Today is a good day to read up on how rental assistance vouchers are the best tool to solve #homelessness. (1/4)
Here’s one from @CenterOnBudget @AnnaKBailey summarizing the research: https://www.cbpp.org/blog/housing-vouchers-work-vouchers-the-best-tool-to-end-homelessness">https://www.cbpp.org/blog/hous... (2/4)
Or if you want to go deeper, here is @HUDgov Family Options Study, an RCT that found that vouchers not only are best at resolving homelessness among families with children, they improve their health, education, and child welfare outcomes: #short-term-outcomes">https://www.huduser.gov/portal/family_options_study.html #short-term-outcomes">https://www.huduser.gov/portal/fa... (3/4)
When coupled w/wrap-around services, vouchers become permanent supportive housing, which solves #homelessness for people w/disabilities & chronic conditions like mental illness & addiction. There are too many studies to cite, but here’s a recent RCT: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/09/418546/study-finds-permanent-supportive-housing-effective-highest-risk-chronically">https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020... (4/4)