Advocacy Update: Economic Recovery Sign-on Letter
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National Alliance to End Homelessness
Advocacy Update | June 12, 2009
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Economic Recovery: Congressional Sign-on Letter |
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Communities have reported increases in homelessness as a result of the recession, and without effective intervention, we are expecting those spikes to continue. For that reason, many of you have been working with us and our national partners to secure funding for affordable housing and prevention strategies in economic recovery legislation.
The Alliance needs your assistance in getting signatures on a Congressional sign-on letter* to the House Appropriations Committee which Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) recently began circulating. The letter calls on Congress to include in final economic recovery legislation: $2 billion in the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program for preventing and ending homelessness, $10 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund, and $3.6 billion for 400,000 Section 8 vouchers.
* We are expecting a similar letter to begin circulating in the Senate shortly.
What you can do:
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House Appropriations Chairman, Rep. Obey (D-WI) released a House version of the bill yesterday, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill. It includes $1.5 billion for ESG, but no funding for the National Housing Trust Fund or Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. The full Appropriations Committee is expected to mark up the bill as early as Wednesday, January 21. For that reason, it is important to get signatures on this letter ASAP. Click here for additional information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill. |
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All House Members are important. Beware: House Appropriations Committee Members may not sign the letter because it is addressed to their committee. If not, ask them to work to get the funding included in the final bill.
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The Alliance works collaboratively with its local, state, and national partners to advance policies and programs that prevent and end homelessness.
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Sarah Kahn
Director of Field Mobilization
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