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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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December 21, 2010 - Homeless Persons' Memorial Day
FOR the purpose of declaring December 21to be Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, in memory of those people who have died in our shelters, on our streets and in other places unfit for human dwelling, from ailments or conditions directly related to homelessness, and without a secure place to say.
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WHEREAS, over the course of a year, at least 35,000 people in Baltimore City - a small fraction of the estimated 3.5 million across the country - find themselves without a secure place to stay; and
WHEREAS, adequate housing, which is essential for maintaining healthy individuals, families and communities, has become increasingly inaccessible due to rising costs of living and inadequate incomes; and
WHEREAS, too many of our friends' and neighbors' final residence is the street; and
WHEREAS, every member of society, including people experiencing homelessness, should have a right to the dignity of safe, decent, accessible, and affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, neither individual freedom nor flourishing community can exist without economic security; and
WHEREAS, all across the nation, communities will join Baltimore City in coming together on or near the first day of winter and the longest night of the year to remember those who have died without a secure place to live and to recommit to the urgent task of ending the conditions that create homelessness.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, that we hereby declare December 21 to be Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, in memory of those people who have died in our shelters, on our streets and in other places unfit for human dwelling, from ailments or conditions directly related to homelessness, and without a secure place to say. We recognize that their lives mattered and had meaning. We recommit to providing the services, education, and advocacy necessary to making homelessness an increasingly rare and brief experience and to the pursuit of a future in Baltimore City in which health care is available, housing is accessible, and incomes are livable for all.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Mayor, the President & CEO of Health Care for the Homeless, and the Mayor's Legislative Liaison to the City Council.
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