City of Milwaukee - File #: 181314

• File #: 181314
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/27/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 12/18/2018
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing an appropriation from the Housing Trust Fund relating to homelessness.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING TRUST FUND

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/28/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/18/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs was added as a cosponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	15:0
12/11/2018	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Ald. Michael Murphy, 10th Ald. Dist. Steve Mahan, Community Development Grants Administration Ald. Stamper, Perez, and Rainey added as cosponsors.	Pass	5:0
12/6/2018	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/6/2018	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/6/2018	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/4/2018	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
11/27/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

181314

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. MURPHY, STAMPER, PEREZ, RAINEY AND COGGS

Title

Substitute resolution authorizing an appropriation from the Housing Trust Fund relating to homelessness.

Analysis

This resolution authorizes an appropriation of up to $75,000 from the Housing Trust Fund to provide funding for warming rooms to serve the homeless population throughout the city.

Body

Whereas, Homelessness is a circumstance that over 500,000 people in the nation live with every day; and

Whereas, Homeless people often must spend their nights outside, due to the number of homeless exceeding the availability of shelter beds in their communities; and

Whereas, The winter months often exacerbate this issue, as temperatures drop and the need for additional shelters increases; and

Whereas, The city of Milwaukee has a substantial homeless population that uses or seeks to use warming rooms in the winter months; and

Whereas, The full cost of having space, utilities, and staff to operate a warming room from December 1^st to February 28^th each year is a significant expense for non-profit facilities for the homeless; and

Whereas, The City identifies a need to provide its homeless population with a safe place to spend the winter nights; and

Whereas, The Housing Trust Fund was established in part to provide financial support for housing and other services for the homeless in Milwaukee; and

Whereas, There are available funds within the Housing Trust Fund for providing safe housing for the homeless population of the city; now, therefore, be it  

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that up to $75,000 shall be appropriated from the Housing Trust Fund to provide funding for operation of warming rooms by non-profit organizations in the city from December 1, 2018 to February 28, 2019.

Requester

Drafter

LRB 173013-2

Aaron Michelson

12/4/2018

CLERICAL CORRECTION -- July 25, 2019 -- James R. Owczarski