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:I also am confused as to whether this is good or not.  It sounds nice, I'm having a hard time understanding what this council actually does.  One thing worth noting though is that it terminates after three years. It seems to sound like this is promoting in-home family provided care for individuals, presumably for the elderly in particular.  If I am reading this correctly, then it is a good thing, since the government currently favors nursing homes over in-home care. I might be confused, though. [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3759/text] --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 23:30, 11 February 2018 (EST)

:I also am confused as to whether this is good or not.  It sounds nice, I'm having a hard time understanding what this council actually does.  One thing worth noting though is that it terminates after three years. It seems to sound like this is promoting in-home family provided care for individuals, presumably for the elderly in particular.  If I am reading this correctly, then it is a good thing, since the government currently favors nursing homes over in-home care. I might be confused, though. [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3759/text] --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 23:30, 11 February 2018 (EST)

::It sets up a committee that is supposed to do two things.  First, provide resources/information for families and caregivers of elderly people who want to remain in their homes, and, second, prepare a report with policy suggestions that the federal, state, and local governments could do to make it easier to provide homecare and for the caretakers of elderly people.

::It sets up a committee that is supposed to do two things.  First, provide resources/information for families and caregivers of elderly people who want to remain in their homes, and, second, prepare a report with policy suggestions that the federal, state, and local governments could do to make it easier to provide homecare and for the caretakers of elderly people.--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] ([[User talk:Whizkid|talk]]) 08:30, 12 February 2018 (EST)

== HUD housing initiative ==

== HUD housing initiative ==

:It "is committed to reforming government services and expanding opportunities for more Americans to become self-sufficient." There are a thousand ways they could do this wrong, but it sounds great. It might be worth listing...not sure.  Tangible, statistical results from this wold be even better. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 02:39, 12 February 2018 (EST)

:It "is committed to reforming government services and expanding opportunities for more Americans to become self-sufficient." There are a thousand ways they could do this wrong, but it sounds great. It might be worth listing...not sure.  Tangible, statistical results from this wold be even better. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">David B</font>]] ^{([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])} 02:39, 12 February 2018 (EST)