Diversion is the intervention that has the greatest impact on the community level for those experiencing homelessness. It helps people avoid entering shelter and/or the homeless response system by resolving their immediate housing crisis through creative housing-focused problem-solving, connection to […]
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Understanding A Growing Older Adult Homeless Population
Why Is It Important to Count? It is difficult to determine just how many older adults are currently homeless, on a national scale. Not knowing the true size of the population makes it hard to measure progress in preventing and […]
State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition
People experiencing homelessness for the first time have not been served by the community’s response system in the previous two years. Unfortunately, the hard work of the homeless response system is not enough to overcome other powerful factors that prevent […]
Latest AHAR Confirms Growing Concerns About Older Adult Homelessness
People using emergency shelters, transitional housing, or safe havens are more likely to be under the age of 50, but the share of those 50 and older has been growing. According to Part 2 of the previous AHAR (published in […]
State of Homelessness – Archives
The State of Homelessness in America is a yearly report that charts progress in ending homelessness in the United States. It uses the most recently available data to present national and state trends in homelessness, trends in populations at risk of homelessness and trends in the types and utilization of assistance available to people experiencing homelessness.