Resources on McKinney-Vento Title V

The McKinney-Vento Act gives nonprofit organizations and state and local governments an effective right of first refusal to acquire at no cost surplus federal properties — including office buildings — to facilitate their redevelopment as affordable apartments. Learn more using the resources linked below. 

• Examples of Effective Title V Projects Declined, Delayed or Denied Due to HHS Refusal or Resistance to Traditional Affordable Housing Financing Proposals
  (National Homelessness Law Center, October 2023)
• NCSHA Comments on Title V Regulations
• NHLC Public Comments on Title V
• Op-Ed: How old federal buildings can become new paths to ending homelessness
  (The Hill, May 23, 2023)
• Title V: Little-Known Government Program Could Provide Big Solution To Homeless Crisis
  (Urban Land Institute, October 10, 2023)
• The US has empty buildings it could use to tackle homelessness. Why is it selling them off?
  (The Guardian, October 30, 2023)