What is the HUD-VASH Voucher?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Oct 23, 20232 min read
What is USDA Rural Development?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development is a division within the USDA that...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Oct 23, 20232 min read
What is the National Housing Trust Fund?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW The National Housing Trust Fund (HTF), created under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Oct 23, 20232 min read
What is the HUD Emergency Solutions Grants Program?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program, altered and renamed from the original Emergency...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Few & Far Between: Media Coverage of California’s Rural Homelessness
By: Jarrett James Lash September 19. 2023 California’s homeless crisis is often seen on the nightly news with a similar headline and a...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 25, 20234 min read
The Alarming Impact of Federal Government Shutdowns on Homeless Programming
Jarrett James Lash, Co-Founder & Policy Director September 19, 2023 As if it was Groundhog Day, we are standing at the precipice of yet...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 25, 20234 min read
CRH Response to the USICH Federal Homeless Research Agenda Request for Information
By: Jarrett James Lash & Sean L. Small, Co-Founders of the Center for Rural Homelessness Date: Sep 17, 2023 Key pages: Public...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 22, 20231 min read
Indiana Senate Bill 486 - Education Matters
Bill Number: SB0486 Bill Name: Education Matters Bill State: Indiana Bill Sponsor/Co-Sponsor: Sen. Linda Rogers [R], Sen. Jeff Raatz [R],...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Policy Watch - Louisiana Interagency Council on Homelessness
By: Jarrett James Lash BILL NUMBER: HOUSE BILL NO. 506 BILL NAME: Louisiana Interagency Council on Homelessness BILL STATE: Louisiana...
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Emelia Gapp
Sep 22, 20232 min read
What is the HUD-VASH Voucher?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 22, 20232 min read
What is the USDA Section 515 Program?
By: Katie Baughman, Policy Intern OVERVIEW Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, also called the Rural Rental Housing Loans program, is...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Sep 12, 20232 min read
What is a Continuum of Care?
By: Jarrett James Lash, Director of Policy OVERVIEW A Continuum of Care (CoC) is a HUD-mandated regional planning body to coordinate the...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Maine is Building Affordable Housing While Potentially Losing More
By Mahmoud Ali Aug 10, 2023 Ground is breaking on projects sponsored by Maine’s $20 million Rental Unit Development program, a new...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 28, 20233 min read
The Center for Rural Homelessness’s Response to the White House’s All INside initiative Section
By Jarrett James Lash May 23, 2023 OVERVIEW On May 18th, 2023, Biden-Harris Administration announced a new initiative to tackle...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Rural Homelessness in West Virginia and Point-in-Time Count
Emelia Gapp Strategic Communications Intern The Center for Rural Homelessness This past January, organizations across the nation...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 9, 20232 min read
CRH Journal Spotlight: Using Geographic Information Systems to Assess Community-level Vulnerability
By Sean Small Co-Founder, Director of Research The Center for Rural Homelessness For The Center for Rural Homelessness’s first Journal...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 9, 20233 min read
The Purpose of the Center for Rural Homelessness
By Jarrett James Lash April 02, 2023 The Center for Rural Homelessness (CRH) is the result of conversations held between myself and its...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 3, 20234 min read
The Value of Summer Point-in-Time Counts
Jarrett James Lash May 3, 2023 Each year, during the last few weeks of January, volunteers from across the country take to the streets in...
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The Center for Rural Homelessness
Aug 3, 20232 min read
Research at The Center for Rural Homelessness
By Sean Small, Co-Founder & Research Director May 1, 2023 The Center for Rural Homelessness (CRH) is a nascent project of fellow...
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