Statement on the 2025 AHAR — Housing Works. Criminalization Does Not.

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June 24, 2026

On May 29, HUD released its Annual Homelessness Assessment Report. The report was published five months after the congressionally mandated deadline, and it showed a modest 3% reduction in overall homelessness in the United States between 2024 and 2025 — the first decrease in almost a decade. It is important to note that this reduction is the result of work communities had done prior to January 2025 and does not reflect the damaging policies the Trump administration has propagated since. Another important takeaway is that the headline numbers do not tell the full story.

At first glance, we may be encouraged by what appear to be significant reductions among people of color experiencing homelessness. When we examine the differences between families and single adults, however, a much more complicated picture emerges.

The AHAR shows that homelessness among families with children declined significantly overall, with Black and Hispanic/Latino families experiencing some of the largest reductions. These numbers suggest that targeted housing assistance, diversion programs, rental assistance and equity-focused interventions had a measurable impact. When we invest resources and direct them toward communities that have been disproportionately harmed, we can move the needle.

But there is another side to this story.

While family homelessness declined, homelessness among single adults reached record levels. Specifically, the number of Black individuals experiencing homelessness increased, particularly within sheltered settings. This should concern all of us.

The data appears to reveal two competing realities. On one hand, supportive interventions helped stabilize vulnerable families. On the other, the growing embrace of criminalization policies and encampment sweeps is simply reshuffling homelessness rather than ending it. We cannot arrest our way out of a housing crisis. We cannot sweep our way to affordability. We cannot criminalize poverty into submission.

The AHAR continues to reinforce a lesson that advocates have been repeating for more than 40 years: We must bring resources to scale. Homelessness has grown over the past decade not because we have not found the right philosophy, but because we continue to fund solutions at levels far below the need.

It is also important to remember that the AHAR is not a census. It is a Point-in-Time count — a snapshot. The true scope of homelessness in America is much, much larger. What the Point-in-Time count does provide is an important measure of year-over-year trends, and those trends deserve our attention.

The report highlights both the strengths and shortcomings of the Biden era. It demonstrates that targeted investments, housing resources and coordinated interventions can reduce homelessness among vulnerable populations. At the same time, it exposes the persistent failure to bring resources anywhere close to the scale required to end homelessness.

Most troubling, it serves as a warning about the direction we are heading. As federal resources are threatened, safety-net programs face cuts and punitive approaches replace evidence-based housing strategies, we should expect homelessness to rise. The data does not support criminalization. The data does not support forced displacement. The data supports housing, prevention, rental assistance and supportive services.

For those of us who have lived through this crisis for decades, the AHAR reads like a sign at a societal crossroads. We can build on what worked, invest at the scale required and finally address the root causes of homelessness. Or we can continue down a path of austerity, criminalization and misinformation.

If we choose the latter, this report may ultimately be remembered as a harbinger of an era of unabated homelessness — made worse by policy decisions driven by ideology rather than evidence and by leadership that too often lacks the experience, knowledge and humility required to confront one of the most urgent humanitarian challenges in America.

The people closest to the issue are closest to the solution. It’s time we started listening.

July 17, 2026

The recent announcement of funding for fiscal year 2026 Continuum of Care Program by HUD Secretary Scott Turner represents one of the most significant shifts in federal homelessness policy in decades. While we agree that people experiencing homelessness deserve access to quality health care, mental health services, substance use treatment, employment opportunities, and pathways to stability, we strongly disagree with HUD’s assertion that housing is not the foundation upon which those outcomes are built.

For forty years, the homelessness crisis in America has persisted not because we have focused too much on housing, but because we have never funded housing or services at the levels necessary to meet the need. The fundamental challenge facing millions of Americans is the lack of affordable housing. Rents have skyrocketed, wages have stagnated, and federal housing investments have failed to keep pace with the realities facing working families, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.

