MOVING TOWARD PREVENTION TOGETHER:
A NEW FEDERAL VISION FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS
If we, as a nation, are going to face down this housing crisis, we must bring as many partners as possible to the table, including those outside of government who are responsible in many ways for the innovations that enabled us to shift our focus in the Recovery Act toward prevention and rapid re-housing, says U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.
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MEET OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 The Council's new Executive Director Barbara Poppe shares her goals for the Council. They include coordinating the federal response to end homelessness and creating new partnerships at state and local levels; and preparing a national strategic plan -- to end homelessness -- for public comment and presentation to President Obama and the Congress by May 20, 2010.
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HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITIES 
A U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness survey says that in the past year, cities have seen the sharpest increase in the demand for food assistance since 1991, an increase in family homelessness, and a leveling off in individual homelessness. Growing demand for food assistance has caused food banks to distribute more and stockpile less.
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HOUSING HOMELESS VETERANS 
Ground was broken recently in Pittsfield, MA, for Veterans Community, a housing complex designed for single, formerly homeless veterans who have successfully completed a transitional housing program. The project gives the veterans the opportunity to buy equity shares in the property, which will also be managed by veterans. If they decide to move out, they will get their money back.
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