Every Child Deserves the Right to Housing |
Children's Right to Housing Endorsement |
U.S Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) has introduced H. Res. 582, which expresses the sense of Congress that children, youth, and their families have a right to housing. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is working with Rep. Waters in support of passage of the Resolution and is seeking organizational and individual endorsement for the campaign.
This endorsement statement reads as follows:
In the United States, an estimated 1.5 million children face homelessness each year and millions more live in housing that is substandard, overcrowded, or otherwise inappropriate. A July 2009 report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that approximately 27% of homeless families lacked even emergency shelter. As a first step towards ensuring housing for all Americans, the undersigned organizations and individuals call on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass House Res. 582 to recognize a right to housing for children and their families, and to implement that right through meaningful policies and funds.
Please sign this endorsement by contacting us at nlchp@nlchp.org.
Please include your Individual / Organization name, Contact Person if an organizational endorsement, Address, Phone and Email Contact Information.
Then please contact your member of Congress and ask them to cosponsor H.Res. 582 (talking points and more information below).
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Press Release: Every Child Deserves the Right to Housing
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2009 - Today the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Maxine Waters, introduced a House Resolution 582 supporting the right to housing for all children together with their families... |
House Resolution 582 |
H.Res. 582 Full Text (pdf)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing. |
H.Res. 582 Status on Thomas
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services as of 7/2009 |
Talking Points on H.Res. 582
A one-pager fact sheet for use in educating members of Congress.
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More Information on Child Homelessness |
America's Youngest Outcasts: State Report Card on Child Homelessness
One out of every 50 - or approximately 1.5 million - American children got to sleep without a home of their own each year. Where do these children live? What is the impact of homelessness on their lives today? How will it affect them as adults? America's Youngest Outcasts provides a comprehensive snapshot of their plight and recommends practical strategies for changing their lives. |
Too poor to parent? Critics say when the state takes kids away, the real problem is poverty, by Curt Guyette, Detroit Metro Times, Aug. 5, 2009
An article describing the human impact of the lack of affordable housing policies.
...Melanie Morgan, you see, is poor. And if her supporters are to be believed, that is a primary reason she had her parental rights terminated, a procedure so drastic it has been described as the civil equivalent of the death penalty...
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President Obama calls Child & Family Homelessness Unacceptable
At a recent news conference, President Obama was asked about a recent National Center on Family Homelessness report that one in fifty children in the United States are homeless. The President responded that child and family homelessness is "not acceptable."
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