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The National Coalition for the Homeless is spearheading the launch of Bring America Home Now: A Comprehensive Grassroots Campaign to End Homelessness in the U.S. Led by people who have themselves experienced homelessness, we will focus on the passage of federal legislation aimed at addressing the interconnected solutions to the decades-long epidemic of homelessness in the United States.

Impact

In the 1980s, homelessness once energized a vibrant social movement that confronted rising inequality during the Reagan era. In the intervening years, this grassroots energy dissipated into the implementation of the McKinney Act homeless programs that were won through that activism. Now we are on the cusp of another debate about income inequality in America. Empowering the homelessness sector as a force for progress will bring real improvement in the health of our communities.

Challenge

Since massive cuts to federal low-income housing programs, starting in the 1970's, homelessness has developed as the tragic consequence of failed social policy. Official numbers say that 500,000 people are on the streets and in emergency shelters each night, as well as an additional 500,000 formerly homeless folks in supportive housing. But emergency shelter, and other housing options, are extremely limited. Today, our cities are seeing many forced to live in makeshift encampments.

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