Housing First Lee County

11/26/2021

Jasmin wanted to make sure everyone is invited to Neenie’s House for the 3rd Anniversary party this Saturday from 12-5pm! For those of you who don’t already know Janeen, aka Neenie 💕, she is a huge source of support for folks currently living on the street. Thank you for 3 years of fun, art, and service to the community Neenie!

09/29/2021

AT RISK OF EVICTION? HELP IS AVAILABLE.

Step 1: GET INFORMED
Learn about your rights 👉 https://legalfaq.org/covid/fl

Step 2: REACH OUT
Write a letter to your landlord with this free tool 👉 https://www.norent.org/en/

Call Lee County’s Human & Veterans Service’s Coordinated Entry and let them know you are facing homelessness 👉 (239) 533-7996

Step 3: APPLY FOR EMERGENCY AID
Live in Lee County? https://leeflcares.com/
Live in Fort Myers? https://cityftmyers.com/2044/Rental-and-Utility-Assistance

Step 4: CLAIM YOUR PANDEMIC RELIEF
The federal government issued three Economic Impact Payments. Make sure you got all three 👉 https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/recovery-rebate-credit

If you have children and didn’t automatically receive the Child Tax Credit, sign up for it 👉 https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/child-tax-credit-non-filer-sign-up-tool

*Source: U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessnesshttps://www.usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/Eviction_Flyer_1.pdf

09/19/2021

While great progress has been made in Lee County with their Rapid Rehousing Program, we do still have friends writing in for support. So if you have some extra to give, 100% of any funds received here will be passed along to our friends in housing crisis. If you prefer to donate directly to an individual please DM the page to be linked up with one of our friends in need.

Dear Donor, The money from this fund will allow us to provide direc… Kat Duesterhaus needs your support for Housing First of Lee County - Direct Aid Fund

09/16/2021

Removing the word “panhandling” doesn’t change A THING when you are still arresting people in crisis and asking for help!!! So, we are still looking for volunteers to distribute Panhandlers Rights flyers. DM if you can help. https://NBC2-2.com/news/investigators/2021/09/15/fort-myers-changes-panhandling-ordinance-amid-scrutiny/

The city of Fort Myers amended its ordinance, eliminating the term ‘panhandling’ altogether.

09/13/2021

The city-wide boil water notice that was issued on Saturday, September 11, 2021 has been rescinded (with a few exceptions listed below) having received results from the Health Department for 2 consecutive days of bacteriological evaluation.

The city-wide rescission includes: Residents on boil water notice on the Friday, September 10, 2021 boil water notice for a 16” water main break at Kingsbridge at Plantation Gardens Boulevard and the affected areas bounded by Plantation Garden Boulevard on the North, Commerce Lakes Drive on the East, Daniels Parkway on the South and Treeline Avenue on the West.

There are 24 specific locations within the evaluated area where the boil water notice will continue:
• 36 residents affected by the 10” water line break at 4577 Water color Way (Ward 6) which was a separate water main break event that occurred on Sunday, September 12, 2021, at approximately 1:30 pm. These 36 residents have been contacted to continue the boil water notice until further notice.
• An additional 23 individual locations that showed anomalies for further investigation as part of the City’s survey. These individual entities have been contacted to continue the boil water notice until further notice
Questions: Public Works - 239-321-8100

Full notice:

The city-wide boil water notice that was issued on Saturday, September 11, 2021 has been rescinded (with a few exceptions listed below) having received results from the Health Department for 2 consecutive days of bacteriological evaluation.

09/13/2021

⚠️⚠️ If you live in Fort Myers!! ⚠️⚠️

1 minute Precautionary Boil Water Notice (City-wide) remains in effect until bacteriological survey shows water is safe to drink. Boil water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth, etc. Questions: Public Works - 239-321-8100

08/30/2021

ATT PLEASE!! Florida’s General Attorney Ashely Moody just called out the City of Fort Myers!!!! 👀👏

FL. POLITICS— Ashley Moody’s office recognizes 1st Amendment right to request charity. When will cities finally see the same?

Trying to keep certain people out of view is no answer. Freedom of speech is a constitutional right that we all share, regardless of our religious or political beliefs, our age, race, ethnicity, or our financial or housing status.

Just as we have the right to discuss religion, politics, the environment, education, and any other topic we see fit, so too do we have the right to ask for help.

Yet cities throughout Florida keep passing laws criminalizing the act of asking others for charity, also known as panhandling. They also continue to waste taxpayers’ money by going to court to defend these laws that blatantly violate the U.S. Constitution.

The latest city to lose in court is Fort Myers. It enforced an ordinance making it a crime for an individual to “ask, beg or solicit alms” in a public place. David Watrous was convicted of that crime after he requested charity at the Rosa Parks bus station in Fort Myers in 2019.

On Aug. 11, a Florida appeals court overturned his conviction on freedom of speech grounds.

The defeat suffered by Fort Myers in the Watrous case was predictable. Even Ashley Moody, Florida’s Attorney General, had conceded in court filings that the Fort Myers ordinance violated the First Amendment.

In its brief to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, the Attorney General’s Office recognized, “a homeless man holding a sign on a street corner soliciting alms from passing cars is no more a threat to traffic safety than local basketball team members waving signs at passing cars to advertise their car wash.”

Full article: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/452732-jacqueline-azis-ashley-moodys-office-recognizes-1st-amendment-right-to-request-charity-when-will-cities-finally-see-the-same/

08/27/2021

AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEAD!
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