| For Immediate Release September 08, 2015 |
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Waters to Hold Briefing with Actor Richard Gere, Housing Experts on State of Homelessness in America WASHINGTON, D.C. - This Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 2 p.m., Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Financial Services, will hold a public briefing on the state of homelessness in America. The panel will feature experts on homelessness policy, along with actor, activist, and philanthropist Richard Gere.The briefing will include a discussion of progress made under the Obama Administration’s Opening Doors plan, the nation’s first comprehensive federal effort to reduce and end homelessness in America. Under Opening Doors, the nation is well on its way to reaching its goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of this year, but the Administration has recently had to extend its original goal for ending chronic homelessness by two years to reflect the need for additional resources to achieve this goal nationally. WHO: Moderator: Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Panelists: Richard Gere, actor, activist, and philanthropist Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness Matthew Doherty, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Jennifer Ho, Senior Advisor on Housing and Services, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development WHAT: Briefing: “The State of Homelessness in America Today” WHEN: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 2:00 p.m. WHERE: Capitol Visitors Center HVC 215, George Zimmerman Room First Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20515 RSVP: Media should RSVP to James Martin at James.Martin@mail.house.gov to confirm attendance by noon Wednesday, September 9, 2015. ###
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