Homelessness Policy Watch

Wilmington is turning to The New Hanover Community Endowment to help fund its $26 million homelessness strategy, including a potential $12 million...

The new $4 billion HUD NOFO marks a sharp pivot from the Housing First model, stressing addiction treatment and recovery services instead.

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Sacramento's transition from its motel program to a new emergency sheltering voucher initiative seeks to quickly aid families with minors, but has left some households without any place to stay.

Bangor's new nine-member advisory committee unites housing, health care, and outreach leaders to review programs, identify service gaps, and develop...

Federal Policy Impacts

• 🔥 NYC Funding Risk: Federal changes to the Continuum of Care program could leave 7,000 formerly homeless New Yorkers at...

Seattle's first Bayside Enhanced Shelter opens in Interbay with just 75 pallet homes for chronic homelessness, yet the city's push for 500 emergency...

Durham's new strategic plan aims to house people experiencing homelessness within 30 days by 2031, starting with a 30% drop in unsheltered cases by...

Pasadena's Housing Committee will review a $4.7 million federal funding plan next week for affordable housing, outreach and rehousing programs.
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• $165 million in Continuum of Care grants currently house over 7,000 long-term homeless New Yorkers with mental health or substance issues
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A local nonprofit is advancing The Stable House—an $10 million transitional facility for up to 66 people—on city land in one of the nation's...

Pasadena is simultaneously reviewing two distinct federal funding streams for homelessness and housing services, illustrating the layered nature of...

Texas Shelter Funding Pressures

• ⚡ San Antonio Hotel Shelter: City plans to end funding for SAMMinistries-operated Holiday Inn shelter after Oct....

Three cities reveal a widening gap between rising need and shrinking resources.

• Atlanta counted 3,060 people experiencing homelessness, up 6...

Federal and State Policy Developments

• 🔥 HOME for Foster Youth Act: Bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Nunn and colleagues to streamline...

A bipartisan bill directly targets California’s failures on homelessness prevention, signaling growing reform pressure over spending accountability and outcomes.

San Francisco and Santa Fe are shifting from broad strategies to subpopulation-specific plans.

• San Francisco's Home by the Bay: Family Addendum...

• Core problem: Nearly 1 in 4 foster youth experience homelessness within four years of aging out; only 31% of FYI vouchers are utilized due to...

City Funding Initiatives

• 🔥 Philadelphia Tax Revision: Philadelphia revised its hotel and rental tax plan to generate $15M annually for shelter,...

Santa Ana and Philadelphia are channeling dedicated local tax revenues into homelessness response efforts.

• Santa Ana directs Measure X sales tax...

Citrus Heights' unanimous approval of Mayor MariJane Lopez-Taff and Vice Mayor Porsche Middleton to the new Sacramento Homeless and Housing Planning...