--- title: HR 1335. Goldstone, Brian; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr1335 cite_as: HR 1335, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1335 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1335.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1335/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73149 date: 2026-02-11 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1334.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1336.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 134 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1335.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 1335 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2026-02-11 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Karen Lupton - Mary Oliver - Scott Holcomb - Dar'shun Kendrick - Long Tran - Shea Roberts text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR1335/2025 upstream_id: 2114629 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - homelessness - housing insecurity - journalism - DeKalb County - legislative commendation --- # HR 1335. Goldstone, Brian; commend ## Text House Resolution 1335 By: Representatives Lupton of the 83rd, Oliver of the 84th, Holcomb of the 101st, Kendrick of the 95th, Tran of the 80th, and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending Brian Goldstone; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, DeKalb County resident Brian Goldstone is a renowned journalist, anthropologist, and author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America; and WHEREAS, a 2026 report from Georgia State University's Center on Health and Homelessness reveals more than 4,600 people in DeKalb County are living in extended-stay hotels, including 2,004 households and 1,635 children; and WHEREAS, the report found that families living in extended-stay hotels typically pay higher than average monthly rent, despite living in substandard housing; and WHEREAS, told through the lives of five families in Atlanta, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, by Brian Goldstone, traces the rise of America’s “working homeless,” exposing the forces of gentrification, racialized displacement, precarious low-wage labor, and a lack of tenant rights that drive a deepening crisis of housing insecurity; and WHEREAS, since its publication, There Is No Place for Us has received wide national recognition, including being named a finalist for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, a New York Times Top Ten Book of 2025, The Atlantic Top Ten Book of the Year, an NPR Books We Love selection, and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year, and was also selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year; and WHEREAS, Brian Goldstone initially reported on Atlanta housing in the 2019 New Republic article "The New American Homeless"; and WHEREAS, his long-form reporting and essays on such topics as mental health in Ghana, life after incarceration, the plight of chronic pain sufferers during an opioid epidemic, and Israel's secretive campaign to deport African asylum seekers have appeared in Harper’s, The California Sunday Magazine, Guernica, Jacobin, and Public Books; and WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that this outstanding Georgian be appropriately honored. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend Brian Goldstone for his unwavering commitment to journalism in the State of Georgia and extend their sincere best wishes for his continued health, happiness, and success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Brian Goldstone. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution commends DeKalb County journalist Brian Goldstone for his book on the working homeless and his broader body of reporting. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes Brian Goldstone, a DeKalb County journalist and anthropologist, for his book 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,' which follows five Atlanta families and examines gentrification, displacement, low-wage work, and weak tenant protections that contribute to housing insecurity. The resolution cites a 2026 Georgia State University report finding more than 4,600 people in DeKalb County living in extended-stay hotels, including over 1,600 children, and notes the book's national recognition. It formally commends Goldstone for his journalism and directs the Clerk of the House to send him a copy of the resolution. ### What it does - Formally commends Brian Goldstone for his journalism and his book on working homeless families in Atlanta. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Goldstone. - Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic honor. - Cites a 2026 Georgia State University report on extended-stay hotel homelessness in DeKalb County as background. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names and honors Brian Goldstone. It has no regulatory effect on other Georgians, though it references DeKalb County families living in extended-stay hotels as the subject of Goldstone's reporting. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial consequences; it is a symbolic gesture of recognition passed by the House. Its practical effect is limited to an official acknowledgment and a distributed copy of the text, though it publicizes housing insecurity data for DeKalb County. ### Key provisions - Whereas clauses describe Goldstone's background, his book, and its national recognition, including being named a finalist for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. - Whereas clauses cite a 2026 Georgia State University Center on Health and Homelessness report on extended-stay hotel residency in DeKalb County. - The resolving clause commends Goldstone for his commitment to journalism in Georgia and wishes him continued health and success. - A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute a copy of the resolution to Goldstone. ## Status - Status: Passed (2026-02-11) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2026-02-11) - Sponsors: Karen Lupton, Mary Oliver, Scott Holcomb, Dar'shun Kendrick, Long Tran, Shea Roberts - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73149 > The history, votes, and amendments (134 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr1335.md?full=1