[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 20 (Monday, May 24, 1993)]
[Pages 909-910]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12848--Federal Plan To Break the Cycle of Homelessness

 May 19, 1993

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including title II of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
11311-11320), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in 
order to provide for the streamlining and strengthening of the Nation's 
efforts to break the cycle of homelessness, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:

    Section 1. Federal member agencies acting through the Interagency 
Council on the Homeless, established under title II of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, shall develop a single coordinated 
Federal plan for breaking the cycle of existing

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homelessness and for preventing future homelessness.
    Sec. 2. The plan shall recommend Federal administrative and 
legislative initiatives necessary to carry out the plan and shall 
include a proposed schedule for implementing administrative initiatives 
and transmitting any necessary legislative proposals to the Congress. 
These initiatives and legislative proposals shall identify ways to 
streamline and consolidate, when appropriate, existing programs designed 
to assist homeless individuals and families.

    Sec. 3. The plan shall make recommendations on how current funding 
programs can be redirected, if necessary, to provide links between 
housing, support, and education services and to promote coordination and 
cooperation among grantees, local housing and support service providers, 
school districts, and advocates for homeless individuals and families. 
The plan shall also provide recommendations on ways to encourage and 
support creative approaches and cost-effective, local efforts to break 
the cycle of existing homelessness and prevent future homelessness, 
including tying current homeless assistance programs to permanent 
housing assistance, local housing affordability strategies, or 
employment opportunities.

    Sec. 4. To the extent practicable, the Council shall consult with 
representatives of State and local governments (including education 
agencies), nonprofit providers of services and housing for homeless 
individuals and families, advocates for homeless individuals and 
families, currently and formerly homeless individuals and families, and 
other interested parties.

    Sec. 5. The Council shall submit the plan to the President no later 
than 9 months after the date of this order.

                                            William J. Clinton

The White House,
May 19, 1993.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:22 p.m., May 19, 
1993]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on May 
20.