Bring America Home Now
About
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.
Need
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.
Long term 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.
About the Organization
The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) envisions a world where everyone has a safe, decent, accessible and affordable home. Our mission is to end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected. We affirms the following Guiding Principles/Values: 1. We can and prevent homelessness. 2. People who are currently experiencing or have experienced homelessness must be leaders in all the work of NCH and in the movement to end homelessness. 3. NCH believes in the dignity of all people: housing, healthy food, quality health care, education and livable incomes as basic human rights. 4. It is morally, ethically, and legally wrong to discriminate against and criminalize people struggling to meet their basic needs. 5. Public policy makers and elected officials at all levels must be held accountable to end the systemic and structural causes of homelessness. 6. Structural racism and discrimination are root causes of homelessness and violates human dignity. 7. Collaboration between NCH and its diverse stakeholders, is critical in directing NCH's work.
EIN
GlobalGiving Categories:
- Justice and Human Rights
- Economic Growth
- Food Security
- Ending Abuse
- Safe Housing
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What is a Project?
Domestic and international programs and services housed within organizations, addressing specific needs of community groups.