National Alliance to End Homelessness

"'What we’re trying to get at here is prevent people from getting fined or being put in jail for being homeless,' said Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, adding that people shouldn’t be criminalized for the biological need to sleep. 'If you cannot afford to live anywhere — if you can’t afford housing, a hotel — you still need to sleep,' she said." https://lnkd.in/e6SkazSn

Rescinding the Equal Access Rule has far-reaching implications, writes Maddie Harris, current Social Work Policy Fellow at the Alliance. The Equal Access Rule is crucial for protecting transgender individuals, especially those facing homelessness, as it ensures access to gender-affirming shelters. Rescinding this rule would exacerbate homelessness and discrimination, particularly for transgender sex workers who already face criminalization and stigma: https://lnkd.in/ep9WTBnj

If Emergency Housing Vouchers run out of money, "it would be among the largest one-time losses of rental assistance in the U.S., analysts say, and the ensuing evictions could churn these people — after several years of rebuilding their lives — back onto the street or back into abusive relationships." https://lnkd.in/e4qzrSR5

"The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness has been vital in shaping effective policy to end homelessness," Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, said in a statement to NPR: https://lnkd.in/gwM-EZAF

Are you registered for #NAEH2025? Join the Alliance in Washington, D.C. this summer for the National Conference on Ending Homelessness. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/edq5_Zr8

We all want to live in vibrant communities that support residents’ health, safety, and access to public space. But politicians are twisting these public health and safety goals to justify criminalizing homelessness. The evidence shows these policies result in worse health and safety outcomes – for *both* unhoused and housed residents. The Alliance's Nicole DuBois breaks down the research: https://lnkd.in/dEBz5hEY

"While I am grateful that the region finally has a need for shared dialogue about homelessness, my plea is simple. "The answer cannot be, 'not here.' "When solutions stop at 'not here,' we yield unnecessary costs to taxpayers, create new challenges for service providers and increase despair among those affected by homelessness. Meanwhile, unhoused neighbors become the subject of growing resentment from the community when exhaustive efforts to move them along fail to make them go away." More from Meghann Cotter of Micah in Fredericksburg, VA: https://lnkd.in/etwS3fR6

In this week's update, Alliance CEO Ann Oliva discusses the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, encampment evictions on national forest land, ICE activity, and more: https://lnkd.in/evDFPmha

As communities across the country grapple with rising homelessness and increased housing costs, the Alliance finds that the majority of state and local governments invest less in housing than they do in corrections. Explore the snapshot: https://lnkd.in/e_45z8X3

Homelessness is a budget choice made by elected officials. This research map from National Alliance to End Homelessness SHOWS that many states spend much more on jail / prison than on housing and community development. Appreciate this visual to make the case that our electeds can choose to invest in our communities instead.