LEADING THE FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS

LEADING THE FIGHT TO END HOMELESSNESS

We champion a future where every American has a safe, decent, affordable, and accessible home.

UPDATES

  • Trump Exec Orders Criminalize Homelessness

    Trump signs two executive orders aimed at "Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets" that will actually make our cities more dangerous for residents who are poor. Contradictory HUD and Medicaid Policies WASHINGTON, D.C.

  • Annual Awards Dinner and Auction

    Inviting one and all to the Annual NCH Awards Dinner and Auction - celebrating achievements in advocacy for our unhoused neighbors and raising funds to keep doing the work! Over the last year, we

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    Local Strategies – The 10-Point Plan

    We have the solutions! In place of criminalizing daily survival activities, we offer this 10-Point framework for state and local communities to respond with compassion and proven solutions.

The National Coalition for
the Homeless

We envision a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable and accessible home.

Our mission is to prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.

We believe that safe, decent, and affordable housing is a human right (as written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article Twenty-Five, Section One).

Director NCH

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BRING AMERICA HOME NOW CAMPAIGN

Add your name to the fight to end homelessness. Sign the petition or learn more about our campaign today.

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In the 1970s and early 1980s, drastic cuts were made to federal affordable housing programs. Today there is a growing movement to create permanent supportive housing for people (including veterans) who chronically experience homelessness due to disability or health issues. But building affordable housing takes too long in most cities because of political foot-dragging, municipal agency delays, and the painstaking process of raising money. As a result, affordable housing is not being built at a pace fast enough to end homelessness.

HOW You  Can Make a Difference

Become a Member

Take Action

Share Your Story

OUR RESOURCES

Need Help?

If you are not homeless yet, it may be possible to avoid becoming homeless by finding out about prevention or emergency assistance programs in your area. Often these programs can help in paying rent, utilities, or bills.

If you are homeless now, emergency assistance programs may help with health care, food, and temporary, transitional, or permanent housing.

WHAT WE DO

Our Direction comes

from personal experience with being unhoused and using homeless and housing services – 80% of our staff and 60% of our Board have experienced homelessness themselves.

We advise federal,

state, and local governments and agencies on improving their programs and systems so they work better for people needing assistance.

We Work

to end homelessness by addressing the underlying issues of racist housing policy, disinvestment in affordable housing, and other policies that have created sustained and growing inequalities.

We Provide

training and support to ensure the voices of those who have been unhoused are heard and respected.

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