Resource Audience: State and Local Government
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Model Legislation to Protect Service Providers Who Serve People Experiencing Homelessness
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Model Legislation for Outreach and Services to Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness
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Model Legislation for Affordable Housing with Surplus State-Owned Land
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Model Legislation for the Adaptive Reuse Act: TABLE Housing
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State and Local Impacts of HUD’s Housing Cuts: Data Visualization
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2025 Homelessness Data Dashboards
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Interim Strategies For Responding To Unsheltered Homelessness
Although permanent housing paired with services and supports tailored to the household remains the only permanent solution to homelessness, there is no community in the country that has an adequate housing supply or social safety net. This, combined with insufficient shelter capacity, results in more and more people forced to sleep outside.
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Interim Strategies For Responding To Unsheltered Homelessness
Permanent housing strategies remain both an immediate and the sole long-term solution to homelessness. Whenever possible, people should be connected directly to housing from wherever they are currently residing.
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Race-ing to Thrive: Homeless Service Workforce Survey Reveals Low Salaries (and Other Challenges) More Greatly Impact People of Color
Pressures on the homeless services workforce are widespread. The Alliance’s 2023 survey of the field shed further light on employees navigating challenging environments marked by understaffing and high turnover, feelings of being overworked, and personal sacrifices significantly tied to low salaries and financial hardship.
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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…