The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) envisions a world where everyone has a safe, decent, accessible and affordable home. Our mission is to end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected. We affirms the following Guiding Principles/Values: 1. We can and prevent homelessness. 2. People who are currently experiencing or have experienced homelessness must be leaders in all the work of NCH and in the movement to end homelessness. 3. NCH believes in the dignity of all people: housing, healthy food, quality health care, education and livable incomes as basic human rights. ... read more The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) envisions a world where everyone has a safe, decent, accessible and affordable home. Our mission is to end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected. We affirms the following Guiding Principles/Values: 1. We can and prevent homelessness. 2. People who are currently experiencing or have experienced homelessness must be leaders in all the work of NCH and in the movement to end homelessness. 3. NCH believes in the dignity of all people: housing, healthy food, quality health care, education and livable incomes as basic human rights. 4. It is morally, ethically, and legally wrong to discriminate against and criminalize people struggling to meet their basic needs. 5. Public policy makers and elected officials at all levels must be held accountable to end the systemic and structural causes of homelessness. 6. Structural racism and discrimination are root causes of homelessness and violates human dignity. 7. Collaboration between NCH and its diverse stakeholders, is critical in directing NCH's work.
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By Donald Whitehead | Executive Director
The Bring Americ Bring America Home NOW (BAHN) has 6 major policy pillars that focus our movement’s fight to end homelessness. Each of these pillars have short term and long term policy focuses.... Read the full report ›By Donald Whitehead | Executive Director
The National Coalition has devoted most of our resources to organizing around one of the most impactful decisions to impact people experiencing homelessness in 40 years. In a profoundly disappointing... Read the full report ›By Donald H Whitehead Jr | Executive Director
Over the last year, the National Coalition has developed a plan to move from advocacy to action. We were not aware at the time of how necessary action would become. In February, we were... Read the full report ›
