Resources & Links

National Alliance to End Homelessness
www.naeh.org
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness. The Alliance represents a united effort to address the root causes of homelessness and challenge society's acceptance of homelessness as an inevitable by-product of American life.

National Association of Home Builders
www.nahb.org
NAHB is a trade association that helps promote the policies that make housing a national priority. Since 1942, NAHB has been serving its members, the housing industry, and the public at large.

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
www.naiop.org
The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) is the nation's leading trade association for developers, owners, investors, asset managers and other professionals in industrial, office and mixed-use commercial real estate.

National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org
The National Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1984, is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission.

Interagency Council on Homelessness
www.usich.gov
Congress established the Interagency Council on Homelessness in 1987 with the passage of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. The Departments of Housing annd Urban Development, Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor are among the departments represented on the Council. The Council is responsible for providing Federal leadership for activities to assist homeless families and individuals.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. HUD is the federal agency charged with providing homeless assistance grants.

U.S. Conference of Mayors
www.usmayors.org
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of the nation's 1183 U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 or more. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. The Conference has assumed historically a national leadership role, calling early attention to serious urban problems and pressing successfully for solutions.