Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the 2019 CoC Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), and, like many of you, the Alliance staff spent a good portion of the holiday weekend reviewing it to […]
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What Congress Can Do This Year: Part III, Active Threats
The 116th Congress has been in session for just over five months, and there are already multiple signs of progress on issues related to homelessness. There’s a reason Congress is motivated: the increases in unsheltered homelessness are startling. Many communities that […]
Keeping Families Together (and Housed): The Proposed Mixed Status Family Rule Misses the Mark
This piece is authored by Arianna Cook-Thajudeen, Legal Fellow at the National Housing Law Project. On May 10, 2019, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a proposed rule titled “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification […]
Why Housing First? Why Not Housing Second? Or Third?
Among the most common themes talked about in the homelessness sphere is the importance of adhering to Housing First principles. Why is that? Housing First is a very simple concept that is often misunderstood. Housing First is an approach to […]
What Congress Can Do This Year: Part II, Active Legislation
The 116th Congress has been in session for just over five months, and there are already multiple signs of progress on issues related to homelessness. There’s a reason Congress is motivated: the increases in unsheltered homelessness are startling. Many communities that […]