Prevent Client Evictions! (Updated April 21, 2021, to reflect the new expiration date for the eviction moratorium, June 30, 2021.) The CDC has released an order halting most evictions due to nonpayment of rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The order is in effect from September 4, 2020, through June 30, 2021. However, renters are not […]

CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Offers Welcome, But Interim, Relief NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 3, 2020 — On Tuesday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an order establishing a nationwide eviction moratorium. Under the order, evictions are banned through December 31, 2020, for tenants unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This

Weakened CDC Testing Guidance Jeopardizes Public Health NASHVILLE, TN, August 28, 2020 – The emergence of COVID-19 has created tremendous challenges for Health Care for the Homeless programs and others who deliver health care and support services to people who are homeless. Shelters, food programs, and the broader homeless services systems in every community have also

Federal Inaction on COVID-19 Is A Disgrace. We Need Congress To Act NOW. NASHVILLE, TN, August, 17, 2020 –  The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the long-term failures of the health care, housing and safety net systems in the United States. For 30 years, the HCH community has worked on the front lines to provide

Nationally recognized health care experts to help shape National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) –When the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC) launches on Wednesday, July 15, it will be a first-of-its kind institute designed to expand the field of medical respite care and enhance knowledge about these vital programs for patients

National Institute for Medical Respite Care to Launch July 15 (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — On July 15, 2020, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council will launch the National Institute for Medical Respite Care (NIMRC), the first-of-its-kind institute to identify best practices, offer expert services, and advance state-of-the-field knowledge in medical respite care (also known

No Justice, No Peace The trauma of racism is compounded by the lack of constructive national leadership. This is especially true when elected officials and others seem intent on escalating violence and sowing purposeful divisions between people. All this prevents both progress and unity. According to Bobby Watts, CEO of the NHCHC, “America’s ‘original sin’

Telling Our Story to the Nation and the World Effective communications—telling the story of the Council family—drives impact by sharing the right message at the right time through the right channel to the right readers and listeners. Staying connected with the nation and the world is key to the Council’s leadership as the voice of