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HRES 582 111th Congress House Housing and Community Development Child safety and welfare Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing supply and affordability Low- and moderate-income housing

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing.

Introduced: June 25, 2009 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 25, 2009
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) children and youth have a right to adequate housing; (2) there are an unacceptably large number of children and youth in the United States who experience homelessness every year, often because of the lack of affordable housing for their families; (3) projects that provide services to parents and other caretakers to prevent possible homelessness of youth in crisis should be created; and (4) programs that address the housing needs of low-income families should be implemented.

What's happening now June 25, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 582: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-582/
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"H. Res. 582: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-582/.
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H. Res. 582, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-582/.
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