Research Topic: Homelessness

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Fairfax County Communitywide Housing Strategic Plan (2018)

The Communitywide Housing Strategic Plan includes two phases. Phase 1 of the Plan identifies 25 short-term strategies that can be implemented, without major policy or revenue impacts, to encourage and produce additional housing units within the county. The strategies, which were adopted in June 2018, are expected to take one to two years to implement. Phase 2 of the plan looks at long-term strategies, tools, policies and resources to support the development and preservation of housing that is affordable in our community. To support the efforts of Phase 2 and to garner additional community input, the Board of Supervisors created an Affordable Housing Resources Panel (AHRP).

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Richmond Regional Housing Framework (PHARVA, 2020)

The housing challenges confronting metropolitan Richmond are varied and complex, ranging from homelessness to affordable homeownership. The Partnership for Housing Affordability has led a collaborative effort to create a Regional Housing Framework to encourage consistent, collective focus in addressing the region’s shared housing challenges.

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Affordable Housing Study Report (LWV-VA, 2020)

The League of Women Voters Virginia's Affordable Housing Committee conducted this study independently to help the LWV-VA arrive at a unanimous position on affordable housing. The study found high housing cost burden among very-low-income and extremely-low-income households, a severe shortage of rental units affordable to very-low-income and extremely-low-income households, minimum wages that could not support housing costs, and high rates of eviction in Virginia's poorest cities.

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Housing as Health Care: A Road Map for States (NGA, 2016)

Developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices through extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, the road map provides a step-by-step guide for both the immediate need to support those state planning efforts and broad use by all governors interested in the promise of housing as an essential element of improved health and reduced utilization of costly health care services.

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The Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness (Science, 2016)

A study published in Science by William Evans, James Sullivan, and Melanie Wallskog finds that temporary financial assistance to families at imminent risk of homelessness reduces the likelihood that they will enter a homeless shelter by 76%. The benefits of the temporary financial assistance, including lower shelter costs, lower costs of other public services, and better educational and health outcomes, outweigh the costs.

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Housing as a Health Care Investment (NHC, 2016)

Research from Children’s HealthWatch shows public investment in housing—including housing for homeless families and rental assistance for food-insecure families—improves the health outcomes of vulnerable infants and young children and lowers health care spending.

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