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 […]
Category: Unsheltered
The Alliance’s Unsheltered blog series, explores trends, data, and interventions related to unsheltered homelessness.
Supreme Court and Homelessness: What the Grants Pass v. Johnson Case Could Do
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson to determine whether if, under our Constitution, a local government can make it a crime to involuntarily live outside and […]
A Big Year for Homelessness: The Work Ahead in 2024
Is it too late to say Happy New Year? At the Alliance we have spent the past several weeks looking ahead to what we think 2024 will bring for homelessness and housing issues, and how we as a field can […]
In Memoriam: A Reflection on Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
But Evie’s death in 2020 hit me particularly hard. I cried, more than I thought I would. I hadn’t seen her for years, so this sudden flood of emotion surprised me. I’d heard that she was back in an encampment; […]
Improving Street Outreach as a Community Learning Series
This sequence of three courses (through the Alliance’s Center for Learning) covers strategies for outreach workers to fuel connections, building a system level strategy, and creating partnerships with the business community around outreach. Courses are also available individually. Low enrollment […]