Bring America Home Now
Fighting to end homelessness in America.
The Bring America Home NOW (BAHN) Campaign, spearheaded by the National Coalition for the Homeless, is a comprehensive grassroots campaign to end homelessness in the U.S. Led by people who have themselves experienced homelessness, the campaign focuses on the passage of federal legislation aimed at addressing the interconnected solutions to the decades-long epidemic of homelessness in the United States.
We are reaching out to partners to join us in our campaign to end homelessness through a comprehensive, multifaceted push for increased public awareness and successful legislation. We especially seek involvement from organizations led by people who have themselves experienced homelessness.
How your organization can get involved:
Become A Partner
Become a strategic partner to align the campaign with your legislative priorities and help drive forward one or more priority areas. Partners are invited to join in on our meetings to discuss ways to move the legislation forward.
The BAHN campaign focuses on 6 major policy areas:
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Housing is a basic human right that should be available to all Americans.
Health and homelessness are inextricably linked: a safe, stable home is the prerequisite for health and well-being.
Adequate income is essential to maintain stable housing. To end homelessness, we must ensure livable wages and basic income for all Americans and link income to the local cost of housing.
Education and training can play a critical role for many–children, youth, and adults–in equipping people with the knowledge and skills needed for economic mobility.
Homelessness is a civil rights issue. People experiencing homelessness are too often victims of hate crimes. Homelessness disproportionately impacts people of color. LGBTQ people face discrimination and barriers to jobs and housing.
Homelessness is inextricably linked to systemic racism. Racial equity must be prioritized in our work to end and prevent homelessness.
The Crisis
» In the richest country in the world, more than 500,000 Americans are homeless each night, with millions more experiencing homelessness through the course of each year.
» People of color—particularly Black Americans and Native Americans—experience homelessness at dramatically higher rates than their white peers, even when compared to the proportions of those living in poverty. As a result, people of color have limited access to opportunities for wealth accumulation.
» In fact, in no county in the U.S. can a household afford a two-bedroom unit (i.e., not paying more than 30% of income) on the minimum wage or Social Security/Disability.
» Millions of Americans experiencing homelessness remain uninsured, with limited access to health care and behavioral health services.
» The stock of housing affordable to those at the lowest incomes has been slashed by more than 80% over the past 50 years. Homelessness has too often been viewed as a personal failure, rather than a societal one.
» Federal policy to address homelessness has been overly incremental in nature, attending to the most obvious symptoms while ignoring the root causes. The result has been a complete neglect of large-scale, systemic, and lasting solutions.
Spearheaded by the National Coalition for the Homeless
The National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) 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: To end and prevent homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights are respected and protected.
We believe that safe, decent, and affordable housing is a human right (as written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article Twenty-Five, Section One).
TRUSTED PARTNERS
Membership Coordinator Tyler Richardson Tyler Richardson is a bright and talented individual who has always made the most
LETA Program Manager Roderick W. Woodruff Roderick W. Woodruff, a seasoned professional with over five decades of business
Deputy Director Megan Hustings Megan came to NCH as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer in 2006. After her year of
Assistant Director of Communications Kenia Mazariegos Kenia Mazariegos, an adept professional and Assistant Director of Communications, is the
Kelvin Lassiter Income Policy Analyst Kelvin was raised in a middle class family in the suburbs
National Campaign Director and Director of Community Organizing Francis Kalombo Ngoy
Deputy Director of BAHN Adaora Onuora Adaora is a policy professional with over 8 years of policy analyst,
