Resource Audience: Policymakers and Advocates
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Key Takeaways from National Opinion Polling, May 2025
In April of 2025, the National Alliance to End Homelessness commissioned Morning Consult to field a survey to measure Americans’ opinions and attitudes about homelessness. This endeavor was a follow up to polling published by the Alliance with Morning Consult in June of 2024, which indicated broad understanding among respondents that the nation’s affordable housing…
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(PDF) Equal Access Rule – Preserving Access to Homelessness Resources
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(PDF) FY 2026 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – A Proven Track Record of Reducing Homelessness
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Defending the Equal Access Rule: Supporting Vulnerable Clients and Preserving Universal Protections
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(PDF) FY26 President’s Budget Analysis
The President’s Budget threatens to cut nearly $40 billion from programs that play a key role in local efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
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(PDF) FY26 Homeless Assistance Grants – How Congress Can Help Solve Homelessness
The Alliance urges the Administration and Congressional lawmakers to provide the Homeless Assistance Grants account with a $4.922 billion appropriation in FY26.
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How Much Would It Cost to Provide Housing First to All Households Staying in Homeless Shelters?
We conservatively estimate that an additional $9.6 billion would be needed to achieve this goal: providing Rapid Re-Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing to everyone in a homeless shelter unable to access housing in a single year.
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(PDF) What Congress Needs to Know About Homelessness
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Why Criminalization Doesn’t Work: Research & Policy Insights
This series of briefs from the Alliance’s Homelessness Research Institute summarizes the conclusions of nearly 100 studies on the topic.
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7 Takeaways from 2024 Point-in-Time Count Data on Homelessness
In late December, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the 2024 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1.