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This monograph provides an intensive look at the low-end rental market in Baltimore--its renters, housing stock, ownership and government programs. Policy remedies are proposed to address the affordability, physical inadequacy, ownership profile, and policy deficits uncovered. Approaches include creation of an affordable housing trust fund, institutional ownership, and revisions to, and coordination among, the code enforcement, lead paint abatement and rental rehabilitation programs.

Roughly three-fourths of persons with severe mental illness live most of their lives in community residence. While most available research has focused on services and treatment interventions that may be required for community living, only a small body of research considers the housing setting itself. This report presents a critical review of the last 25 years of research on the role of housing and neighborhoods in the lives of the mentally ill, identifies initial findings, and finally suggests a research agenda.

This book makes the case for including the housing sector in the continuing development of welfare reform policies. The recent debate has shaped a new standard for safety net programs-not only must they redress problems, they must help move people toward economic self-sufficiency. But until recently, government housing programs have been left out of this debate. In The Home Front, leading housing and welfare experts offer new research on the projected impacts of welfare reform on housing, outline lessons learned from past employment-focused welfare programs, document the need for evaluation of housing programs, and discuss the challenges welfare reform poses for housing administrators at the state and local levels.

This book makes the case for including the housing sector in the continuing development of welfare reform policies. The recent debate has shaped a new standard for safety net programs-not only must they redress problems, they must help move people toward economic self-sufficiency. But until recently, government housing programs have been left out of this debate. In The Home Front, leading housing and welfare experts offer new research on the projected impacts of welfare reform on housing, outline lessons learned from past employment-focused welfare programs, document the need for evaluation of housing programs, and discuss the challenges welfare reform poses for housing administrators at the state and local levels.

The policy debate on housing assistance is moving from a focus on how to alleviate poverty through decent housing to how to reduce economic dependency more broadly. This book looks at how policymakers have wrestled with the link between housing and social and economic advancement, describes local strategies being used to improve the existing system, and sorts out the possible effects of economic independence on both housing assistance and welfare receipt.

The policy debate on housing assistance is moving from a focus on how to alleviate poverty through decent housing to how to reduce economic dependency more broadly. This book looks at how policymakers have wrestled with the link between housing and social and economic advancement, describes local strategies being used to improve the existing system, and sorts out the possible effects of economic independence on both housing assistance and welfare receipt.

Uses microsimulation to project the number and characteristics of the elderly population (including disability) in the year 2010, their housing needs, and the extent to which different housing policy alternatives can be expected to meet those needs.

This study estimates the number of frail elderly in federally assisted housing who are at significant risk of institutionalization. It then reviews existing state and federal efforts to serve this population and examines possible new service approaches. Also, it presents models whereby more states could be encouraged to become involved in serving their own frail elderly population and makes recommendations on how best to structure and fund such programs.

This study estimates the number of frail elderly in federally assisted housing who are at significant risk of institutionalization. It then reviews existing state and federal efforts to serve this population and examines possible new service approaches. Also, it presents models whereby more states could be encouraged to become involved in serving their own frail elderly population and makes recommendations on how best to structure and fund such programs.

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