Resource By Category: BIPOC Populations
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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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Racial Disparities in Homelessness Persist: A Data Snapshot
Federal homelessness data reveals that most Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) groups in the United States continue to experience sheltered homelessness disproportionately to…
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Millions of Americans Are Housing Insecure: Rent Relief and Eviction Assistance Continue to Be Critical
Since April 2020, the Census Bureau has conducted bi-monthly surveys on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The survey responses…
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Racial Inequalities in Homelessness, by the Numbers
Most minority groups in the United States experience homelessness at higher rates than Whites, and therefore make up a disproportionate share of the homeless population. African…
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Demographic Data Project: Race
Race and ethnicity are dominant organizing factors in America. They impact where a person lives when they are born, how they die, and practically everything in between. Homelessness
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Data Snapshot: Racial Disparities in Homelessness
July 16, 2019 – A new analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness sheds light on striking racial disproportionality in homelessness. In every state in the nation, African Americans…
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Data Visualization: Racial Disparities in Homelessness
The third brief in the Demographic Data Project explores race and ethnicity, which are dominant organizing factors in America. They impact where a person lives when they are born, how they…
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The Demographic Data Project
The Demographic Data Project compiles data analyzed from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2018 Point-in-Time Count to examine the rates of homelessness among…
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People of Color Make Up a Disproportionate Share of the Homeless Veteran Population
Despite progress in ending veteran homelessness overall, racial disparities persist:43.2 percent of veterans experiencing homelessness are people of color…
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Racial Disparities in Homelessness in the United States
Most minority groups in the United States experience homelessness at higher rates than Whites, and therefore make up a disproportionate share of the homeless population: