Content Type: Publications

On Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: From Mourning to Mission

On December 21st each year, communities around the country commemorate National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day to remember our neighbors who lost their lives before they could exit homelessness. The vigils held on this day, coinciding with the longest night of […]

Interim Strategies For Responding To Unsheltered Homelessness

Topline Messages Permanent housing strategies remain both an immediate and the sole long-term solution to homelessness. Whenever possible, people should be connected directly to housing from wherever they are currently residing. Interim strategies (i.e., temporary solutions offered as communities scale […]

Why Does the HUD Secretary Matter?

As the incoming Administration considers people for its cabinet, I have been thinking a lot about my own experience, and what I think the attributes of a successful leader are for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): […]