Swept Away: Reporting on the Encampment Closure Crisis
National data suggest that only 75% of the need for emergency shelter is being met. As a result, encampments...
No Safe Street: A Survey of Violence Committed against Homeless People
The National Coalition for the Homeless is deeply saddened by the recent senseless attacks on men sleeping outdoors in...
Media Blitz to focus on Homelessness June 29th
On June 29th the media of San Francisco, Seattle and DC will be having a media blitz with all...
How our cities are preventing healthy sleep habits
College students pulling all nighters to write a paper, newborn babies keeping their parents up at all hours, breathing...
Message to the Presidential Candidates
An open letter to the candidates running for the office of the President of the United States: We invite...
Being A Good Neighbor
Compassion and charity have never been enough to address the realities plaguing a society’s most vulnerable citizens long-term. Efforts...
Our Holiday Wishlist (and three reasons to give)
Though our offices are closed for the Federal holiday, we are plotting how we will work towards a true...
Yet another organized encampment is uprooted
In recent years, as the fashion of criminalizing the people experiencing homelessness in the United States by local governments...
Illegal to be a Good Samaritan
When did we start expecting that sharing a meal with the hungry and homeless is illegal? NCH often receives...
Putting our heads together to find the Criminalization of Homelessness
Thirty eight grassroots organizations from around the nation gathered in Denver last week to discuss the criminalization of homelessness....
