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Bill to curb panhandling narrowly survives House committee
The House Transportation Committee voted 5-4 to giveHB101 a favorable recommendation. The bill takes aim at panhandling, but its sponsor, Rep. Jim Nielson, R-Bountiful, said it is also a public safety measure that applies solely to roads controlled by the state.
While supporters of the bill said it would help to discourage panhandling, opponents said the bill raises First Amendment concerns.
The House Transportation Committee voted 5-4 to giveHB101 a favorable recommendation. The bill takes aim at panhandling, but its sponsor, Rep. Jim Nielson, R-Bountiful, said it is also a public safety measure that applies solely to roads controlled by the state.
While supporters of the bill said it would help to discourage panhandling, opponents said the bill raises First Amendment concerns.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865596281/Bill-to-curb-panhandling-narrowly-survives-House-committee.html
Helping the homeless -- one 'step' at a time By Jason Evans, CNN updated 12:48 PM EST, Fri January 24, 2014
(CNN) -- For 13-year-old McClain Hermes, the inspiration to impact her world began in 2009, after her father showed her a magazine article about a shoe recycling program. "We decided (that instead of) recycling them, we would collect them and give them to people that needed them," she says.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/us/iyw-hermes/
The Tragic List of Elderly and Homeless People Freezing to Death Keeps Getting Longer
Posted by: Simone Sanner in Economic Issues, Human Interest January 26, 2014
"There are few causes more thankless than helping those who cannot help themselves, society’s castaways. After just a few moments of searching, we here at AATTP were able to compile a very short and incomplete list of people, the homeless and elderly, who have died as a result of inadequate shelter this winter."
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At Least Five Homeless People Froze To Death Last Week BY SCOTT KEYES ON JANUARY 24, 2014 AT 8:23 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/24/3200211/homeless-deaths/
Where Homelessness Is Getting Worse (It's Not the Places You'd Think) Alissa Walker, Gawker Media Jan 24, 2014, 04.10 AM IST
http://www.gizmodo.in/software/Where-Homelessness-Is-Getting-Worse-Its-Not-the-Places-Youd-Think/articleshow/29270357.cms
"Overall, homelessness seems to be on the decline in the U.S. Since 2007, the rate of homelessness for all Americans declined nine percent; however, for about half of the states in the country, homelessness is still getting worse."
Fighting homelessness by giving homeless people houses
Surge In Homeless Deaths Expected Over Next Decade Unless We ActBY SCOTT KEYES ON JANUARY 21, 2014 AT 10:45 AM
"Hundreds of thousands of homeless people could die over the next decade as the homeless population in the United States grows older but continues to lack access to proper housing, food, or medical care."
Republican State Sees 74 Percent Reduction in Homelessness
http://aattp.org/republican-state-sees-74-percent-reduction-in-homelessness-by-providing-free-houses-to-the-poor/
Flying in the face of the modern conservative war on the poor, which generally regards poverty and suffering as something to be shunned as opposed to addressed, Utah’s boldly progressive efforts to house the homeless over the past eight years has proven to be a tremendous success. Not only reducing homelessness in the “beehive state” by 78%, the practice of has proven economically beneficial, having saved the state thousands if not millions of dollars. - See more at: http://aattp.org/republican-state-sees-74-percent-reduction-in-homelessness-by-providing-free-houses-to-the-poor/#sthash.G9aL6vb1.dpuf
Have a good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you don't have to work, consider doing something important for Human Rights.
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