Can a city make it a criminal offense to sleep outside, if there are no shelters or other places for homeless people to sleep inside? That’s the issue in City of Boise v. Martin, a case that the Supreme Court […]
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Three Tips for Ending Veteran Homelessness in a Balance of State CoC
This post is authored by Hannah Maharrey, Director of the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care This year, the Mississippi Balance of State Continuum of Care (CoC) was given the designation of achieving an “Effective End to Veteran Homelessness” […]
Think You’re Done with this Year’s NOFA? There’s One More Thing to Do
Your community has submitted this year’s application for funding from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Since then, you’ve (maybe) caught up on sleep, and worked through some of […]
New Federal Policy Proposals Will Hurt Survivors of Domestic Violence
It is well known that there is a strong correlation between domestic violence and homelessness. An astounding number of families report experiences of violence and abuse; 57% of all women experiencing homelessness report domestic violence as the immediate cause of their […]
New Research: Unsheltered Homelessness is a Health Crisis
Unsheltered individuals manage profound health challenges that broadly define them as a social group. This is the basic conclusion of a recent California Policy Lab (CPL) brief—Health Conditions Among Unsheltered Adults in the U.S. In the lead up to the […]