Author Archives: National Coalition for the Homeless
Congressional Caucus looks for solutions
Today the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness and Senator Patty Murray held a briefing on Homelessness in America: Experiences & Solutions in the 113th Congress. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson and staffers from the offices of Senator Patty Murray and Rep. Alcee … Continue reading
VISTA Counts in Local Communities
During our difficult winter weather months, members of the National Coalition for the Homeless AmeriCorps*VISTA program are working diligently with their partners in local communities to conduct “Point in Time” homeless counts. Point-in-Time PiT counts often look different form one … Continue reading
Posted in Staff Thoughts, VISTA Viewpoint
Tagged AmeriCorps, HUD, Point-in-Time Count, VISTA
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Homeless Advocates Set 2013 Policy Priorities
The executive directors and policy staff representing many of the nation’s leading homeless advocacy organizations met yesterday as the Homeless Advocates Group (HAG) to set policy priorities for 2013. Each member organization of HAG has set its own independent set … Continue reading
Our 100th Post!!!
It’s quite fitting that we’ve reached the big 1-0-0 during the beginning of a new year! In four years of blogging about current issues homeless communities face, we have covered stories from the everyday struggle of living without a stable home to … Continue reading
Posted in Staff Thoughts
Tagged Activism, Advocacy, Civil Rights, Criminalization, Faces of Homelessness, Feeding Restrictions, History, Mitch Snyder, Top 10
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Violence and Hatred Risky for Homeless
This week, NCH will release their annual report on biased incidences against the un-housed, “Hate Crimes against the Homeless: The Brutality of Violence Unveiled”. Take a look at an excerpt from Brian Levin, Director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, which details the crucial need for federal protections for the homeless. Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Levin, Civil Rights, Hate Crimes, Homeless, Report, Violence
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