administration is taking a whole-of-government approach toward ending homelessness. We encourage our state and local partners to join us in this critical effort and leverage unprecedented levels of federal resources and flexibilities available to address this crisis.”

HUD is engaged in a multi-pronged technical assistance strategy to assist 62 Continuum of Care (CoC) communities and 139 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that received resources to address rural and unsheltered homelessness. The technical assistance will improve coordination of programs and services, support people with lived experience to serve in advisory roles, improve their engagement with people in unsheltered and rural settings, and improve connections to permanent housing with supportive and health services.

To further encourage and support PHAs to assist people experiencing homelessness, HUD issued a letter to PHAs encouraging them to take full advantage of HUD resources and regulatory flexibilities to support their work to address homelessness.

While other HUD and federal funds focus on specific housing and service needs of youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) grants will help communities build a strong, resilient, and equitable homelessness response system that is less siloed and will break down barriers for youth in crisis.

Recognizing that systemic change is often larger than one Continuum of Care, HUD is opening this $50 million notice of funding opportunity to include additional points for statewide or cross-community project proposals in order to emphasize the need for coordination across communities. The maximum amount of funding for each award type will be doubled for applications that cover geographic areas in two or more Continuums of Care (CoCs), or if the CoC covers the entire geography of the state.

YHSI Grants will add to the suite of HUD initiatives that support young people in gaining and maintaining stable housing, including the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Initiative, and the Family Unification Program (FUP).

In 2023, HUD awarded 62 communities with a package of resources to address homelessness among people in unsheltered settings and in rural areas. This package includes $486 million in grants to 62 Continuums of Care (CoCs) to fund permanent housing programs, homeless outreach and housing navigation, housing-related supportive services, data improvements, and system coordination, as well as $45 million to allocate over 3,300 Stability Vouchers to 135 public housing agencies that are partnering with the 62 CoCs.

Stability Vouchers can serve people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness, including those fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking.

The technical assistance strategy supports this funding by providing assistance, including:

Housing Central Command: A select number of communities will be provided intensive support to implement Housing Central Command, an approach that uses emergency management structure and processes to resolve homeless encampments.

Direct and Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance for Grantee Communities Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness: All communities that received grants and vouchers to address unsheltered homelessness will receive a robust package of direct technical assistance, monthly community-to-community knowledge and practice exchange convenings, and trainings and expertise around specific topics.

Technical Assistance on Use of Stability Vouchers to Assist People Experiencing Homelessness: HUD will provide the 135 PHAs and their partners with a series of webinars to support the use of Stability Vouchers to assist people experiencing homelessness.

Tailored and Direct Technical Assistance to Grantees Communities Addressing Rural Homelessness.

Federal Interagency Support with the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to ensure that all grantee communities are leveraging other federal programs and resources to support their efforts.

Original article [Source: www.dsnews.com]

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Hud-assisted Housing and Older Adults

Domestic Violence Awareness Month serves as a wake-up call, spotlighting the pervasive and often hidden world of abuse. It’s a time when we stand in solidarity with survivors and their families, amplifying their voices and experiences. A particularly vulnerable group often overlooked in discussions about domestic violence is the senior community. They have unique challenges and vulnerabilities.

Understanding Domestic Violence in the Senior Community

The idea of retirement often paints a picture of tranquility, where the golden years are marked by relaxation, family time, and pursuing long-held passions. It’s an age that many anticipate, expecting it to be without any significant tribulations. Unfortunately, for some seniors this idealized notion is overshadowed by the dark reality of domestic violence.

It’s a common misconception that domestic violence is an issue predominantly faced by younger populations. Unfortunately, older adults are not immune to domestic abuse. According to the Department of Justice, at least 10 percent of those over 65 will experience some sort of domestic violence. The declining physical health, cognitive changes, or even the loss of a partner can make seniors vulnerable targets for abuse.

Within the senior community, the nature of the abuse can be multifaceted:

Emotional Abuse: This could be in the form of verbal assaults, threats, or constant belittling, which can be profoundly scarring, especially when coming from loved ones or trusted caregivers.

