Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness is a significant challenge in our country and getting worse. While Current National data sparse, we know the number of a people experiencing homelessness are already too hard. Rising again around 2015. The pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges that individuals and families face. Addressing homelessness is an area of bipartisan interest in the senate. Senator and it and senator portman, along with our full midi chair senator Brown Committee chair, senator brown, will provide assistance to those who are most at risk their homes. Of losing their homes. I look for to hearing from our witnesses about the bipartisan measure. We also kno
Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness is a significant challenge in our country and getting worse. While Current National data sparse, we know the number of a people experiencing homelessness are already too hard. Rising again around 2015. The pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges that individuals and families face. Addressing homelessness is an area of bipartisan interest in the senate. Senator and it and senator portman, along with our full midi chair senator Brown Committee chair, senator brown, will provide assistance to those who are most at risk their homes. Of losing their homes. I look for to hearing from our witnesses about the bipartisan measure. We also kno
Transportation and Committee Development will come to order. This hearing is in hybrid format. We will have witnesses testifying both in person and by video and senators may appear in person or by video as well. I want to thank senator rounds for join in this bipartisan hearing focusing on issue of homelessness. Senator rounds found out late yesterday i think that he is needed at an important markup of the Foreign Relations committee so you will be able to stay for the entire subcommittee which we understand, and thank you for being here. And thank you also to our panelist, those of you in person as well as of those of you joining virtually for being here today. So without a safe decent affordable place to live, nothing in yourr life works. Its nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are
Advocates for the homeless testified about the need for more Affordable Housing and support to address homelessness around the country. The pandemic has made the issue worse. This hearing held before a Senate Subcommittee runs an hour and half. Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness is a significant challenge in our country and getting worse. While Current National data sparse, we know the number of a people experiencing homelessness are already too hard. Rising again around 2015. The pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges that individuals and families face. Addressing homelessness is an area of bipartisan interest in the senate. Senator and it and senator portman, alon