Over a five-year period, the number of families experiencing homelessness (living in shelter, transitional housing, or unsheltered situations) on a single night decreased by 21 percent. Families experiencing unsheltered homelessness declined by more than half. Family homelessness did not decline […]
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted the 2019 CoC Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), and, like many of you, the Alliance staff spent a good portion of the holiday weekend reviewing it to […]
The 116th Congress has been in session for just over five months, and there are already multiple signs of progress on issues related to homelessness. There’s a reason Congress is motivated: the increases in unsheltered homelessness are startling. Many communities that […]
This piece is authored by Arianna Cook-Thajudeen, Legal Fellow at the National Housing Law Project. On May 10, 2019, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a proposed rule titled “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification […]
Pride Month marks the launch of the Alliance’s Demographic Data Project. The project promotes awareness about the connections between identity and homelessness. It urges systems, advocates, researchers, and others to consider ways they can help promote equity for groups that […]