HUD Shifts $4B Homelessness Program From 'Housing First' to Treatment
HUD says the new program will reward applicants that require sobriety, partner with treatment providers and direct $1.3 billion to new projects.
- On Monday, HUD announced a $4 billion funding opportunity for homelessness services, shifting policy away from the Housing First model that HUD Secretary Scott Turner said "warehoused the vulnerable without results."
- For 15 years, HUD utilized the Housing First model, which prioritized permanent housing without preconditions like sobriety; critics argue the approach resulted in record homelessness despite billions of taxpayer dollars spent.
- To address the "root causes of homelessness," the NOFO requires funding applicants to certify they will not operate "safe consumption sites" while awarding points to providers requiring sobriety.
- Federal funding will direct $1.3 billion from the NOFO toward new projects, while the NOFO includes a 60% cap on certain projects, offering CoCs a compromise on transitional housing investments.
- Sam Tsemberis, who developed Housing First in the 1990s, told The Center Square last fall that abandoning the model "will increase homelessness," arguing the solution is housing, not sobriety requirements.
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
West Hawaii TodayPushing treatment, Trump administration limits housing aid for homeless
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has issued a revised plan to address homelessness that shifts large sums of federal aid from long-term housing to time-limited programs that emphasize treatment for mental illness and addiction. The post Pushing treatment, Trump administration limits housing aid for homeless appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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retirement.mediaUS Overhauls Federal Homelessness Assistance Through $4 Billion Initiative
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is inviting applications for a $4.04 billion funding program aimed at tackling homelessness, overhauling the program by ditching “Housing First” policies, and tying future funding to performance. Earlier homeless assistance programs focused on Housing First policies, under which the priority was to grant homeless people immediate access to permanent housing without any preconditions. However,…
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