The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2012 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR). AHAR provides a national estimate of homelessness and presents a comprehensive understanding of who uses local shelter systems and how these systems are used. HUD has released the AHAR each year since 2007, giving policymakers and local service providers the information needed to serve this vulnerable population. At the federal level, HUD and its partner agencies serving on the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness are using the AHAR to track progress against the goals set forth by Opening Doors—Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (2010). At the local level, state- and community-level stakeholders are using the AHAR to inform their policy decisions and benchmark their service systems against the national estimates presented in this report. With the knowledge gained through the AHAR, HUD and its partner agencies are on the path to ending homelessness in the United States.
The 2012 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress Part 2: Estimates of Homelessness in the United States
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development
Year: 2013