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the facts
Wages Aren’t Keeping Up with Housing Expenses
Housing prices and rent are skyrocketing.
If we’re going to end homelessness, we need housing options that people can actually afford.
Housing costs keep climbing,
making it tougher for people to keep up
When paychecks don’t match rent, when medical bills drain savings, and when one unexpected expense leads to eviction, more people lose their homes.
If we don’t expand real solutions, more of
our neighbors will end up on the streets
This means supporting resources for low cost housing, homeless services, and support for those who need it. We need more funding for services and housing – and less toward punishing people for being homeless.
The best way to end homelessness is to
prevent it in the first place
Nobody should have to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. Nobody should have to wonder where they’ll sleep at night.
And that starts with having enough housing along with voluntary supportive services like healthcare, job training and drug treatment.
We Can’t Arrest Our Way
Out of Homelessness
Homelessness is not about bad choices. It is about the cost of living outpacing what people can afford. A job loss, medical bills, rent hike, divorce, or the passing of a spouse can leave someone with no options.
Encampment Sweeps don’t end homelessness. Without housing and services, people just get moved from one neighborhood to another.
Arrests for homelessness take officers away from fighting real crime. We should invest in solutions and resources that actually work.
It’s a waste of taxpayer money. It’s the most expensive, least effective approach. Once people get out of jail, they have nowhere to go, and the cycle repeats.
how you can help
Support solutions that work
The National Alliance to End Homelessness works with communities across the country to support programs and services that can end homelessness for good.
To do so, we must invest in:
Prevention
We need to make sure people don’t lose a place to live because they no longer can afford it. A broad variety of rental assistance programs and affordable housing options are essential to ensure that people don’t become homeless in the first place.
Immediate Help
For those already experiencing homelessness, it’s crucial that safe and dignified shelter options are available to get people out of tents, into a safe environment, and ultimately back into housing.
Connecting people
to services
To best help and stabilize people experiencing homelessness, frontline workers need the resources to provide critical services – like housing connections, case management, street outreach, mental health counseling, employment assistance, and tailored services for seniors and others with high medical needs.
Long term solutions
To end homelessness, it is essential that policies are made to keep rent affordable , permanent supportive housing investments provide intensive services to those with the greatest needs, and commitments are made to dedicated year-to-year funding for homelessness and affordable housing options.
Too many families are just one paycheck or
unexpected bill away from losing their homes
A job loss, medical bills, rent hike, divorce, or the passing of a spouse can leave someone with no options.
If we don’t make housing more affordable,
we’ll never fix homelessness.
About NAEH
We’re working to
end homelessness
for good
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a leading voice on ending homelessness in America. We advocate for smart, effective solutions that actually reduce homelessness.
Our team works on the ground to help communities turn proven practices into real programs that keep people housed.
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