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National Union of the Homeless : ウィキペディア英語版 | National Union of the Homeless The National Union of the Homeless (NUH) was a national union of local activist organizations that fought for housing rights and economic justice. The organization was active between 1985 and 1993. At its height the National Union of the Homeless had over 20 locals and 15,000 members. ==Background== The 1980s saw large increase in homeless throughout the United States. While the economy was ailing, the 1980s saw dramatic cuts in Federal spending on housing by the Reagan Administration. In the eight years of the Regan Administration federal housing spending dropped from $28.7 billion to $9.5 billion. The is exactly the period where the United States is saw its most active and largest organizing of homeless people around homeless issues. In 1983 Chris Sprowal, Tex Howard, and Franklyn Smith founded ''Committee for Dignity and Fairness for the Homeless'' in Philadelphia. In 1984 the Committee founded the Dignity Shelter in Philadelphia, the first ever homeless shelter founded and run by homeless people. The Committee also help found the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley Union for the Homeless which began to organize around homeless issues. They got homeless people 24-hour intake in city shelters, the right to vote, and, by staging bath-ins at public fountains, public showers. The union went national, spreading to 13 cities by 1986. The National Union of the Homeless was officially founded in 1985 in Philadelphia. In November 1986 the Tompkins Square Union of the Homeless, the New York City local, was formed.
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