Congress, with one giant bill, has finished all its work for 2020 (with one significant exception – see below). The “omnibus” included all the regular discretionary spending bills for FY 2021; about $900 billion in emergency coronavirus relief spending; and […]
Category: Policy
The Longest Night of the Year
December 21, the longest night of the year, is remembered annually as Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, a time when we remember the people who lost their lives while experiencing homelessness. The night seems particularly poignant this year as we anticipate […]
Statement on the Appointment of Representative Marcia Fudge as HUD Secretary
The National Alliance to End Homelessness today expressed its support for the appointment of Representative Marcia Fudge as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). “Ending homelessness demands strong leadership at the federal level. There […]
Renewing Our Commitment on Election Day Eve
A nice thing about working from home is that I can look out my window and see trees, rather than the brick wall out my window at the Alliance office. Some of the leaves are turning yellow and red now, fall is […]
Statement in Response to USICH’s “Expanding the Toolbox” Report
This week, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), the Federal agency tasked with coordinating the national effort to end homelessness, released its new strategic plan, entitled Expanding the Toolbox: The Whole-of-Government Response to Homelessness. Unfortunately, the document is neither […]