ICYMI – Ranking Member Waters on Jordan Neely: “No One in America Should Be Homeless, And It Certainly Should Not Be a Death Sentence Should a Person Become Homeless.”
Washington, DC,
May 12, 2023
Tags:
Homelessness
In a new opinion piece published this morning in the HuffPost, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, shared her thoughts on the brutal murder of Jordan Neely earlier this month. In the op-ed, Waters fiercely condemns the brutality and criminalization that people experiencing homelessness are unjustly met with and calls for additional legislative action – on top of the funding she’s been able to secure – to address our nation’s worsening housing crisis and end homelessness. As the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and a policymaker who has fought tirelessly for years to combat our nation’s affordable housing crisis, I can tell you that the only thing that will truly end someone’s homelessness is a house. It really is that simple. During the pandemic, the investments I secured in the American Rescue Plan Act were used to house over 140,000 people who had been living on the streets. As the richest country in the world, we have the resources to ensure everyone has a safe and stable home, but far too often, we lack the will to do so. ### |