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The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are delighted to announce the 2020-2021 Borchard Fellows in Law & Aging. They are Will Breland, Annie Mullican, and Chris Phillips who will begin their fellowships in September. Congratulations!

Will Breland will work with Legal Services Alabama on heirship property issues in Alabama's historic Black Belt. Annie Mullican will be in Richmond, Virginia, working with the Medical-Legal Partnership of Virginia Commonwealth University and will focus on helping older clients avoid guardianship through advance planning. Chris Phillips will be with the Center for Elder Law & Justice in Buffalo, New York, where he will develop a partnership with Western New York Pride Center's Silver Pride Project to provide legal services to the aging LGBQT+ community. 

A new website that addresses senior housing crisis issues is now available at this link: Senior Housing Crisis. The site is the work of Julie Gilgoff, a 2017-18 Borchard Fellow, who worked on alternative approaches to senior housing in the Bay Area in California. The site is a useful, national resource for advocates and anyone interested in exploring creative housing solutions and policies like community living, community land trusts, co-operative housing, and more. 

Rebecca Vallas, a 2011-12 Borchard Fellow, who now serves as the vice president of the poverty to prosperity program at the Center for American Progress, was quoted in a recent New York Times article. The article addresses the Trump administration's declaration that the war on poverty is largely over while urging work requirements for people who benefit from federal safety net programs.