City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0336R

• File #: 07-0336R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Homelessness in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 10/15/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Informational Hearing - Homelessness in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Health Commissioner and the President of Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc., to report to the City Council on the state of homelessness in Baltimore City; the number, gender, and age of the homeless population; the array of services needed by the homeless and the success of public and private service delivery agencies in meeting these needs; transitional and permanent housing inventory currently available to the homeless and plans to provide adequate and appropriate housing in future years; and inter-agency, inter-governmental, and inter-jurisdictional immediate and far-ranging plans to reverse the socio-economic factors that contribute to homelessness in Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: President Young, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Kenneth Harris, Rochelle Spector, Agnes Welch, Keiffer Mitchell, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Homeless, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/18/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/15/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
10/15/2007	0	City Council	Assigned
10/15/2007	0	Committee of the Whole	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Homelessness in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City Health Commissioner and the President of Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc., to report to the City Council on the state of homelessness in Baltimore City; the number, gender, and age of the homeless population; the array of services needed by the homeless and the success of public and private service delivery agencies in meeting these needs; transitional and permanent housing inventory currently available to the homeless and plans to provide adequate and appropriate housing in future years; and inter-agency, inter-governmental, and inter-jurisdictional immediate and far-ranging plans to reverse the socio-economic factors that contribute to homelessness in Baltimore City.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines homelessness as an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence including shelters or a public or private place not designated for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. A study published by the National Law Center on Homelessness states that, in 2007, approximately 3.5 million people, 1.35 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness on any given year.

The National Coalition for the Homel...