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HUD: Housing for Homeless Persons

HUD: Housing for Homeless Persons. HUD and Homelessness. Homeless have the greatest housing need: they are home-less. Housing needs to be linked to services: supportive housing Housing needs to be flexible . HUD and Homelessness .

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HUD: Housing for Homeless Persons

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  1. HUD: Housing for Homeless Persons

  2. HUD and Homelessness • Homeless have the greatest housing need: they are home-less. • Housing needs to be linked to services: supportive housing • Housing needs to be flexible

  3. HUD and Homelessness • Housing and Homeless Subcommittee identified several policy options to address housing homeless persons, including: • Provide access to 150,000 units for chronically homeless persons

  4. HUD’s Goals Re: Homelessness • End Chronic Homelessness by 2012 • Move Homeless Individuals & Families to Permanent Housing

  5. HUD Homeless Approach • HUD approach: Continuum of Care • Allows communities to comprehensively: • Use 3 HUD programs • All homeless sub-populations • Housing and services • Discharge planning

  6. HUD Homeless Approach • Policy Emphases: • Don’t forget the forgotten: chronic homeless • More housing (transitional and permanent) • More mainstream services • Outcome Performance

  7. HUD and Homelessness • Chronic homelessness: • 15% of homeless consume 50% of emerg. svcs • 150,000 chronically homeless • Competition: • Community strategy to end chronic homelessness • Collect information to quantify chronic • Spend at least 10% of funds on chronic

  8. HUD and Homelessness • More (permanent) housing: • 1998: 41% funds for housing • Incentives: • Bonus funds for permanent housing • More points for requesting housing funds • 2003: 53% funds for housing • 2003: $600m for housing activities

  9. HUD and Homelessness • HUD Housing for Homeless persons • Choice: Project-based and tenant-based • Most of assistance is tenant-based • Housing linked to supportive services • Permanent housing targeted to disabled (SMI)

  10. HUD and Homelessness • More Mainstream Services • Medicaid, Food Stamps, TANF, etc. • HUD and HHS jointly developed FirstStep • HUD awards points in Continuum

  11. HUD and Homelessness • Performance • Individual projects in Continuum must perform • Housing stability • Moving from transitional to permanent hsg • Accessing employment • Accessing mainstream services

  12. HUD Proposals • Streamline Continuum Funding • Single program • Single set of eligible activities • Single match requirement • Local decision-making

  13. HUD Proposals • Targeted Resource for Chronic • 2003/4 Chronic Initiative • HUD, HHS, VA • $35 million; 11 cities • 2005 Proposal: Samaritan • $50m for housing; $20m for services

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