Today, the Trump Administration announced a plan to strip homeless veterans of their rights and autonomy. This unprecedented partnership between the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs does nothing to address homelessness or to help people access the quality care that all people deserve.

Today, the Trump Administration announced a plan to strip homeless veterans of their rights and autonomy. This unprecedented partnership between the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs does nothing to address homelessness or to help people access the quality care that all people deserve.

Today, the Trump Administration announced a plan to strip homeless veterans of their rights and autonomy. This unprecedented partnership between the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs does nothing to address homelessness or to help people access the quality care that all people deserve.

National Homelessness Law Center Statement on Homeless Persons' Memorial Day (WASHINGTON, D.C - December 21st, 2025) The annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is this weekend. This year, like every year, people will gather across the country to mourn those who died without a safe place to call home. In a country as wealthy and as powerful as ours, it is shameful that anybody lives or dies without the dignity of a home. Every death of a homeless person is a preventable policy failure. We can and must do better.   This year’s memorial days feel especially charged. [...]

Trump's new ideological mandates will force 170,000 people back into homelessness (WASHINGTON, D.C - November 14th, 2025) Today, instead of using their power to help people pay rent, access healthcare, or lower the cost of groceries, the Trump administration doubled down on backwards polices that will make homelessness worse. These changes will force 170,000 people- mostly seniors and people with disabilities- who are currently stably housed, back into homelessness. Instead of helping people, HUD’s ideologically driven funding guidelines leverage nearly $4 billion to play political games that will:   Restrict funding from cities that refuse to treat [...]

Trump’s Attacks on Homeless Communities Will Worsen When Shutdown Ends  170,000 people will be forced back into homelessness  (WASHINGTON, D.C - November 12th, 2025) As soon as the federal government reopens, we expect the Trump Administration to implement draconian changes to homeless services funding that will force 170,000 people who are now stably housed back into homelessness. Thanks to federal funding for housing and services,  hundreds of thousands of people from across the country have moved from homelessness into housing. This housing provides them with the stability and support they need to take care of their [...]

National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Violence and Violent Rhetoric Targeting Homeless People (WASHINGTON, D.C - September 18th, 2025) Everybody needs a safe place to live. But instead of lowering rents and fixing our broken housing system, politicians are setting the stage for violence by cutting funding for vital programs, passing laws that make it a crime to sleep outside, and continually demonizing and vilifying homeless people. Their actions have devastating and fatal consequences.   Three separate incidents within the last week highlight this horrific trend.   Over the weekend, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, on national television, [...]