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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
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Introduced by: President Young
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day - December 21, 2013
FOR the purpose of recognizing December 21, 2013 as National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day in Baltimore City to bring attention to the struggle of people experiencing homelessness; to mourn the passing of our neighbors who, in life, lacked stable housing; and to rededicate ourselves to ending the conditions that create and maintain homelessness - poverty, a dearth of housing available to low-income households, and a lack of health and supportive services.
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For nearly two and a half decades, communities across the country have come together on or near December 21 the first day of winter and longest night of the year to bring attention to the tragedy of homelessness and to remember our homeless neighbors and friends who have paid the ultimate price for our nation's failure to end homelessness. Baltimore City joins the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and the National Consumer Advisory Board, local homeless service providers, and people throughout the country both housed and homeless in recognizing Homeless Persons' Memorial Day and rededicating itself to preventing and ending homelessness.
Nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) official ...
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