Homelessness Update

Opportunity Starts at Home: Leaders join together to take on affordable housing Housing affordability has a direct impact on the nation’s health, influencing homelessness, economic mobility, education, health outcomes, and countless other factors. This week, the Alliance joined a diverse multi-sector coalition to address the nation’s affordable housing crisis for America’s most vulnerable communities. The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign seeks to mobilize powerful new constituencies, including organizations beyond the housing sector. Together, they will promote federal priorities to ensure that people with the lowest incomes have access to safe, decent, affordable housing in neighborhoods where everyone has equitable opportunities to thrive. Learn How You Can Participate » Research Continues to show impact of Racial Disparities  New data explored in the New York Times show how structural barriers threaten the income and wealth of African Americans. Among the findings, the study shows that black boys born into affluent families are much more likely to become economically poor as adults than are similar white boys. This research contributes to a growing understanding of the social and economic impact of racial inequity in the United States — including within homelessness. Earlier this month, new research from The Center for Social Innovation explored not only the racial disparities in homelessness among people of color, but also the impact of inequity in areas related to homelessness, such as housing, criminal justice, and behavioral health. Read More » The Alliance is Seeking Summer Interns The Alliance will be hiring 2–3 full-time interns for Summer 2018 at its Washington, D.C. office. Prospective candidates should be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant area of study. Interns will assist in projects across the communications, development, and policy teams, as well as support efforts around the Alliance’s National Conference and Capitol Hill day in July. Candidates should indicate which of those areas are of most interest to them and should describe the experience and skills they would bring to projects in those interest areas. Learn More and Apply » from the blog Ending Homelessness Today the official blog of the national alliance to end homelessness A Mission that Matters: Why HUD Must Maintain Its Commitment to Fighting Discrimination by Ben Cattell Noll Last week, reports surfaced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was considering a change to the agency's mission statement. Among the potential changes: removing existing language about building "communities free from discrimination," and replacing it with a call for Americans to achieve "self-sufficiency." There are no indications at this time that […] The post A Mission that Matters: Why HUD Must Maintain Its Commitment to Fighting Discrimination appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Changing Punitive Shelter Rules to Simple Community Expectations by Ben Cattell Noll On February 15, the Alliance kicks off the 2018 Emergency Shelter Learning Series with a brand new webinar to answer your most challenging and frequently asked questions. Throughout 2017, we were thrilled to see how many organizations across the country were making the shift to lower-barrier, housing-focused shelter models. Emergency shelters are a critical part […] The post Changing Punitive Shelter Rules to Simple Community Expectations appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | Congress's Latest Budget Deal Will Help Us End Homelessness—If We Fight for It by Steve Berg Early this morning, Congress ended a brief government shutdown and voted to finally support a budget deal. This means there is now a firm schedule for finishing work on federal spending. The two-year budget agreement increases caps on overall non-defense spending, and adds critical one-time investments for disaster recovery. The details include: $63 billion increase […] The post Congress’s Latest Budget Deal Will Help Us End Homelessness—If We Fight for It appeared first on National Alliance to End Homelessness. Read more » comments » | About Us The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit, non-partisan, organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. Join Us The Alliance is online: on Facebook, on Twitter, on our blog, and on our website! Join the Alliance's online community, and stay up-to-date with homelessness and housing information. www.endhomelessness.org Forward to a Friend Need Technical Assistance? Visit the Center for Capacity Building to learn more about the ways the Center can help your community end homelessness.