New Federal Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness is Released (Will It Work?)
On June 22, 2010, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released a new Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness called Opening Doors. The plan's major goals include finishing the job to end chronic homelessness by 2015, preventing and ending homelessness among veterans by 2015, and preventing and ending homelessness for families, youth, and children by 2020.
HUD Publishes Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR)
On June 18, 2010 HUD released the corrected 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, a national study that explores changes in the extent and nature of homelessness nationwide. The fifth in a series of annual reports about homelessness in the United States, the 2009 AHAR for the first time, captures a large portion of the economic crisis in its reporting period. It provides real evidence that the economic downturn is impacting the housing stability of low-income and vulnerable Americans - as we see a rise in family homelessness for the second consecutive year.
House T-HUD Subcommittee Marks Up FY 2011 Spending Bill
The House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its FY 2011 spending bill on Thursday, July 1, 2010. It included approximately $2 billion In HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants, $75 million to support 10,000 new HUD-VA Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers and $85 million to fund 10,000 housing vouchers for the Housing and Services for Homeless Persons Demonstration. The Coalition is pleased with the markup for funding for these provisions, which we supported during our Hill Day visits with Congressional Representatives on June 30, 2010.
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