Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Grace Meng have reintroduced the Housing is a Human Right Act and called on the federal government to provide $300 billion to end the crisis facing unhoused people.
The $200 billion proposed investment included in the bill would go toward McKinney-Vento Emergency Solutions Grants, which fund engagement with people experiencing homelessness and improve emergency shelters; and Continuum of Care grants, which help rehouse people who have faced homelessness.
Incentivize local investments in humane, evidence-based models to support people experiencing homelessness, including alternatives to criminalization and penalization; Provide $10 billion for Federal Emergency Management Agency food and shelter grants while improving grants to better represent high rates of homelessness and income inequality; and
Authorize $100 million in grants to public libraries to provide assistance and tailored supports to persons experiencing homelessness. “In the richest country in the world, it is a moral imperative that we take this issue head-on,” said Jayapal. “Housing is a human right — and every person deserves to have a safe place to call home.”is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt. Our site is read at public libraries, among people without internet access of their own.
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