Financial Abuse: Seniors often have to rely on others to manage their finances. This dependency can be exploited by unscrupulous individuals misusing funds, stealing property, or coercing seniors into making undesired financial decisions.

Physical Abuse: Physical frailty can make seniors easy targets for physical violence. This could range from slaps and pushes to more grievous bodily harm.

VAWA & HUD Protections

Domestic Violence Awareness Month affords us the opportunity to raise awareness and support survivors of domestic violence in accessing and maintaining safe and affordable housing.  As HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge stated, “At HUD, we are committed to ensuring that those who experience sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking have immediate access to safe, stable, and affordable housing and do not lose their housing because of the violence.”

HUD’s VAWA resource website

At AHEPA Senior Living, we pride ourselves on meeting the Secretary’s commitment by providing safe and dignified affordable housing to older adults that allows them to thrive. The service coordination team is often on the frontline to help residents by connecting them to local domestic violence service providers.

Upon its enactment, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2013 significantly expanded housing protections to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking across HUD’s key programs, including the application of regulations all multifamily assisted housing properties, such as HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly.

Furthermore, as part of VAWA’s most recent reauthorization by Congress in 2022, Congress required HUD to implement and enforce the housing provisions of VAWA consistent with, and in a manner that provides, the same rights and remedies as those provided for in the Fair Housing Act. Therefore, a complaint can be filed with HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) if one’s VAWA’s rights are violated.

Examples of VAWA protections and coverage include non-discrimination, notifications of occupancy rights, and emergency transfers, among others.

It is important to note, however, that HUD and AHEPA Senior Living HUD are not direct service providers and do not provide individual counseling, crisis response, or legal services to individuals who have experienced domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or human trafficking.

It Takes a Community

In a world where instances of domestic violence occur with heartbreaking frequency, the existence of nonprofit organizations like Penelope House provide the lifesaving services survivors and their families require. Known for its relentless dedication, Penelope House has established itself as a sanctuary for domestic violence survivors and their children, offering them the chance to rebuild, recover, and rediscover their inner strength.

That’s why, through our Giving Back program, we are proud to support Penelope House and other domestic violence centers, such as Health Imperatives – Penelope’s Place — with grant funding to help them meet their missions. Their work, although rooted in providing physical safety, extends far beyond that—it’s a holistic approach to healing, encompassing emotional support, psychological recovery, and empowerment.

Our hope is that by supporting organizations such as Penelope House and Penelope’s Place that we can help champion change through a ripple effect that is both widespread and lasting. Together, we not only seek to provide immediate relief and support to survivors but also work toward proactive solutions, community awareness, and preventive measures.

We are also proud to have members of our leadership team actively serving on boards of nonprofits that are providing aid and services to domestic violence survivors.

AHEPA Senior Living Vice President of Human Resources and Training Carol Whiteman serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Beacon of Hope Crisis Center in Indianapolis.

“Awareness is the first step to action in domestic violence. We can all have some piece of being an agent for change,” says Whiteman.

Empowerment and Education

Domestic Violence Awareness Month isn’t just about acknowledging the problem; it’s about sparking change. Education is of the utmost importance. We must shed light on the less discussed facets of domestic violence, such as its impact on seniors, to foster understanding and empathy. Equipped with knowledge, communities can become the first line of defense, identifying signs of abuse and offering support.

Conclusion

Domestic Violence Awareness Month reminds us of the collective duty we have to protect, uplift, and champion the cause of society’s most vulnerable, regardless of demographics or circumstance. At AHEPA Senior Living, our hope is to inspire unwavering dedication to seniors and support for nonprofit institutions like Penelope House, Penelope’s Place and Beacon of Hope Crisis Center by living as an example for others to follow.

As we navigate through this month, let’s not just be passive observers. After all, in unity there’s strength. And together, we can usher in a world where safety and dignity aren’t the exception but the norm.

If you or a loved one are experiencing domestic violence, please seek help – call the Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

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