2022 Governor's State of the State speeches: on Welfare & Poverty

Gavin Newsom: Address homelessness with 55,000 new housing units

The Governor's Blueprint ensures vulnerable people have the necessary help to get off our streets and get the mental health treatment they need. The plan adds $2 billion for mental health housing and services and clearing encampments. Governor Newsom's new investments expand on last year's $12 billion package--all told, creating 55,000 new housing units and treatment slots for people exiting homelessness. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to California legislature Feb 10, 2022

Kate Brown: An additional $400 million investment in affordable housing

There's an old saying in politics: Don't tell me what your values are. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what your values are. This session, I am asking the Legislature to join me in supporting an additional $400 million investment in affordable housing. Addressing this crisis is not just about investing resources. It's about fixing a system that has been rigged against working families, particularly families of color. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Oregon legislature Feb 3, 2022

David Ige: Increased funding to lift people out of homelessness

Working with the counties, we opened 20 sites across all islands that provide a wide range of services for individuals and families. These projects have assisted over 5,500 homeless individuals statewide, with more than 1,300 placed directly into permanent housing. By increasing funding for the homeless by 68% since taking office, we've assisted more individuals to, not only find temporary shelter, but lift them out of the vicious cycle of homelessness. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Hawaii legislature Jan 24, 2022

John Carney: Develop more than 1,200 affordable housing units

Using federal funds, the State Housing Authority is partnering with the private sector to rebuild the Riverside community in northeast Wilmington. It's a very exciting project. The Housing Authority has made available $50 million in rental and mortgage assistance to Delawareans struggling to get by across our state. And over the next three years, we will invest federal dollars to revitalize and develop more than 1,200 affordable housing units in Kent and Sussex counties. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Delaware legislature Jan 20, 2022

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Reducing poverty is the most important work of government

In the next 12 months your state government is going to deliver an additional $230 million in rent and utility assistance to the New Mexicans who need it most. In the first two years of this administration, New Mexico reduced food insecurity at the second-best rate of any state in the country. It should inspire us to keep going. Reducing poverty and shielding more families from its effects is the most important work any government, any worker anywhere, can do. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to New Mexico legislature Jan 18, 2022

Tim Walz: Repair shelters, invest in affordable housing

Every Minnesotan deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. Walz and Flanagan's 2022 Local Jobs and Projects Plan includes more than $450 million in safe and affordable housing projects, including a historic $250 million investment in Housing Infrastructure Bonds to provide supportive housing for Minnesotans across the state. The plan makes investments to repair existing shelters for the most vulnerable Minnesotans and significant investments in addressing housing for our veterans. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Minnesota legislature Jan 18, 2022

Jared Polis: Funded more than 14,000 units of affordable housing

We've lowered housing costs by funding more than 14,000 units of affordable housing in the last year, saving families more than $72 million annually. And we are ready to do more. Rising housing costs are pricing people out of neighborhoods they've lived in for years. I look forward to building on the incredible work of the bi-partisan Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force, to create stronger, healthier, and more affordable communities. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Colorado legislature Jan 13, 2022

Jim Justice: Fighting food insecurity is a big priority of mine

We continue to feed investment in our food banks. Fighting food insecurity has always been a big priority of mine. But it has been especially important during the pandemic. That is why I am incredibly proud to report that, in 2021 alone, we provided millions to food banks across West Virginia! Thanks to your help in the Legislature, we were able to put $1 million into last year's budget for our state's two biggest food banks. I will be respectfully requesting the same amount in my FY2023 budget. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to West Virginia legislature Jan 12, 2022

Jay Inslee: Wrap-around services critical in addressing homelessness

My supplemental budget includes an unprecedented $815 million investment in safe housing for those experiencing homelessness. This budget would also increase behavioral health services, continuing my administration's successful investments in these life-changing programs. All of us know that wrap-around services are critical to helping people out of long-term homelessness. It is fundamental that people not only get a roof over their heads but get access to such services.

We also have to realize we need more opportunities for everyone when it comes to housing. We can't get more housing if there's nowhere to build it. We cannot tell our constituents we are fighting homelessness and yet not provide ways to build more housing. That means we must allow housing that meets the realities of our tremendous population and economic growth this century.

Source: 2022 State of the State Address to Washington legislature Jan 11, 2022

Kim Reynolds: The safety net has become a hammock

There are many reasons for the worker shortage, but we need to recognize that, in some cases, it's because the government has taken away the need or desire to work. The safety net has become a hammock. There is dignity in work; it gives us meaning and purpose. So when it's degraded, when idleness is rewarded with enhanced unemployment and stimulus checks, when work begins to seem optional rather than fundamental, then society begins to decay. I'm worried that we're reaching that point. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the Iowa legislature Jan 11, 2022

Kathy Hochul: Housing plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes

I am launching a new, five-year housing plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes, including 10,000 units with supportive services for high-risk populations, like runaway youth and formerly incarcerated individuals. And we can no longer ignore the plight of NYCHA residents living in sometimes deplorable conditions. The Lieutenant Governor and I will work with the City of New York and the Legislature on concrete action this session. Source: 2022 State of the State Address to the New York legislature Jan 5, 2022

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