The narrative that homelessness is primarily the result of mental illness and addiction oversimplifies a complex issue and stigmatizes an entire population. The overwhelming majority of Americans experiencing homelessness are not homeless because they are mentally ill or addicted. They are homeless because they are poor. They are homeless because a missed paycheck, a medical emergency, domestic violence, the loss of a job, or the rising cost of housing pushed them beyond the breaking point.

The National Coalition for the Homeless believes that treatment should be available to everyone who needs it. Recovery services save lives. Mental health care saves lives. Employment support saves lives. But none of those interventions can be fully effective when a person is sleeping under a bridge, in a vehicle, or in an emergency shelter. Housing should not be the reward for recovery; housing is the platform that makes recovery possible.

What concerns us most is the shift away from evidence-based interventions such as permanent supportive housing and other approaches that have demonstrated success across the country. Communities have spent decades building systems based on research, best practices, and lived experience. Abruptly shifting resources away from permanent housing risks destabilizing programs that currently serve some of the nation’s most vulnerable residents, including veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, and families with children. More importantly, this shift will result in tens of thousands of people losing their housing.

Those risks are not theoretical. HUD’s fiscal year 2026 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) makes $4.04 billion available nationwide but shifts the competition by protecting only 60 percent of funding while making 40 percent fully competitive, compared with a prior framework in which nearly 90 percent of funds were treated as protected renewals. The NOFO also creates a $1.3 billion set-aside for new projects, with priority for transitional housing and supportive services-only projects, a change housing advocates warn could sharply reduce resources available for permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing. The National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates that at least 97,000 people currently in CoC-funded permanent housing are likely to lose their homes because of this approach; other analyses warn that as many as 170,000 households could be placed at risk if funding for permanent housing is substantially redirected.

We are also troubled by the growing emphasis on law enforcement and public-order approaches to homelessness. History has repeatedly shown that criminalizing poverty does not reduce homelessness; it simply makes homelessness more dangerous, more expensive, and less visible. Sweeps, citations, arrests, and forced displacement do not create housing. They do not increase incomes. They do not address the shortage of affordable homes.

At a time when homelessness remains at crisis levels, America should be expanding its investments in affordable housing, prevention, rental assistance, health care, and economic opportunity. We should strengthen the safety net, not weaken it. We should listen to people with lived experience, not speak about them as problems to be managed.

The National Coalition for the Homeless stands ready to work with HUD, Congress, local communities, service providers, and people with lived experience to create real solutions. But those solutions must be rooted in evidence, dignity, civil rights, and the understanding that housing is a basic human need.

We cannot treat our way out of a housing shortage. We cannot arrest our way out of poverty. And we cannot build a nation where every person has the opportunity to thrive unless we are willing to invest in the housing and economic security that make thriving possible.

The question before us is not whether people deserve treatment. The question is whether we have the courage to ensure that every American has a safe, affordable place to call home.

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A voting rights rollback is unfolding in the United States following a recent Supreme Court ruling, raising urgent concerns about the future of equitable representation and democracy. Donald Whitehead, NCH’s executive director, is sounding the alarm, warning that the impact will be felt most by already marginalized communities. Below is his statement in response.

In this moment, we witnessed a crushing blow to the future of minority representation. It is another in a series of decisions that inaccurately imply that discrimination is a relic of the past—that somehow this nation has evolved beyond the need for vigilance, beyond the need for protection, beyond the need for justice. This voting rights rollback is not happening in isolation, but as part of a broader pattern. If this voting rights rollback continues, the consequences for marginalized communities will be severe.

But we know better.

History is not something we escaped—it is something we are still living through. The hard-fought, blood-soaked gains of the civil rights movement were never guaranteed to last forever. They were won through sacrifice, through courage, through people who refused to accept a system designed to silence them. And now, piece by piece, we are watching those gains chipped away under the false narrative of progress.

This is one of the most painful decisions by a Supreme Court that increasingly appears disconnected from the lived realities of millions of Americans. Decisions like this do not exist in a vacuum—they echo a past many of us know all too well. A past where access to the ballot was controlled, restricted, and weaponized. A past that looks uncomfortably familiar when we examine what is happening now.

