The National Coalition for the Homeless has been shocked by the number of cities engaged in raiding encampments of people who are otherwise unhoused, throwing away valuables (medications, food, person...
This summer, we are calling on cities to stop the forceful clearing of homeless encampments! NCH urges government officials to stop criminalizing homelessness. Instead, many city governments have embr...
*Publishing Note* The below testimony was originally published on Facebook. We have added emphasis, and other readability edits. The Austin area activist who posted the testimony said about the writer...
Since our founding, NCH has opposed any measure that makes it a crime to be homeless in America. We oppose enforcing “no camping” initiatives when there is no other choice […]...
Let’s Talk About Homelessness in the State of the Union By Brian Davis The problem of homelessness was once a prominent part of every Presidential campaign from Nixon, Carter to […]...
NCH joined the National Homelessness Law Center, Legal Services of Greater Miami, and Southern Legal Counsel to send the following letter to the Civil Rights Division of the US […]...
by Donald Whitehead I was a part of a small group of thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds who often played a lively game of tag football in the Burnet Avenue U.S Post […]...
The housing crisis in the United States has reached a critical point due to long-standing structural inequities compounded by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As Congress debates President Biden...
“The homeless social service sector cannot accommodate any more people during this national health emergency with rising levels of COVID-19 in many communities,” said NCH executive director Donald...
I have interviewed so many unhoused people who have found the violence, victimization and exploitation of homelessness to be overwhelming. Check out the Voices of Homelessness Podcast for an in [&hell...
