Updated April, 2021 Background In 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published a final rule in the Federal Register entitled “Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs” (commonly known […]
Category: Emergency Shelter
A Commitment to Inclusivity
Everyone working on behalf of people experiencing homelessness should agree that people in crisis need safety. People experiencing homelessness deserve a safe place to stay that is both welcoming and affirming. They deserve to be accepted as they are and […]
Many Western and Southern States Lack Sufficient Shelter Capacity for Individual Homeless Adults
The most recent Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress reveals that nearly half (48%) of all homeless individuals are unsheltered—living in their cars, on the streets, or in some other place not meant for human habitation. Unsheltered homelessness is driven […]
Coming Up Short for Individuals: Why Bed Counts Make a Difference
HUD’s annual Homelessness Report to Congress (AHAR) offers countless insights that help inform how we respond to homelessness in the United States. Among all the data points in the 2018 AHAR, however, one stands out as particularly alarming: the 18 […]
Salvation Army Center of Hope: Transitioning to a Low-Barrier Shelter Model With the Primary Goal of Rapidly Exiting People to Permanent Housing
Background The Salvation Army Center of Hope in Charlotte, N.C. provides emergency shelter and rapid re-housing to individual women and families with children. An institution in the community for more than 100 years, the Center of Hope embraces a philosophy […]