We have not overcome.

Just look at what is happening in states like Florida, Texas, and soon Tennessee—where policies are being enacted that make it harder to vote, harder to be heard, and harder to be represented. These are not isolated incidents. They are part of a broader pattern—one that seeks to redefine access to democracy in ways that exclude the very communities who fought the hardest to be included.

Voting rights are not just about casting a ballot. They are about power. They are about voice. They are about whether communities can shape the policies that shape their lives.

And when those rights are weakened, it sends a clear message: that some voices matter less.

But we cannot—and will not—accept that.

Because every generation has a responsibility. The generation before us marched, bled, and sacrificed to expand democracy. Our responsibility is to protect it. To defend it. And, when necessary, to fight for it all over again.

This moment demands clarity. It demands courage. And it demands action.

Because democracy does not erode all at once—it erodes decision by decision, law by law, until one day we wake up and realize that what we thought was permanent was always fragile.

We are not powerless in this moment. But we must be honest about what we are facing.

This is not the end of the story.

It is a call to write the next chapter.

LOS ANGELES – April 22, 2026 – The documentary HOMELESS, directed by award-winning director Valerio Zanoli and released in collaboration with the National Coalition for the Homeless, will be available on Amazon, Hoopla, and Plex with additional platforms to follow on April 24, making the powerful and timely film accessible to audiences worldwide.

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More than a documentary, HOMELESS is a call to action. The film humanizes people experiencing homelessness by giving them a platform to share their stories, dreams, and struggles, while challenging long-held stereotypes and reframing homelessness as a humanitarian emergency that demands compassion, urgency, and collective solutions.

Filmed in Las Vegas – where the stark contrast between luxury and extreme housing insecurity is impossible to ignore – HOMELESS explores the root causes and devastating impact of homelessness through deeply personal storytelling and expert insight. While the city serves as a focal point, the film underscores that homelessness is a global crisis, affecting more than 100 million people worldwide and over 700,000 individuals in the United States on any given night.

The documentary has received widespread praise from homelessness organizations, journalists, and global institutions. HOMELESS premiered at the World Urban Forum, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and has since been described as “impactful, emotional, human” by the National Coalition for the Homeless and “a very powerful documentary” by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

The film features interviews with leaders and advocates from organizations including the National Coalition for the Homeless, Nevada Homeless Alliance, Nevada Housing Coalition, and the ACLU of Nevada. UN-Habitat has embraced HOMELESS as a tool to support its World Urban Campaign and #HousingMatters initiative, amplifying the urgent need for safe and affordable housing for all.

“This film makes it clear that homelessness is not an individual shortcoming, but the result of broken systems and failed policies,” said Donald Whitehead, Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. “HOMELESS calls on all of us to recognize our shared responsibility and to act with urgency and humanity.”

Adding to the film’s emotional resonance is the original song “One World One Home,” performed by world-renowned singer Bonnie Tyler in collaboration with the Dallas Street Choir. The song, written by Zanoli, is featured in the documentary’s soundtrack and reflects the film’s core message of unity, dignity, and shared humanity.

Over the past two decades, Zanoli has built a career at the intersection of cinema and social impact, creating films that raise awareness and funds for critical causes. HOMELESS is part of his ongoing initiative, Let’s Make a Difference, and all profits from the documentary’s distribution and original music will be used to help secure affordable housing for underprivileged families.

“Too often, homelessness is discussed in numbers or headlines, not in human terms,” said Valerio Zanoli, director of HOMELESS. “This film is about restoring dignity and visibility to people who are too often ignored. If we allow ourselves to truly see one another, change becomes possible.”

HOMELESS, which is distributed by Buffalo 8, will be available to stream on Amazon, Hoopla, and Plex with additional platforms to follow beginning April 24, inviting viewers around the world to bear witness, start conversations, and become part of the solution.

