United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)

Worst Case Housing Needs Have Gotten … Worse

09/28/2017 by Matthew Doherty, Executive Director

HUD’s Worst Case Housing Needs 2017 Report to Congress is a key new source of information about worsening housing needs in our communities, which could be creating increasing... Continue Reading →

Racial Equity: An Essential Component of Our Nation’s Homelessness Response

09/11/2017 by Jeff Olivet and Marc Dones, Center for Social Innovation

Our national conversation about homelessness has been missing a critical piece: an honest, open conversation about the racial dimensions of homelessness.

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Pathways to Housing PA: Using Landlord Engagement and Flexible Services to Assist Individuals at the Intersection of the Opioid Crisis & Homelessness

08/24/2017 by Pathways to Housing PA President and CEO Christine Simiriglia, Vice President for Housing First Services Sandra Romeo, and Clinical Director Matt Tice

We spoke with Pathways to Housing PA to better understand their Housing First approach to providing housing and services to people experiencing homelessness who are struggling with opioid addiction.<... Continue Reading →

Putting ‘Housing is Health Care’ into Action to Help End Chronic Homelessness

08/22/2017 by Joshua D. Bamberger, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor for Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco

To improve outcomes for their patients, the health care system in a growing number of communities is coming to the table to help address housing needs. A new report... Continue Reading →

Calling for Your Voices: Strengthening the Federal Strategic Plan through Confronting and Addressing Inequity

08/18/2017 by Matthew Doherty, Executive Director

We want to learn about the work you are doing in your communities to address racial inequities and other issues, and what federal agencies can do to support... Continue Reading →

Highlights from the NOFA: Opportunities to Expand Housing Supports and Improve System Performance

08/10/2017 by Lindsay Knotts, Policy Director

As communities prepare applications for HUD’s FY 2017 CoC NOFA, we highlight important opportunities to expand the array of housing supports available in your community and to... Continue Reading →

Using the 2017 CoC Competition to Strengthen Connections to Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence

08/09/2017 by Brittani Manzo, Policy Advisor

Since domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness among families with children, it is critically important for domestic violence service providers to be actively engaged in the 2017 Continuum... Continue Reading →

Principles of Change for Addressing the Intersections of Juvenile Justice Involvement and Youth Homelessness

08/03/2017 by Celia King, Coalition for Juvenile Justice Fellow

A new report from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice offers principles for change for addressing the intersections between juvenile justice and youth homelessness.

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Our Core Values and Truths as We Work to Strengthen the Federal Strategic Plan

07/19/2017 by Matthew Doherty, Executive Director

These remarks were delivered by Matthew Doherty on July 18, 2017, at the National Conference on Ending Homelessness.

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We CAN Prevent and End Youth Homelessness in Washington State

07/12/2017 by Jim Theofelis, Executive Director, A Way Home Washington

Through A Way Home Washington, the state is building the momentum necessary to permanently lift young people out of homelessness.

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