1987-02978-Resolution No. 87-006 Recorded 2/11/1987REVIEWED
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUtd '3Y, OREGON
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A Resolution Proclaiming
February 25, 1987, a Day of
Special Concern for the
Hungry and Homeless Among Us. *
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RESOLUTION NO. 87 -006
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States, the National
Association of Counties and the United States Conference of
Mayors have recognized recently that the problem of feeding the
hungry and sheltering the homeless continued to grow in 1986; and
WHEREAS, the recent national survey of the United States
Conference of Mayors shows that the demand for emergency food
assistance increased 25 percent and that the demand for emergency
shelter increased 20 percent in 1986; and
WHEREAS, 60 percent of the new jobs created between 1979 and
1984 pay less than the amount necessary to support a two - person
family at the official poverty level; and
WHEREAS, median rents in Oregon have increased 109 percent
since 1980 while the median income of renter household has in-
creased only 30 percent; and
WHEREAS, the average Oregon renter household now pays the
seventh highest percentage of income for rental costs in the
country; and
WHEREAS, the shortage of affordable rental units (defined as
rent equal to 30 percent of income) has increased 63 percent
since 1980; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners finds
that it would be in the best interests of the County to join
other Oregon communities in designating a day of special concern
for the hungry and homeless among us.
Section 2. That it is proclaimed that February 25, 1987, be
a day of special concern for the hungry and homeless in Deschutes
County, Oregon.
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