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About Valerio Zanoli

Valerio Zanoli is a film director and producer whose work bridges cinema and social impact, using storytelling to raise awareness and support for critical humanitarian causes. A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Zanoli has directed and produced multiple internationally distributed films, including THE MINIS, NOT TO FORGET, HOPEFUL NOTES, and ALL YOU CAN DREAM. His recent documentary HOMELESS explores the lived experiences of unhoused individuals and has been presented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at the World Urban Forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Beyond filmmaking, Zanoli leads housing-focused initiatives such as Helping Vegas, collaborating with nonprofits and community organizations to address the affordable housing crisis. His work has been recognized by state leaders and national organizations for its commitment to social responsibility and community impact.

For more information, please visit: www.valeriozanoli.com

 

About the National Coalition for the Homeless

The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) is a nationwide network of individuals with lived experience of homelessness, advocates, activists, service providers, and community partners united by a shared mission: to end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs and civil rights of those experiencing homelessness are respected and protected. NCH envisions a world where everyone has access to safe, decent, accessible, and affordable housing. Guided by principles of dignity, equity, and justice, the organization works to address the systemic and structural causes of homelessness, combat discrimination and criminalization, and elevate the leadership of those most impacted. Through collaboration, advocacy, and accountability, NCH advances solutions that uphold housing and basic human needs as fundamental rights.

For more information, please visit: www.nationalhomeless.org

 

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The National Coalition for the Homeless stands in firm opposition to the Trump Administration’s FY27 budget proposal. A 44% cut to HUD is not just a policy decision—it is a moral failure. The President’s proposed cuts represent one of the most dangerous threats to housing stability in modern history, placing millions of our neighbors at risk of losing the very foundation of their lives, their homes.

We must be clear about what this means. Nearly $27 billion would be stripped from life-saving programs like Housing Choice Vouchers, Public Housing, and Emergency Housing Vouchers. These are not abstract federal programs; they are the difference between stability and survival for over 4.4 million households. As is so often the case, these cuts will fall hardest on communities of color—individuals, families, and neighborhoods that have already endured generations of systemic inequity and discrimination.

We know what works. We know that housing with strong supportive services works. Permanent Supportive Housing works. Targeted, well-funded interventions work. What does not work is pulling the rug out from under people and then blaming them for falling. Proposals such as those in President Trump’s cruel budget to impose time limits on assistance ignore the reality that poverty is not a timed condition; it is a systemic one. Another approach that does not work is arresting and imprisoning people for having nowhere to sleep—an approach embraced by this administration.

These policies don’t solve homelessness; they deepen it.

This budget doesn’t just cut funding, it dismantles systems of care. It threatens programs that support people living with HIV/AIDS, weakens Permanent Supportive Housing, and reinforces the dangerous narrative that people experiencing homelessness are the problem, rather than the systems that have failed them.

At NCH, we reject that narrative. We reject the idea that people should be punished for being poor. And we reject any policy that continues the cycle of criminalization instead of investing in real solutions.

We are calling on Congress to do what is right, reject these harmful cuts, and instead invest in a future where housing is treated as the fundamental human right that it is. Ending homelessness cannot be achieved by slashing programs, but only by choosing people first. Ending homelessness is about addressing the root causes of inequality and making the level of investment that meets the scale of the crisis.

We cannot manage our way out of homelessness with fewer resources. We must methodically and compassionately build our way out with courage, compassion, and a commitment to justice.

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) today announced the release of its latest research report, “Homelessness and Racial Equity in the United States: Assessing Post-2018 Progress.” The report provides a comprehensive look at how 31 major U.S. communities have worked to dismantle racial disparities in homelessness since 2018, highlighting critical progress while warning of new risks to federal equity initiatives.

Since 2018, when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) elevated racial equity as a federal priority, communities nationwide have faced increased pressure to address the fact that people of color—particularly Black and Native American individuals—remain disproportionately represented among the homeless population.

