FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

SEC. 1002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.(a) Findings.—The Congress finds that—(1) a lack of affordable housing and limited scale of housing assistance programs are the primary causes of homelessness; and(2) homelessness affects all types of communities in the United States, including rural, urban, and suburban areas.(b) Purposes.—The purposes of this division are—(1) to consolidate the separate homeless assistance programs carried out under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (consisting of the supportive housing program and related innovative programs, the safe havens program, the section 8 assistance program for single-room occupancy dwellings, and the shelter plus care program) into a single program with specific eligible activities;(2) to codify in Federal law the continuum of care planning process as a required and integral local function necessary to generate the local strategies for ending homelessness; and(3) to establish a Federal goal of ensuring that individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 30 days.