Resource Audience: Policymakers and Advocates
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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
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2023 State of homelessness report: Homelessness trends in the United States
The Alliance’s annual State of Homelessness Report leverages both to analyze trends in homelessness across the United States. It provides systems, providers, advocates, policymakers, and others with information to help shape their work (for example, calculations of bed utilization and unmet need). Please join us for our webinar in which we will share our findings…
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When Investments Stall, Efforts to End Veteran Homelessness Plateau
At a time when homelessness is up in so many communities, there is a solution that is proven to work. Veteran homelessness has been cut in half since 2010, thanks to robust Congressional investments and a strong commitment to practices proven to end homelessness.
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Summary of Public Opinion Polling on Homelessness, June 2024
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Nationwide, More Children Live in the State of Homelessness than in Most American States
Per data from the National Center for Homeless Education, the number of children experiencing homelessness during the 2021-2022 school year nationwide was greater than the total number of…