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November 25, 2019
House Passes Bills Expanding Housing Assistance for Tribes and Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
The House passed both the “Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Grants Act of 2019” (H.R. 4029) and the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019” (H.R. 4300) by voice vote on November 18. These bills, which will now move to the Senate, would expand housing assistance for communities…
November 18, 2019
House Committee Approves Bill to Expand HUD-VASH Program
The House Committee on Financial Services passed several bills on November 13, including H.R. 2398, which would allow chronically homeless veterans who have received an “other than honorable” (OTH) discharge to participate in the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (…
November 11, 2019
Representative Maxine Waters Sends Letter to President Trump Criticizing Latest Proposals to Address Homelessness
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump on October 28 condemning his reported plans to forcibly relocate individuals experiencing homelessness to federally owned facilities (see Memo, 9/16). In her letter, Chairwoman Waters demands…
Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the “Ending Homelessness Act of 2019” (S. 2613) on October 16. Co-sponsored by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the bill would…