1. Paying for Housing: Innovative Housing Subsidy Sources and Design Sharon McDonald National Alliance to End Homelessness November 29, 2007

2. Housing Subsidies: Importance in Preventing & Ending Homelessness Lack of affordable housing is the primary driver of the increase in family homelessness Receipt of rental subsidies is the greatest protective element against homelessness – it is also the greatest predictor that a family will not re-experience homelessness

3. Housing Assistance: The Federal Landscape Affordability issues/prevalence Section 8 Housing Trust Fund Public Housing Low Income Housing Tax Credit Rapid Rehousing Grant

4. Family Homelessness: Dynamics & Implications Shelter use patterns –Short-term stays –Episodically homeless –Long term stays Communities Experimenting with Change –Rapid Rehousing Models –Prevention Initiatives –Expanding permanent housing assistance –Targeting Resources

5. Subsidy Design Upfront/Short-term rental assistance –Rapid Exit Program, Hennepin –Family Support Collaborative, Columbus –SafeHome, Philadelphia Flexible rental assistance –Community Care Grant, Washington, DC –Shelter to Housing Pilot, Massachusetts

6. Subsidy Design (cont.) Longer-term, time-limited assistance –Transition in place models Salt Lake City, Seattle, Chicago Permanent rental assistance –Traditional Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, Public Housing & Shelter Plus Care –State and locally funded subsidies designed to mirror federal tenant based rental assistance

7. Subsidies: Public and Private Funds Generating new resources –Fundraising –Legislation – Trust Funds Converting/shifting use of existing public resources –Housing programs Continuum of Care, Public Housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, CDBG/HOME –Community & Family support programs TANF/child welfare

8. Generating Resources: Developing the Relationships & Building the Case Importance of data – –understanding dynamics and cost implications of investment choices –demonstrate effectiveness Public sector engagement External key decision-makers and change agents

9. Valuable Resources Center on Budget and Policy Priorities –www.cbpp.orgwww.cbpp.org Center for Community Change: www.communitychange.org www.communitychange.org –Housing Trust Fund Progress Report 2007 –Technical assistance to communities with a priority for non-profit, community based organizations Corporation for Supportive Housing www.csh.org www.csh.org National Low Income Housing Coalition www.nlihc.org