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Tag Archives: HEARTH Act
April Showers Bring May Flowers
As the early spring’s plantings start to blossom in my yard, I’ve also been appreciating that the seeds for the human right to housing, some planted years ago, have also started to bloom. In early April, the U.S. Interagency Council … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights
Tagged criminalization, domestic policy, HEARTH Act, Housing, Human Rights, United Nations, Water and Sanitation
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A Heartbeat from Homelessness: Rising Rents in the Foreclosure Crisis
It’s disturbing that millions of people have lost their homes to foreclosure, but at least you’d think that foreclosures would mean more available, affordable homes for low-income renters on the verge of homelessness. Sadly, you’d be wrong. Renters lose in … Continue reading
Posted in Housing
Tagged doubling up, foreclosure, HEARTH Act, homelessness, Housing, Minnesota
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The Federal Strategic Plan to End and Prevent Homelessness
This morning, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness announced the release of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The plan, which will be the Obama Administration’s official policy position on homelessness, will give direction to … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Youth, Civil Rights, Housing
Tagged domestic policy, federal plan, HEARTH Act, homelessness, HUD
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How You Can Shape the Federal Plan to End Homelessness
Last year, the Law Center was instrumental in helping to pass the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act. This major victory for homeless advocates everywhere requires, among other things, that the federal government submit a Federal … Continue reading