WHO WE ARE

The National Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1982, is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission. That mission, our common bond, is to end homelessness. We are committed to creating the systemic and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent and end homelessness. At the same time, we work to meet the immediate needs of people who are currently experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of doing so. We take as our first principle of practice that people who are currently experiencing homelessness or have formerly experienced homelessness must be actively involved in all of our work.

BREAKING NEWS

• The Inauguration is January 20. What will President-Elect Obama do for people experiencing homelessness?

  • The National Coalition for the Homeless asks Obama to work for minimum wage
  • Paying the President a Minimum Wage article
  • A letter to President-elect Obama from NCH.
  • DC’s Homeless To Give Recommendations to President-Elect Barack Obama
    
    
• January 15: Finding Havens for the Homeless (an article in the Washington Post)
  
  
• January 14: Foreclosure Survey: NCH is now requesting the responses of advocates, service providers, and people surviving foreclosure nationwide for a follow-up survey and report about the foreclosure crisis. Please use the below links to complete the survey – only one page long and we promise it will take you no more than 15 minutes to fill out!  Your response is greatly appreciated!
  • Personal Survey for People Surviving Foreclosure
  • Coalition/Provider/Agency Survey
  • For more information or to download the surveys as printable pdfs, please click here.
    
    
• January 14: Fatally Beaten Homeless Man Lives On in the Songs He Sang (an article in the Washington Post)
  
  
• January 13: “NCH has prepared a side-by-side description and analysis of legislation to reauthorize HUD’s McKinney-Vento homeless assistance programs. Click here to view the Side-by-Side.”
  
  
• January 13: Radiohead Gives Castaway a Loving Home.
  • "It Can Happen to Anyone:'' Click to view NCH's new PSA.
    
    
• December 17: NCH will launch a series of quarterly Public Policy Conference Calls on Wednesday, January 14. Click here to read more.
  
  
• December 17: ACTION ALERT: Ask President-Elect Obama to prioritize ending homelessness
  
  
• December 12: Vacant Homes Get New Life (USA Today) - Read how homeless advocates are turning foreclosures into shelters.
  
  
• Wednesday December 10: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2008
  Click here to view the UN's webpage commemorating 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  Also, see this page to find out what NCH is doing to address civil rights issues relating to homelessness.
  
  
• The Homeless World Cup has kicked off in Australia and Team USA needs your support! Follow their progress and send them a note of encouragement by clicking here!
  
  
• NCH's new Homeless Challenge Project webpage!
  
  
• Read NCH's report on the affects of the foreclosure crisis on the state of homelessness.
  Foreclosure to Homelessness: the Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis
  
  
• NCH is becoming internet savvy!  Donate to NCH by searching the internet with www.GoodSearch.com!  Or visit our page on Myspace (www.myspace.com/nationalhomeless) and join our Group and Cause to End Homelessness on Facebook!
  
  
• The National Survey on Tobacco Prevention at Homeless Service Agencies. The results of this survey will help guide further research and funding to this issue. Please click here to take the survey.
  
  
• Hotels that can sleep well at night: The hospitality industry is opening doors to causes and communities in need.
  
  
• Farrah Gray Signs on as Spokesperson for National Coalition for the Homeless.

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