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October 2008

Congressional Report Card Revised

by Richard Brown on October 30, 2008

in Advocacy Network, Ending Homelessness

First Annual Congressional has been revised!

Lautenberg, Menendez, Andrews, Pallone, Pascrell, Payne and Sires
ranked as very supportive!

2008 Honor Roll

Members who were ranked as Very Supportive (A/B)

Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Sen. Robert Menendez
Rep. Rob Andrews
Rep. Frank Pallone
Rep. Bill Pascrell
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Albio Sires

Members who were ranked as Supportive (B-)

Rep. Michael Ferguson
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rep. Rush Holt
Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Rep. Jim Saxton
Rep. Chris Smith
Rep. Steve Rothman

Members who were ranked as Not Supportive (F)

Rep. Scott Garrett

Click on the icon to read the First Annual Congressional Report Card!

Click on the icon to read a PDF version of the First Annual Congressional !

After publishing the 2008 Congressional on October 6, 2008, it was brought to the attention of the that in our effort to produce the report we had overlooked two items that had an impact on the scoring. To read the revised report click here or on the icon.

First, the vote on Homes for Heroes (H.R. 3329) in the House of Representatives was not a voice vote as indicated in the original but in fact was a roll call vote. The Advocacy Network was pleased that all thirteen members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of this important legislation that will address the severe problem of veteran’s homelessness. The has been edited to reflect this positive action on behalf of the entire New Jersey Congressional Delegation.

Second, the McKinney Funding Letter, which requested that appropriators increase funding from $1.636 (proposed by the President) to $2 billion in fiscal year 2009, included one member of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation that we inadvertently did not credit with signing this important letter. The has been edited to reflect this positive action on behalf of Congressman Donald Payne.

The regrets the omission of this information in the initial . This revised edition includes these changes and accurately reflects the positive and active support of the majority of the members of the New Jersey Congressional Delegation for in the Garden State.

The looks forward to working with our members of Congress to insure that together we can achieve our common goal that no individual or family will be homeless anywhere in New Jersey.

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Summary of Homeless Assistance Reauthorization

by Richard Brown on October 30, 2008

in Ending Homelessness

Senate may approve reauthorization in November

As we reported on October 3rd, by a vote of 355 to 61, the full U.S. House of Representatives approved the HEARTH Act, S.1518 / H.R. 7221, legislation to substantially improve the Homeless Assistance Grants program. The bill is a compromise between a version that passed the House Financial Services Committee in July 2008, and one that passed the Senate Banking Committee in September 2007. The week of November 17th Congress will return for a post-election session. During that session, the Senate may take up the same bill that was passed by the House. If the Senate passes the bill, it would likely be signed by the President and enacted into law. To read all the details click here to read a summary prepared by the National Alliance to End Homelessness ().

The bill would make numerous changes to HUD’s homeless assistance programs:

  1. Homelessness prevention would be significantly expanded.
  2. New incentives would place more emphasis on rapid rehousing, especially for homeless families.
  3. The existing emphasis on creating permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic homelessness would continue, although families could also be considered chronically homeless.
  4. Rural communities would have the option of applying under a different set of guidelines that offer more flexibility and more assistance with capacity building.

In addition, for the first time, the entity that applies for funding would be known as a Collaborative Applicant. HUD would allow the Collaborative Applicant to be eligible to receive 3 percent of its community’s funding for administrative costs. If the Collaborative Applicant is also a Unified Funding Agency - the recipient of the funds that would then sub-grant the funds - it could receive 6 percent.

To read all the details click here to read a summary prepared by the National Alliance to End Homelessness ().

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