Written by: Joy Moses, Vice President of Research and Evidence During the summer of 2023, the Alliance surveyed the nation’s homeless services workforce. The online questions were answered by 5,044 people in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. […]
Category: Unsheltered
The Alliance’s Unsheltered blog series, explores trends, data, and interventions related to unsheltered homelessness.
How the Supreme Court Could Impact Homelessness
About the Case The narrow issue in the case is whether a local government can issue tickets, fines, arrests, or otherwise punish people for “camping” outside in public spaces – even when adequate indoor shelter and housing spaces aren’t available […]
What is Preventing Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness?
In spring 2023, the federal government awarded 32 communities across the country with additional resources to address unsheltered homelessness. Before they began implementing their grants, the Alliance asked 24 representatives of the funded communities about the factors that had been preventing […]
Innovations, Solutions, and What We Can Learn in San Francisco
I can’t believe that we are so close to the 2024 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness conference. It feels like things in life and work are moving so fast this year – and while the conference itself proves […]
New Federal Funding Boosts Unsheltered Homelessness Response
Written by: Nicole DuBois, Senior Research Analyst Unsheltered homelessness rose to an estimated 256,610 people on one night in January 2023, up 9.7 percent from the prior year. This continued a trend of increases that began in 2016 and has […]