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The Utah state legislative session ended last week. One major disappointment from the session was the failure of legislators to address the housing affordability crisis in the state budget (as described in this Deseret News article). This failure of state officials adds to the growing sense that bold federal action is needed to address this crisis-- as is reflected in this article written by Senator Elizabeth Warren.
We have been talking about how we can better highlight the connection between the housing affordability crisis and child homelessness in Utah. One idea we have been developing is to create a pledge to help reduce child homelessness that could be signed by clergy, congregations, candidates for municipal office and elected officials. A draft of a pledge for Salt Lake County can be found here. Similar pledges could be produced for Weber, Utah and Davis Counties if there is interest. What do you think about this approach to drawing awareness to child homelessness and how the housing affordability crisis helps to produce child homelessness? Call Bill Tibbitts at 801-364-7765 ex 107 if you have ideas for improving this pledge or helping to get people and organizations to sign it. |
This video talks about highlights from a study looking at the impacts of homelessness on children's health. You can get a copy of the entire study here.
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