Zack Eichten

He/Him. Johnnie

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

@DrewMahowald @purplebuckeye You know what they say. Hindsight is 1 if you like to reduce fractions.

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

@FflPong Nico? More like, Needco

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

Great news coming out of New York! Pet stores that sell puppies often source from puppy mills that raise dogs in terrible conditions and have predatory financing schemes. Let's make MN the next state to do this in 2023! #mnleg

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Pet stores in New York State will soon be prohibited from selling dogs, cats and rabbits. The ban, which takes effect in December 2024, is meant to prevent the sale of animals raised by commercial breeders accused of keeping them in inhumane conditions. https://t.co/c5mQnqJGpp

[Theo Keith @TheoKeith]

#mnleg watchers/lobbyists/issue advocates: The Senate DFL has released its list of committee chairs.

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

Today was a great first day as the new State Director of Minnesota with the @HumaneSociety! To celebrate, here’s a picture of my dog looking majestic

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

With so much left undone, it’s critical that leaders come back to the table and fund the investments we need for our Minnesotan neighbors! #mnleg

[Homes for All Minnesota @Homes4AllMN]

We call on #MNLeg to finish their work in a Special Session. Our housing crisis cant wait, &it's past time to invest in safe, stable, accessible housing across the continuum. @melissahortman @jeremyrmiller @GovTimWalz @LtGovFlanagan #Homes4All

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

Thanks to authors and supporters @RepAishaGomez, @AthenaHollins, @RepJenSchultz, @jimabeler, @SenUtke, and @JohnHoffmanMN for your work on these policy provisions! Let's get a funding deal done too! #mnleg

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

HF 4065 passes both the House and Senate, including provisions to extend the transitional housing program to keep people from re-entering homelessness, codifies funding from last session for youth shelter improvement grants, and extends the Task Force on shelter until Dec. #mnleg

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

To do this important work, we need an HHS budget bill that treats homelessness like the crisis it is, and funds our response. Now is the time for bold action with this surplus! I hope that we have a special session to address these urgent needs #mnleg

[Zack Eichten @EichtenZack]

Hoping all the lights turning off in the Capitol isn’t an ominous sign of where budget bills are at #mnleg

[MNHomelessCo @MNHomelessCo]

The MN HFA reported that of individuals experiencing homelessness, 80% experience it incidentally, 10% episodically (cycling in and out of housing), and 10% experience chronic homelessness. We must invest in #Bonds4Housing to ensure affordable housing for all. #mnleg

[MNHomelessCo @MNHomelessCo]

The lack of affordable housing is made worse by past and current policies excluding access to people because of race and class,as well as by current policies to criminalize the tragedy of people living without a home. We must seek housing justice for ALL #mnleg #affordablehousing

[MHP @followmhp]

Each night there are 20,000 people who don't have a place to lay their heads. This is unacceptable, especially when MN is in the strongest financial position in its history. Now's the time to prioritize housing! #mnleg #Bonds4Housing #Housing4All

[MHP @followmhp]

Emergency rental assistance is critical to maintaining housing stability and preventing homelessness. #mnleg should support funding for emergency rental assistance NOW! #affordablehousing #Homes4All #mnleg

[AlignMPLS @AlignMPLS]

We asked members of Street Voices of Change (group w/ lived experiences of homelessness) to share why work on housing and homelessness issues is important and what they want people to know... here is what we heard #mnleg #Homes4AllMN 🧵@jeremyrmiller @MelissaHortman

[MNHomelessCo @MNHomelessCo]

Follow this thread! There's some amazing quotes from people with lived experience here.

[Rhonda Otteson @RhondaOtteson]

Tonight, 20,000 people don't have a place a permanent home in MN. MN is in the strongest financial position in its history. It's time to make the investments needed so children, youth, adults and seniors have safe & dignified shelter and homes. #mnleg #homes4allmn @MNHomelessCo

[Open Your Heart @openyourheartmn]

Minnesotans all across the state need affordable housing. As we near the end of the #mnleg session, please ask you legislators where they stand on affordable housing and tenant protections. #Homes4AllMN

[Homes for All Minnesota @Homes4AllMN]

Housing is a social justice issue. The 2018 Wilder survey found that BIPOC & LGBTQ youth are especially overrepresented in MN's homeless population. We need #Bonds4Housing so ALL Minnesotans have access to affordable housing. #Homes4AllMN #mnleg @jeremyrmiller @SusanKentMN