“This report is about preserving institutional memory and documenting the concrete steps communities are taking to move toward more equitable outcomes,” said Donald Whitehead, Executive Director of NCH. “In a climate of shifting federal policy, it is essential to show that racial equity work is not a political ideology; it is an evidence-based response to documented disparities.”

Key Findings of the Report:

The NCH research team identified several major themes in the progress made by cities and Continuums of Care (CoCs) across the country:

  • Data-Driven Action: The majority of surveyed communities have moved toward disaggregating homelessness data by race and ethnicity, with many launching real-time dashboards to track equity goals.
  • Systemic Reform: Communities are increasingly abandoning tools like the VI-SPDAT, which may perpetuate racial bias, in favor of redesigned Coordinated Entry systems that account for racialized risk.
  • Institutionalizing Equity: The creation of dedicated Racial Equity Committees and multi-system collaborations (including health, criminal justice, and education) has become a standard for guiding long-term strategy.
  • Targeted Funding: Leading jurisdictions are now incorporating equity criteria into their funding competitions and intentionally investing in culturally specific, Black-led organizations.

Urgent Recommendations:

Despite these strides, the report emphasizes that much work remains. The NCH outlines several calls to action for local leaders and policymakers:

  1. Broaden Data Scope: Include “doubled up” populations (those staying with others) to capture a more accurate picture of housing instability among Latino, youth, and LGBTQ+ communities.
  2. Upstream Intervention: Partner with eviction prevention and healthcare systems to stop the pipeline into homelessness before it begins. Prevention programs are essential to a well-functioning homeless service system.
  3. Sustainable Housing: Prioritize zoning reforms and community land trusts in neighborhoods historically impacted by displacement.
  4. Protect Rights: Advocate for robust source-of-income discrimination protections and fair chance housing policies.

A Call to Local Leadership

With current federal-level rhetoric creating uncertainty for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the NCH report concludes that local leadership is more vital than ever. The document serves as a roadmap for Continuums of Care and municipal governments to maintain their commitment to marginalized communities regardless of the national political environment.

“We cannot effectively address homelessness without confronting the racial inequities that drive it,” the report concludes. “The momentum documented here represents real progress that must not be abandoned.”

For more information or to request a full copy of the report, please contact the National Coalition for the Homeless.

About the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH):

The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: to prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.

At the dawn of Black History Month, we are confronting a dangerous reality: hard-won rights secured during the Civil Rights Movement are being systematically eroded in plain sight.

The attack on voting rights has intensified across the country—through voter suppression laws, gerrymandering, purges of voter rolls, and efforts to criminalize civic participation. These assaults are not accidental. They are deliberate strategies designed to silence Black voters and communities of color whose political power has grown over the last generation.

At the same time, the targeting of immigrants—particularly asylum seekers—has escalated with alarming speed. Elected officials, journalists, judges, and advocates of color are increasingly subjected to harassment, intimidation, and threats simply for doing their jobs or speaking the truth. These attacks are meant to send a message: visibility will be punished, dissent will be crushed, and justice will be delayed through fear.

The rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives alongside the dismantling of affirmative action represents another front in this coordinated effort. Under the guise of “neutrality” and “fairness,” policies designed to address centuries of exclusion are being stripped away. The result is not fair, it is a return to structural inequality, reinforced by fear and silence.

History teaches us that progress is never permanent.

Every right we celebrate this month—voting access, fair housing protections, equal employment opportunity, the right to protest—was won through sustained resistance, not passive remembrance. Those victories were not gifted by benevolence; they were demanded by people who refused to accept injustice as inevitable.

We cannot afford complacency.

Now is not the time for silence.
Now is not the time for timidity.
Now is not the time to confuse civility with justice.

The forces seeking to roll back civil rights are counting on exhaustion, fragmentation, and fear. They are betting that we will grow tired, retreat inward, or convince ourselves that someone else will carry the burden of resistance.

But Black History Month reminds us of a different legacy.

