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Urge Your Member Of The House To Support
The PUPP Act of 2023
Many of us have animals as pets. Others of us rely on animals in working relationships. Most of us can understand what it means to bond with animals.
Many Unitarian Universalists care about the interconnected web of life and include animal welfare and animal use in testing for science and industry in that caring calculus. Others care about basic human dignity, economic justice, and homelessness.
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But did you know people experiencing homelessness are sometimes accompanied by a companion animal?
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Did you know these human-animal partnerships face a standard “no pets allowed” rule in emergency shelters and housing programs?
The bipartisan Providing for Unhoused People with Pets (PUPP) Act of 2023 (H.R. 3957) was reintroduced in June to support the adoption of pet-friendly policies in homeless services.
The PUPP Act would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to modify and upgrade structures to serve as interim and permanent housing to accommodate unhoused individuals with pets and for other purposes. Advocates who work with homeless individuals who are also pet guardians believe that this bill proposal is an important step forward in championing the needs of such homeless and houseless individuals.
Send a simple message of support to your Representative in the House.
Endorsements: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, My Dog Is My Home, Animal Welfare Institute, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, The Street Dog Coalition, Humane Rescue Alliance, RedRover, Design Resources for Homelessness, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Portland Animal Welfare Team, Best Friends Animal Society, Feeding Pets of the Homeless, Pals N Pets, HEART LA, Michelson Center for Public Policy, Annie and Millie’s Place, Project Street Vet, GRACE Marketplace, Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry, and the Unitarian Universalist Ministry For Earth.
Providing for Unhoused People with Pets (PUPP) Act of 2023
Many of us have animals as pets. Others of us rely on animals in working relationships. Most of us can understand what it means to bond with animals.
Many Unitarian Universalists care about the interconnected web of life, and include animal welfare and animal use in testing for science and industry, in that caring calculus. Others care about basic human dignity, economic justice, and homelessness.
Urge your House Member to support the PUPP Act of 2023 and allow for grants to modify and upgrade structures to serve as interim and permanent housing to accommodate unhoused individuals with pets and for other purposes.
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Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ) has been the leader of a national UU advocacy movement in Washington, DC., and will continue our efforts, acting from:
- Our conviction that Black Lives Matter
- Our belief that No Human Being is Illegal
- Our care for the planet sustains us all and merits respect
- Our commitment to a people-centered sustainable economy
- Our stance that this democracy should be inclusive