Blog: Homelessness Ends Here

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.

From today’s Philanthropy News Digest alert: The Chicago Community Trust and the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness have announced the launch of a two-year study to gauge progress in the city’s plan to end homelessness.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development yesterday issued its 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, a national study that explores changes in homelessness nationwide. HUD's assessment concludes that while overall homelessness in America held fairly steady from 2007 to 2008, the number of homeless families, particularly those living in suburban and rural areas, increased.