Blog: Homelessness Ends Here

A weekly summary of timely, breaking news analysis and observations from the homelessness blog world.

In a recent speech to several hundred of the nation’s most influential community foundations, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan referenced ongoing discussions with Funders Together as a leading example of how HUD is integrating feedback from the philanthropic sector in its research and knowledge sharing strategies.

Interested in diverse perspectives and opinions on current trends in homelessness and poverty? Here’s a quick roundup of some of the blogs we follow most closely.

Funders Together convened a series of groundbreaking meetings with leading officials in the Obama administration on July 29th and 30th in Washington, DC. The meetings were a critical step in our evolving campaign to close the door on homelessness in America. A follow-up meeting with HUD and HHS will take place on September 22nd.

A weekly compilation of Tweets from Funders Together and many of our most trusted partners. Come back each week to see an archive of all that's been posted... and let us know who else we should be following!

A weekly compilation of Tweets from Funders Together and many of our most trusted partners. Come back each week to see all that's been posted... and let us know who else we should be following!

I was at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in Washington, DC from July 28-31, listening to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan sum up what's been accomplished in recent years and what remains to be done to prevent and end homelessness.

Updates on the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Act, SEVRA, and 2010 appropriations legislation from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

On July 17, the House Appropriations Committee passed draft fiscal year (FY) 2010 legislation. The bill included a total of $47 billion for HUD. The full House may consider the legislation this week. The legislation approved by the committee included:

The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) was one of almost 100 Community Development Financial Institutions to be recently awarded an allocation of Recovery Funds.