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Homelessness is a global challenge.

The United Nations Human Settlements Program estimates that 1.1 billion people live in inadequate housing, and the best data available suggest that more than 100 million people have no housing at all.

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This newsletter shares information about homelessness advocacy events and resources from experts from various regions.
  In this newsletter, IGH discusses and shares resources that can help you navigate the important intersection between homelessness and humanitarian aid and true partnership with people and communities who are most affected by homelessness.
This newsletter highlights IGH's recent efforts to drive an equitable end to global homelessness.
In our June newsletter, we discuss how Issues of land use, access, and rights intersect with homelessness and equitable prevention strategies.
In our latest newsletter, we discuss our recent trip to New York City, USA, for global homelessness advocacy with partners from around the world, how to meaningfully work alongside people with lived experience, and more.
This newsletter features resources that help practitioners deliver housing and support services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IGH welcomes expression of interest in the IGH Vanguard Program.
This month's newsletter highlights approaches to multi-sector and community collaboration.
While 2021 was challenging in many ways, as we grappled with the continued COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for our work, we made some significant progress that sets a strong foundation for 2022. In this month's issue, we reflect on our work to end global homelessness in 2021.
  The Ruff Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH) partnered with the International Journal on Homelessness (IJOH) to celebrate the launch of its first issue. For this webinar, researchers presented their papers featured in the first issue of the journal.
This month’s issue highlights various initiatives and organizations addressing homelessness throughout the world.
Chapin Hall combines rigorous research to generate evidence and supports the implementation of tested methods in the field. Chapin Hall engages in direct, purposeful collaboration. It partners with all levels of government, non-profit organizations, philanthropists, fellow researchers, and others who work tirelessly to address challenges facing children, youth, and families in the United States and beyond.
Limited information exists about the number of transgender people experiencing homelessness. There are very few data sets relative to this population, but all the data tells a similar story: transgender people are more likely to be unsheltered than their cisgender peers, and those who are unsheltered have considerably more health and safety challenges than those who are sheltered.
The National Working Group on Historically Marginalized Communities partnered with the NIS Center for Housing Justice to design a series of listening sessions with historically marginalized communities. The working group members informed which groups to focus on, the questions that should be addressed, the protocols to be used in the listening sessions, and the recruitment of participants from around the country. This work...
This guide focuses on project-level policies and procedures, requirements and recommendations specific to single-sex facilities, and resources for creating practical documents like signage, intake forms, and other written policies and procedures. Specific questions requesting formal HUD program guidance can be submitted to the Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. Select the appropriate program – CoC: Continuum of Care, ESG: Emergency...
This issue brief suggests alternative ways the United States can have a fair and efficient system that better fulfills its obligation to provide access to protection at the border.
The Global Trends Report is published every year to analyze the changes in UNHCR’s populations of concern and deepen public understanding of ongoing crises.
Recognizing the need for scholarly dissemination on preventing and ending homelessness that truly incorporates both the Global North and Global South, an international board has come together to launch a new journal. The International Journal on Homelessness is based on the values of excellent scholarship, international knowledge sharing, the need for vastly more affordable housing, making space for global knowledge transfer...
In recent years, the homeless services world has held these sentiments all year long: diligently working to secure permanent housing for everyone who has served our country. This resource provides five key facts about these efforts, and the remaining barriers on the road to finally ending veterans’ homelessness in America. 
The intention of the research agenda is to center the voices and experiences of those most impacted by LGBTQ youth homelessness and to provide a guide for researchers investigating solutions to address the disparities faced by LGBTQ youth, particularly LGBTQ youth of color. The purpose of this national research agenda on LGBTQ+ youth homelessness - the first of its kind - is to ensure True Colors United's movement is backed...