June 19: HHR Meeting on Homelessness

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HHR:

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT!

Next Meeting: Monday, 6/19, 6 pm

At the Civil Rights Heritage Center (1040 West Washington St.)

Discussion topic: Need for a "HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS"

A Homeless Bill of Rights is, at its essence, a reaffirmation that the homeless are entitled to the same rights and privileges as other citizens and an understanding that those rights and privileges are not always recognized.

At the next meeting of the South Bend Common Council, Councilwoman Lori Hamann will introduce a bill that would amend the city’s human rights ordinance to establish the “unhoused” as a protected class.

At our HHR meeting next Monday, Councilwoman Hamann, South Bend’s newly appointed Homelessness Coordinator, Carl Hetler, and other housing advocates who have participating in the development of a Homeless Bill of Rights, will join our meeting for a discussion of this issue.

The amendment to the Human Rights Ordinance should have its first reading at the June 26th Common Council meeting.  After the 1st reading, the Public Health and Safety meeting will review the amendment and it will be voted on at the 1st Council meeting in July.
 

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