The National Alliance to End Homelessness stands opposed to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) decision to revoke the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH rule). The AFFH rule is a critically important tool for addressing the housing discrimination caused by historical and systemic racism in our cities, […]
Proposed edits to an existing HUD rule could threaten access to shelter for transgender people. Now that these edits to the Equal Access Rule are officially in the Federal Register, transgender people – who already experience disproportionately high rates of homelessness and discrimination […]
A week after the live stream of the virtual 2020 Town Hall on Ending Homelessness, I am still on an emotional high due to the overwhelming positive reception of the event. As the Director of Events, I was disappointed that the Alliance was unable […]
Homelessness as we know it is at a critical turning point. There are now historic opportunities to shape the future of how the field operates: opportunities born from new strategies, funding, and energy during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as […]
This will go down as one of the craziest years in history, and it’s only half over. For people who are homeless, and for many others in danger of losing their housing, the next few weeks will be critically important. In fact, […]