The Supreme Court ruling has compelled cities nationwide to reconsider their approaches to homelessness. While some cities have rushed to implement new policies — sometimes to the further detriment of unhoused individuals — this ruling has also fueled advocacy efforts […]
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Encampment Evictions Are Costly and Ineffective: Taxpayers will Pay the Price
Over the past few weeks, the city of San Francisco has begun aggressive encampment evictions as a direct response to a recent executive order by California Governor Gavin Newsom. This move reflects a homelessness response that is expensive and ineffective, […]
Hiding a City’s Homelessness Crisis Through Displacement: What The Olympics Remind Us about Harmful Practices
Over the past year, the French government has evicted thousands of people from their homes and bussed thousands of unhoused individuals out of the city with the promise of housing elsewhere. These people often end up in emergency shelters in […]
Creating an Effective Homelessness System: Leveraging the FY24/25 CoC Program Competition NOFO
The team at the Alliance wanted to provide insight on key changes for this year. Along with a 12.44 percent increase over FY2023 funding, there are a few notable changes from the previous NOFO: This year’s CoC Program Competition NOFO […]
The Role of Law Enforcement in Homelessness Response
In all three cases, according to local reports, these men were well known in their communities. Mr. Junkin was described as someone who would give the shirt off his back to another person in need. Mr. Kissick was never seen […]