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SAMPLE PROCLAMATION LANGUAGE FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LEADERS
PROCLAMATION TO JOIN HOUSE AMERICA
To all to whom these presents shall come:
Whereas:
The [CITY, COUNTY, TRIBAL NATION, or STATE] is committed to ensuring that all residents have a safe and affordable place to live; and
Whereas:
Homelessness continues to impact [PERCENTAGE or APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF HOMELESS POPULATION] of our residents, and a lack of housing remains a barrier to the health, safety, well-being,
employment, and education for these individuals and families; and
Whereas:
More than 580,000 people on a given night were experiencing homelessness in America when the COVID-19 pandemic began and had to endure the COVID-19 pandemic without the safety and protection
of a stable home, while the homelessness crisis has been further impacted and/or exacerbated during and due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
Whereas:
The most effective approach to solving homelessness is the Housing First approach, which entails identifying and assisting households experiencing homelessness to obtain permanent housing
quickly—without treatment or sobriety pre-conditions and with few to no barriers—through housing counseling and navigation assistance, tailored levels of rental assistance, and/or wrap-around
supportive services, as needed; and
Whereas:
The American Rescue Plan provides communities with significant new resources to address homelessness, including 70,000 emergency housing vouchers and $5 billion in grants through the
HOME Investment Partnerships program; and $350 billion in State and Local Recovery Funds through the Department of the Treasury; and
Whereas:
House America, launched on [LAUNCH DATE HERE], is a partnership between the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness (USICH), states, and communities to respond with urgency to address the crisis of homelessness; and
Whereas:
Through House America, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge calls on state and local leaders to set and achieve ambitious goals for re-housing households currently experiencing homelessness
and developing new supportive and affordable housing units;
Whereas:
The [CITY, COUNTY, STATE, TRIBAL NATION] is committed to working with HUD and USICH to use American Rescue Plan resources and other federal, state, and local resources to make progress
towards ending homelessness;
Now, Therefore:
I, [MAYOR, GOVERNOR, CITY OR COUNTY OFFICIAL, TRIBAL LEADER] of [CITY, COUNTY, STATE, TRIBAL NATION], do hereby announce and proclaim to all citizens that, as of [DATE], the [CITY, COUNTY,
STATE, or TRIBAL NATION] proudly joins House America and pledges to respond with urgency to homelessness in our community by setting and achieving ambitious re-housing and housing creation
goals.
______________________________________ (MAYOR, GOVERNOR, CITY OR COUNTY LEADER, TRIBAL LEADER)