Communities across the nation are working to end homelessness – but they can’t do it without federal dollars. That’s why the Alliance is watching closely as the federal budget process unrolls for the 2019 fiscal year (FY). Congress has reached […]
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Exploring the Crisis of Unsheltered Homelessness
Each night, nearly 200,000 Americans sleep outside or in a place not meant for human habitation, like an abandoned building, a park, or a car. Between 2015 and 2017, this population of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness jumped by almost 20,000. […]
As Housing Affordability Takes Center Stage, Organizations Take Action on Policy
As results from the 2018 Point-in Time Counts begin to emerge, we see a scattered portrait of homelessness in the United States. While many communities are making progress, homelessness continues to rise elsewhere. Meanwhile, the housing affordability crisis looms large, […]
What Gets Measured Gets Managed
This guest post was written by Jill Khadduri, Senior Fellow and Principal Associate for Social and Economic Policy at Abt Associates. An old adage tells us, “What gets measured gets managed.” That’s why, beginning in the early 2000s, communities across the country […]
2018 Point-in-Time Counts
Each year, communities in every state complete an annual “Point-in-Time” count of people experiencing homelessness. The most recent Point-in-Time count was conducted in January 2018 and the complete data will be released in a national report later this year. Before […]