davidqharris

The Coalition for the Homeless is reporting recidivism (return to shelter) of 38% for those rapidly re-housed in New York City. Does that seem likely you?

The Coalition says: "According to City data, more than 6,500 Advantage families with 14,000 children have returned to the shelter system as of the end of 2012. This represents nearly 38 percent of all Advantage recipients who lost their time-limited Advantage subsidy and were left without any housing assistance." Does NAEH reject this finding or are you looking at other data? http://coalhome.3cdn.net/5029926c66cd17b044_0sm6btn4k.pdf

Do you support the National Low Income Housing Coalition lawsuit seeking to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to meet their $382 million statutory obligations to make contributions to the National Housing Trust Fund? nlihc.org/article/nlihc-files-lawsuit-against-federal-housing-finance-agency

The short-term nature of rapid re-housing interventions require that formerly homeless households become able to have an income enabling them to rapidly pay their rent in full (a fraction will do this by qualifying for permanent subsidies of various kinds). Among those not qualifying for permanent subsidies have you seen research that would illustrate that large percentages of rapidly re-housed households have been able to increase their earned income in a manner that would enable them to maintain their housing?