Project HOME

HUD funding shift would disregard proven solutions to homelessness and destabilize programs | Opinion Shift in funding priorities indicates an administration willing to gamble with the futures of our most vulnerable neighbors — unless people make their opposition known, and lawmakers work to stop it.

ICYMI: Just before the end of 2025, our president and CEO Donna Bullock broke down how HUD's potential funding changes to permanent, supportive housing programs will undermine the progress we've already made and destabilize a proven solution to homelessness.

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Good luck affording an apartment in Philly if you earn minimum wage Two workers who make Pennsylvania’s minimum wage would each have to work 96 hours per week to afford the area’s median asking rent. The Philly metro is the least affordable of the 50 studied.

"Out of the 50 largest metropolitan areas, the Philadelphia region is where minimum-wage earners must work the most hours to afford rent."

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US judge blocks Trump administration from altering homelessness funding conditions A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from imposing new restrictions on more than $3 billion in grant funding used to provide permanent housing and other services t...

We were encouraged to see this decision blocking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's sudden plan to drastically change how funding for permanent supportive housing is distributed.

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Philadelphia is fortunate to have leadership that rejects the criminalization of homelessness and instead embraces the idea that none of us are home until all of us are home. 3/3

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These new beds represent more than a safe night's sleep indoors; they provide an important step toward permanent supportive housing .

We commend the Parker Admin for this bold promise and look forward to working with the Office of Homeless Services—led by former Project HOME SVP Cheryl Hill. 2/3

We were excited to hear Mayor Cherelle Parker pledge to provide 1,000 new beds to Philadelphia’s inventory for people experiencing street homelessness during her State of the City address this afternoon. Our President/CEO, Donna Bullock, & Co-Founder, Sister Mary Scullion were joined the Mayor. 1/3

Please call the Homeless Outreach Hotline at 215-232-1984 if you see someone in need.

A gift today helps us support someone coming in from the cold and connect them with case management, medical care, and long-term housing solutions that offer lasting hope: give.projecthome.org/campaign/cod...

Between budget cuts, the government shutdown, and delayed SNAP benefits, the number of families seeking food from Share Food Program has increased 12-fold.

It’s daunting.

Project HOME provides shelter and restores dignity | Philly Gives Project HOME, is one of the city's largest nonprofit housing agencies, serves 15,000 people a year. The group's head said that recent cutbacks have been “terrifying.”

For a second successive year, The Inquirer is proud to join local media partners in Philly Gives, a campaign to raise money for nonprofit organizations committed to serving those in need throughout our region.

Project HOME is one of 10 nonprofits to be featured through the end of the year.

Project HOME is one of the city’s largest nonprofit housing agencies, serving 15,000 people a year.

Donna Bullock, the group’s head, said that recent cutbacks have been “terrifying.”

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?

Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst

ACT NOW: Congress Must Stop HUD Your community’s federal homelessness funding is in jeopardy, and the very backbone of the nation’s homelessness response is under attack.

We urge supporters of affordable, supportive housing everywhere to visit @naehomelessness.bsky.social online at endhomelessness.org/action/stoph... and tell your representatives to stop a HUD change to affordable housing funding rules that could increase homelessness in the U.S.

Pa. advocates push to counter the ‘criminalization of homelessness’ following SCOTUS ruling • Pennsylvania Capital-Star To combat a "criminalization of homelessness," two lawmakers seek to prioritize Shelter First policies in Pennsylvania.

Our VP of Advocacy, Public Policy & Street Outreach, Candice Player, joined other advocates in Harrisburg urging lawmakers to adopt a “Shelter First” approach to homelessness in Pennsylvania rather than criminalization: projectho.me/4oLXEUz

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape (Gift Article) State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”

Utah provides a picture of how homelessness may be treated under trump:

The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again. n.pr/3JLPM6r

Project HOME Applauds Philadelphia’s H.O.M.E. Plan and Calls for Focus on Deep Affordability and Homelessness Prevention | Project HOME Project HOME commends Mayor Cherelle Parker and Council President Kenyatta Johnson for their leadership in confronting Philadelphia’s housing and h

We commend Mayor Parker and Council President Johnson for their leadership in confronting Philly’s housing and homelessness crisis. The City’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) Plan could add & preserve deeply affordable housing & prevent homelessness.

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Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

The expected cuts, which would be the most consequential in a generation, are detailed in forthcoming 100-page notice from HUD, and would govern more than $3.5 billion in Continuum of Care funds, the main source of federal money for homelessness.

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A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respond By last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

"Drug users would lose consciousness on the street, with their heart rates dropping. The paramedics who found them tried dispensing naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, but couldn’t wake them up."

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For homeless women, pregnancy presents many challenges — from access to care to complication risks The number of unhoused women who delivered babies has surged in recent years. Caring for them requires empathy and collaboration, social service providers say.

The number of unhoused women who delivered babies has surged in recent years. Caring for them requires empathy and collaboration, social service providers say.

Philly’s first-in-the-nation experiment giving cash to struggling renters is working, researchers say Families that got cash rental assistance were less likely to be evicted, experience homelessness, and report having serious problems with their homes, according to a study of the PHLHousing+ program.

For the past three years, the city has been giving cash to some struggling renters, no strings attached.

The first-in-the-nation experiment has been even more successful than researchers studying its impact expected.

Why clearing encampments doesn’t usually solve problems of homelessness Clearing encampments is part of a wider push across the country by Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike to take drastic action to reduce homelessness, but experts say it's usually misguided.

Clearing encampments is part of a wider push across the country by Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike to take drastic action to reduce homelessness, but experts say it's counterproductive and ineffective. https://to.pbs.org/3JuTUHv

"...the president’s order trades on worn-out myths about the relationship between mental illness and violence, while leaning into the familiar politics of disorder, danger, and urban decay."

Trump’s executive order on homelessness and mental illness discards what works | Opinion The president’s order trades on worn-out myths about the relationship between mental illness and violence, while leaning into the familiar politics of disorder, danger, and urban decay.

"Rather than instructing federal agencies to scale proven solutions like permanent supportive housing and rental assistance..."

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Shara Dae Howard and Donna Bullock pose for a selfie standing on a rooftop in Philadelphia. A text overlay says "Get to know the CEO of Project HOME and the legacy she's inherited".

For 35 years, Project HOME has been fighting to break the cycle of homelessness in Philadelphia.

Recently, the founder passed the torch to a new CEO, Donna Bullock.

Shara Dae Howard met both of them on the latest Shara in the City: spr.ly/63320f2iUA

Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps

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"Without a meaningful pathway to permanent housing, orders to move along simply shuffle people from block to block without resolving their housing status."

Trump’s executive order on homelessness and mental illness discards what works | Opinion The president’s order trades on worn-out myths about the relationship between mental illness and violence, while leaning into the familiar politics of disorder, danger, and urban decay.

"The president’s order would reward cities and states for clearing encampments, but vigorous enforcement of anti-camping laws won’t solve our problems, either."

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Real safety comes from housing, services, and collaboration.

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We are following the White House's actions in the nation's capitol and believe that federalizing the D.C. police to clear encampments isn’t a solution—it’s a shortcut that erodes community trust and treats homelessness as a public nuisance rather than a human crisis.