Yesterday the National Alliance to End Homelessness published its official recommendations to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and HUD to end homelessness.
Here are some key points:
For veterans:
- Deploy 60,000 units of permanent supportive housing, targeted to veterans experiencing chronic homelessness (30,000 already in the pipeline);
- Provide prevention and rapid rehousing services to 250,000 veterans per year;
For families:
- Equip publicly funded programs that serve families who are vulnerable to homelessness (e.g. TANF and child welfare) so they have the capacity (and responsibility) to respond, and resolve, their clients’ housing crises;
- Increase the supply of affordable housing to families with very low incomes through expanding permanent, short- and medium-term rental assistance; and
For youth:
- Expand federal investment in youth housing services and infrastructure to serve an additional 50,000 homeless and street-dependent youth annually;
- Offer Congress and the Administration clear data on the incidence of youth homelessness, research on the extent of long-term homelessness among homeless youth populations, and identification of interventions targeted to specific typologies of homeless youth.
The complete list of recommendations is at the alliance Web site.