Data from the 2019 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count reveals that homeless transgender and gender non-conforming individuals are more likely to be unsheltered than cisgender adults experiencing homelessness. Forty nine percent of cisgender adults experiencing homelessness were unsheltered, yet a staggering 63% […]
Category: LGBTQ
Shaping Federal Plans to End Homelessness
Homelessness as we know it is at a critical turning point. There are now historic opportunities to shape the future of how the field operates: opportunities born from new strategies, funding, and energy during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as […]
Statement on Proposed Changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Equal Access Rule
The National Alliance to End Homelessness opposes the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to HUD’s Equal Access Rule, which would eliminate protections to ensure that transgender people experiencing homelessness can access shelter. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising levels of […]
Increases in Individual Homelessness: A Gender Analysis
According to the most recent Point-in-Time data analyzed in The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition, 2016 began a trend in the number of individual adults experiencing homelessness, rising annually from that point after six consecutive years of decreases. In the […]
HUD’s Equal Access Rule
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 […]