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On March 15, President Trump signed into law a year-long continuing resolution (CR) that extends funding for the federal government through September 30, 2025. Although the continuing resolution generally extends funding levels from fiscal year 2024 enacted funding amounts, it includes increases for defense spending and immigration enforcement while reducing some non-defense funding. The measure eliminates all earmarked projects from FY2024 appropriations and omits $15.9 billion in earmarked projects that had been included in the FY2025 House and Senate appropriations bills.

We conservatively estimate that an additional $9.6 billion would be needed to achieve this goal: providing Rapid Re-Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing to everyone in a homeless shelter unable to access housing in a single year.

This series of briefs from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute summarizes the conclusions of nearly 100 studies on the topic.

In late December, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1.

Permanent housing strategies remain both an immediate and the sole long-term solution to homelessness. Whenever possible, people should be connected directly to housing from wherever they are currently residing.

The homeless services sector is significantly defined by low pay and high turnover. Recent data analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) illustrated that most employees aren’t able to afford their own housing given their current salaries.

Pressures on the homeless services workforce are widespread. The Alliance’s 2023 survey of the field shed further light on employees navigating challenging environments marked by understaffing and high turnover, feelings of being overworked, and personal sacrifices significantly tied to low salaries and financial hardship.

At a time when homelessness is up in so many communities, there is a solution that is proven to work. Veteran homelessness has been cut in half since 2010, thanks to robust Congressional investments and a strong commitment to practices proven to end homelessness.