A new report issued by the National Alliance to End Homelessness examines challenges confronting frontline homeless service providers during the COVID19 pandemic. The report’s findings are based on a survey of nearly 800 homeless service providers, system leaders, funders, and people with lived experience on community needs. Among […]
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Researchers Send Open Letter to the Administration: Follow the Evidence on Homelessness
This post is authored by Marybeth Shinn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. Last week, I joined over 50 other researchers in writing an open letter to the Trump Administration. The goal was to urge the […]
We Still Need the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule: Protecting Housing Gains for Vulnerable People Under the Law
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently proposed major changes to the 2013 disparate impact rule – a move that would make it harder for people to bring forward discrimination complaints under the Fair Housing Act. As […]
What Does the President’s Budget Proposal Mean for Homelessness Programs?
The President’s budget proposal for FY 2021 was released yesterday, which kicks off the Alliance’s work on federal spending for the year. The President’s budget is a proposal and nothing more: Congress makes the decisions about which federal accounts get […]
Department of Education Numbers Show the Consequences of America’s Affordable Housing Crisis
Over the course of the 2017-2018 school year, homeless school liaisons identified 1.5 million children living in doubled up situations due to economic necessity, in hotels or motels, in shelters or transitional housing, and in unsheltered locations. Nearly 9 percent […]