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Denver Housing to Health Project Housing Stability and Jail Days Payment Outcomes
The Denver Housing to Health (H2H) program leverages pay for success financing and other resources to provide supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness who have frequent interactions with the criminal legal system and emergency health care services. As part of the pay for success contract, the City of Denver will repay investors if the project meets its housing stability goals. This brief details the housing stability payment outcomes for the first 14 project quarters.
Evaluation of Denver’s All In Mile High Initiative
This interim report documents the early implementation of Denver’s All In Mile High (AIMHigh) initiative, a city-wide effort to reach functional zero for unsheltered homelessness by the end of 2026. The initiative’s strategy includes (1) applying a place-based encampment resolution approach; (2) moving individuals to new noncongregate shelters with supportive services on site; (3) connecting people to permanent housing; and (4) providing people with rapid rehousing and supportive housing.
Addressing Unsheltered Homelessness through the Joint Transitional Housing-Rapid Rehousing Program
In 2023, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) invested $485 million to help communities address unsheltered and rural homelessness, committing a portion of that funding to Joint Transitional Housing–Rapid Rehousing (TH/RRH) programs. The innovative TH/RRH model combines immediate access to transitional housing with guaranteed time-limited rental assistance, providing rapid rehousing and wraparound supportive services across the two components.
Denver’s Progress on Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Offers a Promising Path for Other Cities
Body Here are five early takeaways from the Denver evaluation that other communities should consider to reduce the number of their own residents enduring unsheltered homelessness: Used real-time data to locate and prioritize encampments by size, composition, and public health risks. Using reports to 311 as well as on-the-ground information from police and outreach staff, the mayor’s office and partner agencies identified and prioritized intervention for encampments with large numbers of people.
Harnessing Health Care Systems to Enhance Supportive Housing
The Denver Housing to Health project provides supportive housing for people who are experiencing chronic homelessness, have frequent interactions with the criminal legal system, and have unmet health care needs. In this brief, we describe the program’s theory of change, the health care needs of people who were eligible for the program, and the unique role that Denver Health, a large safety net hospital and health care system, played as an implementation partner.
Denver Housing to Health Project Housing Stability Payment Outcomes
The Denver Housing to Health program leverages pay for success financing and other resources to provide supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness who have frequent interactions with the criminal legal system and emergency health care services. As part of the pay for success contract, the City of Denver will repay investors if the project meets its housing stability goals. This brief details the housing stability payment outcomes for the first 10 project quarters.
How Connecticut Used Emergency Housing Vouchers to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was created as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 to address homelessness and housing insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated 70,000 tenant-based vouchers to public housing authorities across the United States.
How Dakota County Used Emergency Housing Vouchers to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was created as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 to address homelessness and housing insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated 70,000 tenant-based vouchers to public housing authorities across the United States.
How Oklahoma City Used Emergency Housing Vouchers to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was created as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 to address homelessness and housing insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated 70,000 tenant-based vouchers to public housing authorities across the United States.
How Santa Barbara Used Emergency Housing Vouchers to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program was created as part of the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 to address homelessness and housing insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2021, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated 70,000 tenant-based vouchers to public housing authorities across the United States.
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