USICH Releases Strategic Plan Ignoring Decades Of Evidence On The Causes Of & Solutions To Homelessness

By Kim Johnson, Policy Analyst, NLIHC

The United State Interagency Counsel on Homelessness (USICH) released on October 19 a new strategic plan that is deeply flawed and ill-informed, ignoring decades of evidence on the causes of and solutions to homelessness and undermining successful programs. NLIHC joined nine other national housing organizations in a sign-on letter responding to the plan and noting its shortcomings.

The plan ignores the structural causes of homelessness – including the severe lack of affordable, accessible housing for the lowest-income people, racism, and the growing gap between what renters make and what housing costs – and . . .