The 2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) continues the work of past NOFOs by incorporating equity as a top priority, evident by the increase of available points in the 2022 CoC NOFO. Historically, CoC […]
Category: Racial Inequalities
Opening Plenary Remarks from CEO Ann Oliva, 2022 National Conference on Ending Homelessness
Thank you. It feels a bit surreal being up here today. Not just because I have gotten used to seeing so many of you in little zoom boxes, but because this is the first time in my own professional […]
Hope, Resiliency, and Strategic Thinking: Leveraging Our Conference to Help End Homelessness
The Alliance’s National Conference on Ending Homelessness in July will be the first in-person conference we’ve held in more than two years. So much has happened since then. First, we’ve been in the midst of a health crisis – the […]
Rising Rents and Inflation Are Likely Increasing Low-Income Families’ Risk of Homelessness
Rising rents and persistent inflation increase the risk for people becoming homeless and serve as barriers to people who are trying to exit homelessness. In a 2020 study, researchers at the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated that “a $100 increase […]
Services Not Sweeps: Ending the Criminalization and Forced Displacement of Unhoused People
Written by Becky Dennison, Executive Director of Venice Community Housing My organization, Venice Community Housing (VCH), is a nonprofit affordable and supportive housing provider operating in communities on the westside of Los Angeles, CA. VCH has been active for decades […]