Alliance Publishes 'Research Agenda to End Homelessness'








July 1, 2014    
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Alliance Publishes 'Research Agenda to End Homelessness'


The Alliance has published "A Research Agenda for Ending Homelessness," a resource intended to inform government agencies and funders about pressing unanswered research questions on homelessness and interventions designed to end homelessness. The agenda should help funders, both private and public, develop research that will help make policy and practice more effective. The Alliance's Homeless Research Institute (HRI) developed the agenda with the Alliance's Research Council, a group of leading academic and policy researchers.
The research agenda is divided into three categories:
  • The Scope and Demographics of Homelessness;
  • The Efficacy of Interventions; and
  • System Planning and Infrastructure.





Senate Banking Committee Approves HUD, FHFA Nominees
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Congress Departs for Recess
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Information Table Purchase Deadline
The deadline to purchase an information table is Thursday, July 10. To receive a purchase form, please email the Alliance's Conference Associate Jaime Colman.



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