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The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Thursday announced an award of $2 billion in support of thousands of local housing and service programs across the U.S. This year’s installment of the annual HUD Continuum of Care grants will ...

On a single night, 553,742 people experience homelessness in the U.S., according to the 2017 national estimate by HUD. Despite the most severe numbers appearing in Los Angeles and New York City, Secretary Carson urged, “It’s everybody’s problem.”

With nearly 40,000 American veterans homeless, the nation is finally starting to take notice. From new bills and big housing projects to events across the nation, parties from all over are taking at aim at veteran homelessness. The Five Star Institute’s upcoming Military Heroes Keys for Life event is just one such effort.

The NHP Foundation polls 1000 Americans to gauge their feelings about housing and job security.

The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has been cut almost in half since 2010.

“A safe, stable home is the foundation for opportunity in all of our lives,” according to HUD Secretary Julián Castro.

As President Obama unveiled his FY 2017 Budget, one theme remained consistent in every part of his speech to Congress and to the American people on Tuesday.

Last month in his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama failed to mention housing policy at all. His proposed FY17 budget to be unveiled Tuesday calls for a substantial investment in housing, however.

First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the creation of the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness at an event at the White House. At the event, more than 75 mayors and county and state officials from across the country pledged they are committed to ending veteran homelessness in their communities.