Legislative Updates 
Interactive Tools
The Homelessness Research Institute has developed a series of interactive maps, calculators, and charts intended to provide quick access to data on homelessness and improve understanding of important concepts related to ending homelessness. To use one of the tools, click on the related image. Links to related reports are also included as resources at the bottom of this page.
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Interactive Timeline: Evolution of 10-year
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Interactive Map: Homeless Veterans in America
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Interactive Calculator: Shelter Need
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Interactive Map: Top Ten Highest Homeless Populations and Rates
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Interactive Chart: Urban/Rural Cost Analysis
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Interactive Map: Overall Homelessness by Geographic Type
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Interactive Chart: Reasons for Homelessness
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Interactive Map: 2009 Counts Media Map
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Interactive Map: '05-'07 State-by-State Counts
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In association with Veterans Day 2009, the Alliance released an update to the veterans report: Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans. New data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shows that while the number of homeless veterans seems to have decreased, the need for more proactive intervention and action grows.
A Shifting Focus: What's New in Community Plans to End Homelessness
This Data Update provides an updated content analysis of the 234 completed community plans to end homelessness. In addition to illustrating of the growth of 10-year plans, this update will compare the content of earlier (first 90 plans) and later plans (144).
Geography of Homelessness, Part 2: Prevalence of Homelessness
This is the second in a series of briefs examining the geographic distribution of the population experiencing homelessness and the homeless assistance system in the United States. It evaluates how rates of homelessness in rural areas compare to rates in urban areas.
Geography of Homelessness, Part 1: Defining the Spectrum
This serves as the first in a series of briefs examining the geographic distribution of the homeless population in the United States and provides some insight into the extent to which homelessness exists in rural and urban areas.
Foreclosure to Homelessness: The Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis
In June 2009, the Alliance, along with the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness, released this report. It provides insight into the contribution that foreclosures have had on 2008 homeless populations.
Homelessness Counts: Changes in Homelessness from 2005 to 2007
In 2007, the National Alliance to End Homelessness released Homelessness Counts, establishing a 2005 baseline for measuring progress in the fight to end homelessness. This report is a follow up to that report. Here, we analyze the changes from 2005 to 2007, looking more closely at changes at the state level and among subpopulations.
