Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP)

“From Reagan to Bush for 25 years A Spirit of Abandon” -
click here to view a poster detailing the abandonment

Founded in Spring, 2005, the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) is an innovative organization determined to make ending homelessness a national priority. By ensuring that legislators in Washington, DC receive a constant, consistent, constituent-informed message from the west coast, WRAP strives to shape public policies that address the systemic causes of poverty, ensure adherence to human rights, and are also grounded in the experiences of those who live with and work on homeless issues every day.

Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP), a coalition of west coast social justice-based homelessness organizations, released a report that documents how more than 25 years of federal funding trends for affordable housing have created the contemporary crisis of homelessness and near-homelessness. The report was released in San Francisco on November 14, 2006 at 12 noon, at the Philip Burton Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, in conjunction with release events in 7 other cities ranging from Seattle, Washington to San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more information regarding WRAP and to read the report, please visit their website at http://www.wraphome.org.

Follow the links below to learn more about WRAP and it's actions:

• WRAP's website - http://www.wraphome.org

• “From Reagan to Bush for 25 years A Spirit of Abandon” - Click here to view a poster detailing the abandonment

• About WRAP

• WRAP's Guiding Principles

• Staff and Contacting WRAP

• Members of WRAP

Articles and Multi-media Regarding WRAP

• WRAP Releases New Report, “Without Housing”

• - Video of Paul Boden (WRAP Coordinator) at the recent WRAP Press Release

• - Video of Terri Messman (Street Spirit Editor) at the recent WRAP Press Release

• “From Reagan to Bush for 25 years A Spirit of Abandon” - Click here to view a poster detailing the abandonment.

• Federal Housing Cuts Left Millions Without Homes - (October 2006 - Street Spirit)

• U.S. Government Created the Rise in Homelessness - (April 2006 - Street Spirit)

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