1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Homelessness Act of 2017 . 2. Congressional findings The Congress finds that— (1) although the United States has experienced a reduction in veteran homelessness after a surge of new Federal funding targeted to homeless veterans starting in fiscal year 2008, major progress towards the national goals for ending homelessness in our Nation has virtually stalled in the absence of increased funding; (2) according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2016 point-in-time count, there were 549,928 people experiencing homelessness in the United States on any given night, including over 120,000 children; (3) homelessness in many communities has reached crisis proportions and some cities have declared that homelessness has reached a state of emergency; and (4) the Federal Government must renew its commitment to the national goals to end homelessness. 3. Emergency relief funding Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq) is amended— (1) by redesignating section 491 ( 42 U.S.C. 11408 ; relating to rural housing stability grant program) as section 441; (2) by redesignating section 592 ( 42 U.S.C. 11408a ; relating to use of FMHA inventory for transitional housing for homeless persons and for turnkey housing) as section 442