National Alliance to End Homelessness

10/15/2026

Minnesota has reached an effective end to veteran homelessness, a goal the state set more than 20 years ago.

It doesn’t mean no veteran will ever experience homelessness, but when they do, the community has a system that connects them to permanent housing within 90 days.

Minnesota got there by investing in housing and creating bipartisan support. Their approach includes dozens of government and nonprofit partners working together to create a registry created to track every veteran experiencing homelessness.

Homelessness is solvable when we invest in homes and the services people need. Read more: https://bit.ly/4zzuWLL

State officials said Ramsey County became the final community needed to effectively end veteran homelessness statewide, announcing the milestone on Tuesday.

09/30/2026

“I’m going to die sleeping outdoors. But I got nowhere to go.”

Johnny Henderson is 71 years old and one of many people with underlying disabilities who will have to stay on the street as permanent housing solutions risk being defunded. Providers are scrambling to keep up with the administration's changing funding requirements, and for people in need, the effects are dire.

The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.

09/28/2026

Elections matter, and the people who have the most to lose from bad policy decisions must have a say in who makes those decisions. That is why the Alliance started Every One Votes, a clearinghouse of resources designed to provide homeless services organizations with guidance to ensure their clients can exercise their right to vote.

Check it out and learn how you can support this fundamental right on behalf of the people we serve.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

09/24/2026

Across the country, homelessness response systems are facing a difficult reality: the need for housing far exceeds the resources available. Funding priorities are evolving, housing remains increasingly unaffordable, and systems must navigate significant change in policy and external support.

Homelessness assistance programs remain critical, yet we know they cannot meet the needs of every household experiencing a housing crisis. Communities must strengthen their ability to identify and pursue housing solutions both within and beyond the homelessness response system.

That is where Housing Problem Solving (HPS) comes in.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

09/21/2026

"It is strange to have been doing this work as long as I have, and to have had the positions I’ve held. To have helped build programs that on one hand I’m very proud of, and on the other hand, I know full well they don’t meet the current needs anymore. It can be difficult for any of us to step back and critically examine what we have built together and recognize that we need some different, more sustainable and equitable infrastructure to continue meeting the real and evolving needs of people who are experiencing the trauma of homelessness, and that can also prevent folks from losing their housing in the first place."

Please take a moment to read the latest from CEO, Ann Oliva, about visioning the future of this mission.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

09/16/2026

On Friday, HUD opened a public comment period on "Research Justifying Additional Incentives for Certain Activities to Reduce Homelessness".

HUD is trying to weaken proven solutions like permanent housing by adding ineffective and barrier-inducing requirements for people trying to receive help. This includes replacing voluntary treatment with forced treatment and mandating coordination with law enforcement.

HUD is only legally allowed to provide bonuses for strategies that are proven effective at reducing homelessness; there must be supporting evidence and an opportunity for public comment to provide these bonuses. Currently, the strategies that HUD is pushing are NOT proven or backed by evidence.

The comment period is open until October 13th. It is imperative that HUD hear directly from YOU about the claims they are making in this notice, and that providers tell HUD about the solutions they know that work.

The Alliance will be working on developing guidance, talking points, tips, and more to help you make an impactful public comment. For now, we hope you will review the notice and consider what your local data shows and what information you will want HUD to know.

Leave a comment now:

This notice seeks public comment on activities HUD proposes to incent through the Continuum of Care (CoC) program. These activities are proven to be effective at reducing homelessness or preventing homelessness, and HUD invites public comment on these proposed activities before incenting...

09/16/2026

08/24/2026

Housed people cannot afford to pay their bills. Sober people cannot afford to pay their bills. Healthy people cannot afford to pay their bills.

Yet Devon Kurtz, the leader of the Cicero Institute's homelessness work, argues that homeless people can figure it out on their own, because “most people can eventually pay their bills.”

Legislators need to realize that the Cicero Institute lives in a different economic reality than their constituents.

As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale.

08/19/2026

The Administration's proposed changes are built on faulty logic. And, they'll have real, detrimental effects on homelessness response nationwide. Shifting funding away from evidence-based solutions like permanent housing doesn't help the crisis at hand, it exacerbates it. Read our full breakdown of where this logic falls apart: https://bit.ly/4hWEieU

08/11/2026

Systemic failures are at the root of homelessness. Not the people experiencing it, and not the programs working to end it. Yet the Trump Administration's new HUD policy pulls funding away from the housing solutions we know work. Read why the logic doesn't hold up: https://bit.ly/4hWEieU