Welcome to the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Solutions for Individual Homeless Adults. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Ohlone group, and offer recognition and respect to the indigenous people past and present on whose […]
Category: Affordable Housing
New Homelessness Numbers Reflect Uneven Progress, Increased Urgency
Despite Significant Decreases Among Families, Youth, and Veterans, Overall Homelessness Increases 2.7 Percent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress reveals that an estimated 567,715 people were identified homeless on […]
Housing Chronically Homeless People: Opportunities through the 811 Mainstream Vouchers
There’s no doubt about it: we need more resources to end homelessness in this nation. In fact, we need many more resources. But we also need to make sure that we use every single resource that exists. And for communities […]
Three Tips for Ending Veteran Homelessness in a Balance of State CoC
This post is authored by Hannah Maharrey, Director of the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care This year, the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (CoC) was given the designation of achieving an “Effective End to Veteran Homelessness” […]
Invest in Housing, Reduce Family Homelessness
State-level data indicates that family homelessness – families living in shelter, transitional housing, or without any shelter – declined sharply across the country between 2013-2018. This might lead one to conclude that homeless service providers are serving fewer families. This […]