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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY FALLON
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution designating April 7, 2004, as
1 4 Iowa Homeless Awareness Day.
1 5 WHEREAS, the Iowa Homelessness Study conducted in
1 6 2001 concluded that over 18,000 homeless people, with
1 7 4,300 in Des Moines alone, and over 7,000 near-
1 8 homeless people live in Iowa; and
1 9 WHEREAS, nearly 60 percent of those homeless and
1 10 near-homeless people are children, over 11 percent of
1 11 those homeless and near-homeless people are less than
1 12 five years of age, and unaccompanied children
1 13 represent more than 10 percent of the homeless
1 14 population; and
1 15 WHEREAS, 82 percent of the homeless and 90 percent
1 16 of the near-homeless single adult households with
1 17 children are headed by a woman; and
1 18 WHEREAS, family breakup, potential utility
1 19 disconnection, and job loss are consistently the
1 20 leading causes of homelessness; and
1 21 WHEREAS, Iowa's homeless and near-homeless people
1 22 exist in rural and urban areas, and in low-poverty and
1 23 high-poverty communities; and
1 24 WHEREAS, the poverty level population is defined by
1 25 the federal poverty line, $16,588 in income for a
1 26 family of four, which equates roughly to between 30
1 27 percent and 50 percent of the median income in most
1 28 Iowa counties; and
1 29 WHEREAS, the lack of living wage jobs and
1 30 affordable housing are reported as the most
2 1 significant barriers to resolving homelessness in
2 2 every type of community, and long-term economic
2 3 solutions that create living wage jobs and affordable
2 4 housing seem necessary to solve this crisis; NOW
2 5 THEREFORE,
2 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 7 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 8 designates Wednesday, April 7, 2004, as Iowa Homeless
2 9 Awareness Day, and invites the citizens of Iowa to
2 10 increase their awareness of the causes of homelessness
2 11 and seek to implement solutions to homelessness; and
2 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly
2 13 requests that the Governor issue a proclamation
2 14 calling upon the people of Iowa to observe Iowa
2 15 Homeless Awareness Day with appropriate programs,
2 16 ceremonies, and activities.
2 17 LSB 6968HH 80
2 18 rj/sh/8
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