News Type: News Releases
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HUD Releases 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1 to Congress, revealing an 18.1 percent increase in homelessness across the nation.
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Reductions in Veteran Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness applauds the reductions in veteran homelessness announced this week by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The data shows that homelessness among veterans fell 7.5 percent between 2023 and 2024, including a 10.7 percent decrease in unsheltered homelessness…
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New Election Polling Shows Homelessness is a Bipartisan Priority Among Voters
Washington, D.C., October 22, 2024 — Election Day is quickly approaching, and soon Americans will be voting in the 2024 presidential election. As important issues such as the economy, national security, and health care make headlines, candidates are also discussing the issue of housing affordability for the first time.
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Outgoing National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO, Diane Yentel
The National Alliance to End Homelessness today extends its gratitude to Diane Yentel, for her leadership, partnership, and stewardship of the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
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California’s Leading Homeless Policy Organizations Say NO to Proposition 36: Measure Likely to Increase Homelessness, Despite What Proponents Claim
As the leading homeless policy organizations in California, with deep commitments to ending homelessness for the nearly 200,000 people sleeping outside or in shelters on any given night around the state, we stand united in opposition to Proposition 36, which will likely make homelessness worse.
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Calls for Strategic Disaster Response to Support Vulnerable Communities in the Southeast
Today, the National Alliance to End Homelessness expresses its deepest sympathies to the families, individuals, communities, and businesses impacted by the most recent natural disasters that hit the Southeast.
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New Polling Shows Americans Hold Elected Leaders at All Levels Accountable for Solving the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis
Homelessness in the United States is currently at the highest levels in the history of record keeping by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Although extensive research points to the nation’s prolonged affordable housing crisis as the primary driver of this increase, widespread misunderstanding of the causes of and solutions to end homelessness…
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Encourages Providers to Participate in National Voter Registration Day
The National Alliance to End Homelessness today urged homeless services organizations to participate in National Voter Registration Day. As a first step, providers are encouraged to work with program participants and consult non-partisan resources to confirm their registration status.
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order on Homeless Encampments
Homelessness in the United States is currently at the highest levels in the history of record keeping by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Although extensive research points to the nation’s prolonged affordable housing crisis as the primary driver of this increase, widespread misunderstanding of the causes of and solutions to end homelessness…
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson
The National Alliance to End Homelessness today condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. Under the ruling, localities will be able to arrest, ticket, and fine people for sleeping outdoors on public property, even if leaders have failed to produce enough affordable housing or shelter for…