UPDATE: Rhode Island lawmakers have taken notice and introduced a  Homeless Bill of Rights as a result of this push. Join us in spreading the movement throughout the United States and around the world!
Our 7-month critical study of one shelter system revealed a verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive service culture that:
-- steers individuals into impoverished neighborhoods,
-- increases the length of stay in the shelter, and thus
-- increases the cost burden for taxpayers and donors.

Consequently, many of the 1.6 million unemployed professionals, middle-class families displaced by foreclosure, and underemployed low-wage workers currently experiencing homelessness may be subject to the same treatment. The 6 million more Americans currently "doubled up" with friends or relatives are at-risk of becoming homeless and also experiencing this discrimination and abuse.

Don't let this happen to you, your family members, friends, or co-workers.

Tell the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness that a Bill of Rights for the Homeless is needed now to:
-- protect the humanity of all Americans,
-- help people return to self-sufficiency quicker, and
-- ultimately save taxpayers a portion of the nearly $2.9 billion spent for federal homeless programs.

Fair treatment with dignity and respect is a documented and legislated human and civil right outside of the shelter system. People experiencing homelessness need these same protections.

Read the full 25-point Bill of Rights for the Homeless