foscarinis. >> thank you very much, et chairman carper, ranking member brown. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i and the executive director of the national law center on homelessness and poverty. our mission is to serve at as the leaders of the nationwide effort to end homelessness in america. the numbers have increased as a result of the recession and foreclosure crisis. in fact, the u.s. conference of mayors estimated a 9% increase in family homelessness in 2010 alone over 70% of the officials surveyed for the report expected family and child homelessness to increase further during the coming year. the united states government has committed itself to ending homelessness. just a year ago, the u.s. interagency council on homelessness released "opening doors, the federal strategic plans the two end homelessness." the central belief is that no one should experience homelessness, no one should be without a safe, stable place to call all bahome. recently, our government stated that home

foscarinis. >> thank you very much. chairman carper, ranking member brown, members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i am the executive director of the national law center on homelessness and poverty. our mission is to serve as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to prevent homelessness in america. each year more than 3 million americans experience homelessness, including 1.3 million children. these numbers have increased as a result of the recession and foreclosure crisis. in fact, the u.s. conference of mayors estimated a 9% increase in family homelessness in 2010 alone. over 70% of the official survey for the report expect family and child homelessness to increase further during the coming year. the united states government has committed itself to ending homelessness. just a year ago the u.s. interagency council on homelessness released opening doors, the federal strategic plan to end and prevent homelessness. the plans central belief is that no one should experience homelessnes