National Organizations

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities, creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans, supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS.
Website: www.hud.gov

HUD Office of HIV/AIDS Housing provides housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families, principally through the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program.
Website: www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/aidshousing

HUD Veteran Resource Center provides veterans and their family members with information on HUD's community-based programs and services, with a special focus on veterans who are homeless.
Website: www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/hudvet/index.cfm

Social Security Administration is responsible among other things for providing Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. These resources can help people who have disabilities meet housing and other costs.
Website: http://www.ssa.gov/homelessness/

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs Office offers a continuum of services that include outreach to veterans living on streets and in shelters, clinical assessment and referral to needed medical treatment for physical and psychiatric disorders, long-term sheltered transitional assistance and case management, employment assistance and linkage with available income supports, and supported permanent housing.
Website: www.va.gov/homeless/