Homelessness

Title: H.RES.582 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that children have a right to adequate housing.

Background (What circumstances necessitate Congressional action?/What happened to the Bill in Congress? Did it pass, or die in committee?):
The bill was not passed but is being referred to different committees. It is being looked over in the House committee on Financial Services.

Goal of Action:
6/25/2009: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Specifics/Means of Goal:
(1) Children and youth have a right to adequate housing
(2) There are an unacceptably large number of children and youth in the United States who experience homelessness every year, often because of the lack of affordable housing for their families
(3) Projects that provide services to parents and other caretakers to prevent possible homelessness of youth in crisis should be created
(4) Programs that address the housing needs of low-income families should be implemented.


Type of Power (Is Congress acting according to an expressed or implied power? If it is implied, what expressed power grants it? - Check the Constitution to figure this out!):
I think it is an implied power that goes off of Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution because keeping the children safe is important without them there is no future for our country.


Analysis (Do you think Congress should do this according to its Constitutional powers?)
I think this is something congress can do it is working to make the United States a better place to live. If you start with the children then it will hopefully lead them to a better future as an adult.