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Kathleen Thaete, a 2019-2020 former fellow, joined HERA (Housing & Economic Rights Advocates) in 2023. Kathleen is a part of HERA's homeownership preservation team, wherein she assists homeowners all across the state of California with foreclosure prevention, property tax delinquencies, mortgage servicer issues, HOA disputes, and more. She is also a part of HERA's consumer law team, and assists with client's debt and credit issues. In addition, HERA resumed in the spring of 2023 an in-person clinic at the Self Help Center in Stanislaus County Superior Court where Kathleen and others are assisting pro per litigants with responding to debt collection lawsuits. Congratulations, Kathleen!

Jennifer (Jenny) Kye, a former Borchard Fellow, joined recently the Washington, D.C. office of Justice in Aging where she holds the position of Senior Attorney with the economic security team. Her work focuses on federal housing and public benefits advocacy to address rising homelessness among older adults. Jenny was previously a supervising attorney at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) in Delaware, a combined legal aid and Protection & Advocacy agency where she handled fair housing and public benefits matters. Before CLASI, she worked as a staff attorney at the Pennsylvania Health Law Project and Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (CLS). At CLS, she also served as a Borchard Fellow in Law & Aging and advocated for expanding low-income seniors' access to Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services.

The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Board of Directors are delighted to announce the 2021-2022 Borchard Fellows in Law & Aging. They are Allie Kirchhoff Corrie, Aditi Shah, and Valencia Sherman-Greenup who will begin their fellowships in August and September. Congratulations!

Allie Kirchhoff Corrie will focus on "clutter" housing cases at Mobilization for Justice in New York City. Aditi Shah will work with the ACLU National Prison Project to assist older immigrants in detention facilities. Valencia Sherman-Greenup will work with Justice in Aging in their Washington, D.C. office on increasing access to Medicaid Home and Community Based Services with a focus on improving racial equity. 

Please join me in welcoming these three wonderful new advocates for older adults to our ranks as Borchard Fellows. Our current fellows--Will Breland, Annie Mullican, and Chris Phillips--are doing amazing work. They will continue as fellows through August.

Former fellow Julie Gilgoff published recently an article on housing alternatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic-Related Vacant Property Initiatives appeared in the ABA publication, the Journal of Affordable Housing, Volume 29, Number 2.