It reminds us that ordinary people, students, faith leaders, workers, mothers, and elders changed the course of this nation by refusing to stand down. They organized it when it was dangerous. They spoke when it was costly. They marched when the law told them not to.

In Minnesota, communities have shown remarkable determination in standing up to the harsh tactics of ICE, refusing to allow fear and intimidation to undermine their resolve. Local organizers, faith groups, and neighbors have mobilized in support of immigrants facing detention and deportation, demonstrating solidarity through legal aid, rapid response networks, and public advocacy. Their commitment sends a powerful message: the pursuit of justice will not be halted by threats or raids, and Minnesotans will continue to defend the rights and dignity of every resident, regardless of immigration status.

The work before us is not new, but it is urgent.

Defending voting rights.
Protecting immigrants and asylum seekers.
Advancing racial and economic justice.
Resisting the criminalization of poverty and protest.

These struggles are inseparable, and they demand our full participation.

Black History Month is not a pause for reflection alone—it is a recommitment. A reminder that justice is not self-executing and freedom is not self-sustaining.

The fight continues because it must.
And history is watching what we do next.

Written by Donald Whitehead, Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless

This tradition is rooted in remembrance and in the commitment to lasting change.

On December 18th, we invite you to join us from wherever you are for a livestream of this year’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day ceremony. This annual day of remembrance brings communities together to honor the lives of people who died while experiencing homelessness over the past year. Register here to attend the virtual ceremony.

Memorial Event Livestream
Date: Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Time: 11 a.m. PST / 12 p.m. MST / 1 p.m. CST / 2 p.m. EST

A full list of speakers for the event will be shared during the livestream.

The National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and the National Consumer Advisory Board encourage communities across the country to mark Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day on or around the winter solstice, the first day of winter and the longest night of the year. This tradition is rooted in remembrance and in the commitment to lasting change. As night stretches across the nation, we pause to honor neighbors, friends, and loved ones who lost their lives without the basic security of a home.

Each year, this ceremony serves as a moment to acknowledge the injustice of lives cut short, to reaffirm our shared responsibility to protect the dignity of every person, and to renew our dedication to a future where housing is guaranteed to all. Communities across the country join in this observance to make clear that no one should die for lack of housing. You can learn more about the significance of this day through our HPMD Advocacy Agenda.

If you would like to host a local event, there are many ways communities take part, including candlelight gatherings, readings of names, spiritual services, marches, and public education efforts. Resources for planning an event, last year’s national livestream, and information on local activities and mortality data are available here.

If you wish to honor someone who has died while experiencing homelessness in your community, you may submit their name for inclusion in our “in memoriam” video during the livestream ceremony. You can share a name by clicking here.

As the longest night of the year approaches, we hope you will join us in remembrance and reflection. Together, we carry forward the work of ensuring that no life is lived or lost without the dignity of a safe and stable home.

Homelessness ends when we all have safe, affordable and accessible housing.

But our communities are facing unprecedented challenges to our collective safety and efforts to house all of our neighbors.

This page serves as a resource for those fighting back against occupation in Washington, DC, as well as other communities that have been experiencing militarization and abductions of immigrants, people of color, and people who are unhoused.

 

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“You can’t arrest yourself out of homelessness,” Donald Whitehead ED @NCH

On CNN, National Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Donald Whitehead delivers an urgent message about the White House’s escalating threats to people experiencing homelessness and the troubling ripple effects now being felt in our nation’s capital.

In this powerful interview, Donald exposes the harmful policies that jeopardize the safety, dignity, and basic human rights of our unhoused neighbors. He calls out both the recent cuts to HUD programs, critical lifelines that fund housing and services, and the growing push, seen in DC’s new ordinance, to forcibly clear encampments and funnel people into institutions against their will.

This is not just a political issue. It is a fight for human lives. The choices made will determine whether we build a society rooted in compassion or one that criminalizes poverty. Watch the video now and share it widely. Our voices matter, and together we can demand housing, dignity, and justice for all.