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HR 1335: Goldstone, Brian; commend

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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.