The National Alliance to End Homelessness today applauded the Biden administration’s new guidance to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to examine the impacts of discriminatory housing policies at the agency, and to advance fair housing. Among the many negative impacts of discriminatory housing policies are reducing […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
The Next Four Years: What Can We Expect for Homelessness and Housing Policy?
With the start of a new Presidential Administration, it’s a good time to look at what opportunities and challenges lie ahead as we seek an end to homelessness in the United States. In the coming months the Alliance will continue […]
Equity Is the Answer all Along: Addressing Racial Trauma and Homelessness
This post is written by Saba Mwine (she/her), Senior Program Manager for CSH Los Angeles and equity strategist. Racism is fundamental to the United States’ inception: our founding as a nation and economy depended on it. Chattel slavery and the […]
The Racial Equity Dialogue Series: Starting the Conversation About Racism in the North Carolina Balance of State CoC
This blog post is authored by staff at the North Carolina Balance of State Continuum of Care. A Call to Action In response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, North Carolina Balance of State Continuum of Care […]
New Omnibus: What It Means for Homelessness
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 […]