Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2018-08-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309477042

Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens. In recent decades, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the philanthropic community have worked hard to develop and implement programs to solve the challenges of homelessness, and progress has been made. However, much more remains to be done. Importantly, the results of various efforts, and especially the efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans in recent years, have shown that the problem of homelessness can be successfully addressed. Although a number of programs have been developed to meet the needs of persons experiencing homelessness, this report focuses on one particular type of intervention: permanent supportive housing (PSH). Permanent Supportive Housing focuses on the impact of PSH on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs.

Federal Housing Assistance

Federal Housing Assistance
Author: Stanley J. Czerwinski
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2002-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780756724849

In FY 1999, about 5.2 million low- and very-low-income households received about $28.7 billion in Fed. housing assist. through more than a dozen programs, yet almost 9 mill. other very-low-income household still have serious housing needs. This report: describes characteristics of the housing provided under the 6 active housing assist. programs; estimates the per-unit-cost of each of these programs; computes the portion of each program's per-unit cost paid by the Fed. gov't., tenants, and others (state, local, and private sources); and identifies public policy issues raised by this study, taking into account tradeoffs between the programs' costs and qualitative differences. Charts and tables.

Rental Housing Assistance at a Crossroads

Rental Housing Assistance at a Crossroads
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 97
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0788130757

Documents the magnitude & trends in worst caseƓ housing needs among the poor. Highlights, for the Congress, the implications of these needs for the housing legislation it is currently considering. Worst case needs are unassisted renters who are paying more than half their income for rent or living in severely substandard quality housing.