0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 60
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          PATSY G. TRUJILLO
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0007|     
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0008|       FOR THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE HABITAT
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0012|     FOR HUMANITY TO REGARD TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
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0013|     PAYMENTS AS INCOME.
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, safe and affordable housing is essential to
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0016|     obtaining employment, work performance and basic maintenance of
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0017|     a family; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, home ownership contributes to a sense of
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0019|     permanence, family stability and self-sufficiency; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, habitat for humanity is a program that encourages
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0021|     participation, responsibility and commitment leading to home
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0022|     ownership for eligible families; and
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0023|          WHEREAS, there are income requirements in the habitat for
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0024|     humanity program to assure the ability of recipients of housing
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0025|     to make low-cost mortgage payments; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, the state has flexibility in determining
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0002|     eligibility requirements based on resources for recipients of
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0003|     payments under the temporary assistance for needy families
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0004|     program;
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0005|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0006|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the human services department
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0007|     encourage the habitat for humanity program to regard temporary
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0008|     assistance for needy families payments as income for the
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0009|     purpose of determining eligibility for housing; and
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0010|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0011|     sent to the secretary of human services and the director of the
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0012|     habitat for humanity program.
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