[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        HELP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, over 3.5 million young adults and roughly 
700,000 young people experience homelessness in our country. We can't 
keep doing the same thing over and over again. With so many of our 
youth experiencing homelessness, we worked on a bill together called 
the Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act.
  This bill would launch a pilot program providing direct cash 
assistance to those experiencing homelessness in the amount of $1,400, 
or adjusted fair market rent, for 36 months, and then study the effects 
of the program on housing and health outcomes.
  This week, we received an email from someone that said: When I was 
17, I was convinced to leave home and family to go live in Texas. I had 
$400 in my bank account and a car that broke down every month. This 
would have helped me tremendously.
  I think, again, it is important as we come together to try to end the 
homelessness crisis in our country that we listen to the people being 
directly impacted.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this 
pilot program while respecting the dignity of unhoused young people by 
cosponsoring the bill.

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