Once again, HUD’s most recent Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) illustrates something the homeless field should all know by now: year after year, African Americans continue to be disproportionately impacted by homelessness. Just like in 2018, the 2019 AHAR reports […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network Action Steps
The Alliance’s Racial Equity Network (REN) has developed action steps that communities may find useful if they find racial or ethnic disparities in their homelessness system. These action steps follow the release of the REN’s Racial Equity Toolkit to help […]
New Legislation Would Allow Tribes to Participate in Continuums of Care
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) households are disproportionately affected by homelessness, and consistently have high rates of homelessness when compared to other racial groups. Although they comprise 1.3 percent of the U.S. population, in certain states, AI can make […]
New Federal Policy Proposals Will Hurt Survivors of Domestic Violence
It is well known that there is a strong correlation between domestic violence and homelessness. An astounding number of families report experiences of violence and abuse; 57% of all women experiencing homelessness report domestic violence as the immediate cause of their […]
Poverty is Down — But Concerns About Homelessness Remain Up
Poverty rates are down: the U.S. Census Bureau has been documenting modest declines since 2010. And, in a recent report, the agency detailed a 0.5 percent decrease in the number of people living below the poverty line in 2018. Since […]