Resource Audience: Policymakers and Advocates
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(PDF) FY 2026 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – A Proven Track Record of Reducing Homelessness
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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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What Causes Homelessness?
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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.
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Increasingly Unsustainable: Unpartnered Homeless Services Workers Struggle to Make Ends Meet
The homeless services sector is significantly defined by low pay and high turnover. Recent data analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (the Alliance) illustrated that most employees aren’t able to afford their own housing given their current salaries.
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Elevating the Needs of the Homeless Services Workforce: Findings from Recent Nationwide Surveys
Human services workers across multiple sectors have been yelling from the rooftops that their professions are in distress. The homeless services workforce is adding to the chorus. T