We’re Hiring!

Join the ACEH team as a Housing Navigator and help make a difference in the lives of our unhoused neighbors! 

The Housing Navigator is responsible for providing assistance and support to unsheltered homeless individuals in the following areas: field-based housing-focused case management, housing readiness, accessing housing assistance programs (e.g., Rapid Rehousing), and permanent housing placement. Duties include securing income documentation, creating a budget/savings plan, coordinating service referrals, and crisis intervention. There will be extensive collaboration with Coordinated Entry System Navigation and the Landlord Housing Partnership. The requested skillset includes entry and maintenance of thorough and accurate records in the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). This position is primarily field-based.

June Outreach

“Centering the voices of lived experience is a critical part of achieving transformation within homeless response."

Q&A with Tanesha Travis, Partners with Lived Expertise Coordinator in Sacramento, California

Meet Tanesha Travis, a Black leader in the Built for Zero movement working with Sacramento Steps Forward. She supports the organization's partners with lived expertise of homelessness in her role — and has experienced homelessness herself.

Travis knows this work is vital. She explains that by meaningfully engaging with people who have experienced homelessness, we can better understand where the gaps in our systems exist and work collaboratively to create solutions that render better outcomes.

“Meaningful transformation happens when we move from performative to transformative work, and centering the voices of people with lived experience is a critical part of achieving transformation within homelessness response,” she said.

Coordinated Entry as a Tool for Equity: Training on Fair Housing and Coordinated Entry Now Available

Explore this in-depth, self-paced online training to learn about the importance and applicability of federal fair housing and civil rights laws to the Coordinated Entry (CE) process.

Training Highlights

• Case study exercises and real-life fair housing scenarios
• Knowledge checks for CE as a tool for equity
• Glossary of key terms
• Links to helpful resources

We encourage you to move through the 14 lessons in order, as each lesson builds on the information presented in previous lessons. Available on the HUD Exchange 24/7, feel free to review the content at your own pace and return to the training as often as needed.

Final Debt Ceiling Agreement Could Harm Renters and People Experiencing Homelessness

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reached an agreement on May 27 to lift the debt ceiling in exchange for a two-year freeze on spending for important domestic programs and increased work requirements for certain recipients of food and cash assistance programs, among other things. Because some HUD programs require additional funding to keep up with inflation, higher rents, and interest rate hikes, the debt ceiling agreement could result in significant cuts to affordable housing and homelessness assistance. In fiscal year (FY) 2024 alone, HUD will require between $13 billion and $16 billion in additional funding just to maintain current levels of assistance. Unless further action is taken by Congress, tens of thousands of households will be at risk of losing rental assistance.