Setting the Record Straight on Housing First

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What is Housing First? Learn the facts from communities across the country that are successfully implementing Housing First best practices.

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Feb 27, 2024

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Nicole DuBois

New Federal Funding Boosts Unsheltered Homelessness Response

Unsheltered homelessness rose to an estimated 256,610 people on one night in January 2023, up 9.7 percent from the prior year. This continued a trend of increases that began in 2016 and has occurred every year since.

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.

Coordinated Entry Community Samples Resource Library

Per the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program interim rule, each CoC is required to implement a coordinated entry system that covers the geographic area of their CoC.

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