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Featured: June 25, 2009
Every Child Deserves the Right to Housing
Rep. Waters introduces resolution on children's right to housing

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. The resolution recognizes that as Americans, we believe our children shouldn't be denied the right to be housed together with their families based on what neighborhood you live in, or how much money you make.
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June 19, 2009
Stop Discrimination Against Homeless
Earlier this week, a UN Expert on Racism, Mr. Githu Muigai, introduced his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the his visit to the United States in May and June of 2008, condemning the disparate law enforcement efforts against African American homeless persons in Los Angeles' Skid Row.
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June 26, 2009
Foreclosure Adding to Homelessness Crisis
A partnership of national homeless organizations - including the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness - have released a joint report on the impact of the foreclosure and economic crises and the unprecedented growth in the number of individuals and families left without a home in the United States.
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2009 Foreclosure Survey
Foreclosure Adding to Homelessness Crisis

Insult to Injury: Violations of the Violence Against Women Act

An Ounce of Prevention
Programs to Prevent Homelessness in 25 States

Without Just Cause
A 50-State Review of the (Lack of) Rights of Tenants in Foreclosure

2007 Annual Report