# Presentation: 840446

- Supporting Permanent Housing for Homeless Families
- Emily Cooper
- Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
- January 27, 2004

- Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.

## What Works

- Know your target population and what they need
- Use systematic strategies
- Use permanent housing as a leveraging tool
- Include “mainstream” housing resources as well as HUD McKinney/Vento programs
- Strategies that are as specific as possible and outcome focused
- Leverage State/local planning or system change efforts
- Be successful with initial efforts

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## Need for Subsidized Housing

- Housing Wage (*Out of Reach 2003,* National Low Income Housing Coalition)
- AZ: $15.00
- FL: $14.26
- IA: $10.01
- ME: $12.58
- MI: $13.31
- NH: $16.49
- NC: $11.60
- OK: $9.81
- PR: $8.59
- TN: $10.42

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## Disability and Homeless Families

- 10% of homeless families are on SSI
- 3% of homeless families on SSDI
- 46% of homeless families have a serious chronic illness or disability
- 49% of homeless families report that they or a family member are disabled

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## Need for Subsidized Housingamong Disabled Homeless Families

- SSI as Percent of Median Income (*Priced Out in 2002*)
- AZ:   18.0%
- FL:   18.0%
- IA:    17.4%
- ME:  22.1%
- MI:   15.8%
- NH:  16.7%
- NC:  17.5%
- OK:  25.1%
- TN:  18.4%

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## Subsidized Housing Resources

- HUD McKinney/Vento
- Shelter Plus Care
- Supportive Housing Program
- Section 8 SRO
- Permanent housing bonus – Up to $750,000
- Mainstream housing resources
- Section 8
- Set-asides for families
- HOME
- State/local “bridge subsidies”
- Resources controlled/influenced at State level
- TANF

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## Two Housing Approaches

- Housing development/rehabilitation
- Complex activity that takes time, expertise, and multiple sources of funding
- Creates supply of permanent supportive housing
- New mixed-income approaches
- Rental assistance
- Can be done more quickly with rent subsidies and services funding
- Not as permanent
- Master leasing, scattered-site models, links to mental health bridge subsidies
- _Both_ approaches are important in a long-term plan

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## AFFORDABLE HOUSING!

- Main issue is affordability, not homelessness
- Need a variety of models of housing
- Mixed income
- Mixed use
- Section 8 project-based assistance
- Housing for municipal employees

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## Potential Strategies (1)

- Section 8 preferences
- Bridge subsidy
- Diversion of shelter funds to bridge subsidies or operating subsidies
- Targeting TANF for housing purposes
- Wraparound services
- Rental subsidies

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## Potential Strategies (2)

- Section 8 PBA initiative (development)
- For disabled families, maximize Medicaid funds, state/local mental health and substance use funds, McKinney/Vento permanent housing resources

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## For More Information

- 	Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
- 	535 Boylston St.
- 	Suite 1301
- 	Boston, MA  02116
- 	(617) 266-5657
- 	info@tacinc.org
- 	www.tacinc.org

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