USICH Executive Director to Speak at Tuesday Lunch at United for Action

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness  (USICH) Executive Director Barbara Poppe will be the speaker at the noon luncheon plenary on Tuesday, March 19, at the NLIHC Conference United for Action.USICH is the 19-member federal agency that coordinates the federal response to homelessness. It presented Opening Doors, the first federal plan to end homelessness, to the President and Congress in July 201o. The plan advocates that the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) as critical to the national effort to end homelessness. Ms. Poppe will discuss the agency’s efforts to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness, and the role the NHTF plays in achieving that goal.The United for Action conference and lobby day will take place Sunday, March 17 through Wednesday, March 20 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Special rates are available for NLIHC members and low income attendees. Click here for the full schedule of workshops and events. To register, go to www.nlihc.org/conference. The site includes detailed information that can help you plan your participation. Or click here to download a registration form (PDF). NLIHC members receive additional discounts on conference registration.Be sure to plan your travel arrangements so you can take advantage of everything United for Action has to offer, including programming Sunday afternoon and evening. Regular registration rates will end March 1, so act soon to secure the lowest possible rates.