Priorities
The Alliance is helping communities advance evidence-based solutions to unsheltered homelessness. Communities can move people from encampments into housing while avoiding harmful, punitive policies such as fining, citing, arresting, and jailing people for experiencing unsheltered homelessness Unsheltered Homelessness
When someone is living in a place not meant for human habitation.
Homelessness Reaches the Supreme Court: As It Weighs One Approach, a Better One Waits in the Wings
Working with Unsheltered People: Findings from the Alliance’s Workforce Survey
New Federal Funding Boosts Unsheltered Homelessness Response
Strategies to Address Unsheltered Homelessness
“>Evidence-based homelessness interventions address sheltered and unsheltered homelessness alike. The same core elements—housing and services—end homelessness for all. Still, targeted programs and smart policies are necessary to ensure people who are unsheltered can access these interventions.
“>Criminalization, on the other hand, is not the solution. Find out more and how you can combat criminalization efforts in your state.
“>Housing Focused Street Outreach
“>Providing for Interim Needs & Facilitating Rapid Transitions to Housing
“>Systems and Policy Change
“>Collecting and Maintaining Accurate Data
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