NPACH Presents at Congressional Black Caucus
Annual Legislative Conference
September
10, 2004- NPACH Executive Director, Brad Paul, addressed
members of the Congressional Black Caucus, staff, and
conference participants at the CBC's annual legislative
conference for a panel, hosted by Congresswoman Barbara Lee
(D-CA), entitled "Housing: A Basic Human Right."
Paul was joined by Jon Gresley of the Oakland Housing
Authority, Richard Cho of the Corporation for Supportive
Housing, Moses Mayne former Oakland City Council member, and
Bishop Thomas White, the 48th Bishop of the Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church. Panelists alternately discussed
Section 8, McKinney-Vento, the Bush Administration's
Samaritan Initiative, and prisoner re-entry. Paul urged
attendees to work to protect the Section 8 program, increase
funding for McKinney-Vento, and advance the Bringing America
Home Act (H.R. 2897) and the National Housing Trust Fund Act
(H.R. 1102). He also urged appropriate Congressional action
to address homelessness across housing, education, income and
health programs, noting that recent Federal policy on
homelessness has been de-linked from the extreme poverty and
affordable housing crisis which underlies it. Said Paul,
"Congresswoman Lee is to be applauded for hosting a
panel on the critical issue of housing rights. By framing the
discussion within the context of human rights, we're reminded
of just how far we have to go to achieve housing justice. The
conference offered an excellent opportunity to pursue that
goal and present grassroots, locally-informed recommendations
on federal homeless policy."
For
more information:
http://www.cbcfinc.org/Annual_Legislative_Conference_2004.html
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