Content Type: Publications

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is the only agency at the federal level with the sole responsibility of ending homelessness. It works across 19 federal agencies and departments, and with partners in both the public and private […]

Affordable Housing

Inability to afford housing is the key driver of increases in homelessness. The federal government’s most important program to help low-income people afford housing is the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program (including Section 8, […]

Federal Funding for Homelessness Programs

Homelessness affects more than half a million Americans on any given night. HUD’s McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program is at the core of federal efforts to end this crisis. Consider the results: Since 2007, homelessness has decreased by 15 percent. […]

The FY2018 NOFA: We’re Here to Help!

By now your community has delved into the FY2018 CoC Program Competition. Wherever you are in the process, we’re happy to tell you that the Alliance is here to help! As Steve Berg mentioned in his earlier blog, this year’s […]

Challenge Your Limits – Don’t Let Your Limits Challenge You

This post is part of a National Alliance to End Homelessness blog series to highlight the Rapid Rehousing Learning Collaboratives in Georgia and Maryland. Read more about Learning Collaboratives in the first post in the series here.  On a Friday night in late June, Rapid-Rehousing […]