Join us in the national campaign calling on
President Obama to end homeless now!
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
The New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness, as part of its ongoing commitment to ending homelessness, has joined together with fifteen (15) national organizations to send a letter to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to commit to ending homelessness now!
The letter urges the Presidential Transition Team to commit to ending homelessness by accepting six key recommendations, beginning by demonstrating its commitment in the first year by completing a federal plan to end homelessness and holding a White House Conference to begin implementing the plan.
Other recommended policy priorities include increasing access to affordable housing; ensuring adequate incomes; expanding access to health services; ensuring access to education for homeless children and youth; and protecting homeless people from discrimination.
The letter confirms that the solutions to address homelessness exist and they are centered on affordable housing, supportive services for those who need them, and adequate incomes. These solutions recognize that homelessness is more than just a charitable concern, but an issue of basic human rights that affects the overall well being of our country.
With the recent spikes in mortgage foreclosures and the economic downturn have created a surge in demand for shelter and social services. To correct this crisis not only in New Jersey but across the entire country, the letter calls on President-elect Obama to exert strong leadership to end this crisis.
We encourage our members to join this campaign and send letters to President-elect Obama asking for his commitment to all six action steps. To read a PDF version of our letter click here. For more detailed information on each strategy step click here.
The national sponsors include:
- America’s Road Home
- Corporation for Supportive Housing
- Give Us Your Poor
- National AIDS Housing Coalition
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
- National Center for Housing and Child Welfare
- National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Housing Law Project
- National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness
