21. Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database: Housing Home Front Implications of welfare reform for housing Policy. Newman, SJ; June1999 Urban Institute. Implications of welfare reform on housing policies. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/wrr/housing.htm

Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database Housing WRR Subject Index WRR Subject Descriptions DWD Welfare Reform Home Page IRP Home Page Administration's FY 2001 Proposal to Expand Modestly the Number of Section 8 Housing Vouchers http://www.cbpp.org/3-22-00hous.htm Lubell, J.; Sard, B.; May 2000 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Discusses the Section 8 Voucher Program federal housing assistance levels direct beneficiaries of housing vouchers and the social benefits of housing vouchers. Can Housing Vouchers Help Poor Children? http://www.brookings.edu/comm/childrensroundtable/issue3/issue3.htm Duncan, G.J.; Ludwig, J.; July 2000 Brookings Institution Examines the results of an experiment designed to greatly improve the neighborhood conditions of children growing up in high- poverty urban neighborhoods. Face of Homelessness http://www.naco.org/pubs/research/issues/homeless.pdf Logan, S.; Oct 1999 National Association of Counties Describes characteristics of the homeless, who is homeless and why. Examines differences between urban and rural homelessness and the impact of welfare reform on homelessness; cites best practices by counties. Federal Housing Assistance and Welfare Reform: Uncharted Territory http://newfederalism.urban.org/html/anf19.html

22. Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database: Subject Descriptions housing assistance programs, housing affordability, wages needed to pay Fair MarketRent, and effects of welfare reform on ability to maintain housing see also http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/wrr/subject-descrip.htm

Welfare Reform Research (WRR) Database Subject Descriptions WRR Subject Index DWD Welfare Reform Home Page IRP Home Page Caseloads AFDC/TANF caseload demographics, causes of welfare exit and entry and resulting changes in caseloads. Child Care Information on: early childhood education; child development; child care subsidies, programs and policy; availability, cost and quality of care; child care decisions made by parents. see also: Child Well-Being; Kinship Care. Child Poverty Data and information on child and young child poverty including rates and policy issues. Child Support Information on: child support policies, costs of child support enforcement programs, effects on poverty rates, collection rates, assisting non-custodial parents see also: Child Well-Being; Fatherhood. Child Welfare ssues related to state policies and funding of child welfare and as child welfare intersects with state TANF programs. Child Well-Being Information on: child development; impact on children of poverty, welfare, working parents; marriage, family well-being; general child services and programs; child poverty rates; child welfare/child protective services/foster care see also: Child Welfare; Child Poverty. Community Initiatives Papers related to specific community/local level initiatives.

23. Housing Policy And Welfare Reform behavior in a positive way. To understand the lessons of welfarereform for assisted housing programs, six points are critical http://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/Test050102.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Welfare Housing Policy and Welfare Reform Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... Return Home Housing Policy and Welfare Reform by Robert Rector Testimony Testimony before The Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Introduction Before I begin, let me first thank the committee for the opportunity to speak before you today. While I serve as Senior Research Fellow on Welfare and Family Issues at The Heritage Foundation, I must stress that the views I express are entirely my own, and should not be construed as representing the position of The Heritage Foundation. The traditional War on Poverty was launched in the mid-1960's. War on Poverty programs (cash, food, and housing) focused on providing material support and largely ignored the behavioral causes behind poverty. The welfare reform of 1996 recognized that this old style welfare system had failed. The reform changed the nature of cash aid: in the future welfare would continue to provide material support but it would also seek to transform behavior in a positive way. To understand the lessons of welfare reform for assisted housing programs, six points are critical:

24. Issues 2004 - Welfare Reform Public housing and food stamp programs were largely untouched by the 1996welfare reform and continue to reward idleness and dependency. http://www.heritage.org/research/features/issues2004/welfare.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Issues 2004 Welfare Reform The Issues Defense and Homeland Security Domestic Policy Economy Education ... Email Robert Rector , Senior Research Fellow Schedule a Briefing Download Printer-friendly Pocketcard (pdf) (202) 675-1761, Media Hotline Welfare Reform Sub-Issues: Abstinence Poverty and Inequality Marriage Promotion Welfare reform has been one of the most successful social policy reforms in U.S. history. The 1996 welfare reform legislation made remarkable headway in helping welfare dependents move toward self-sufficiency. It dramatically reduced state welfare caseloads. It also reduced child poverty and increased employment. Yet the full potential of this legislation has not been realized because of lax enforcement and efforts to undermine the principles and goals of reform. Recommendations Strengthen TANF work requirements. Despite the overwhelming success in moving welfare recipients into work, many of the welfare-to-work aspects of the reform remain incomplete. Currently, about sixty percent of the 2 million mothers in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are idle. We must encourage activity that leads to self-sufficiency, rather than inactivity that leads to dependency. To do this, it is not enough to simply increase required activity hours. Participation rates must be increased. Congress should require that states have a minimum of 55 percent of adult-headed TANF households engaged in constructive activity by 2009. Add work requirements to other welfare programs. Public housing and food stamp programs were largely untouched by the 1996 welfare reform and continue to reward idleness and dependency. The successful principles of TANF should be applied to them as well: Able-bodied non-elderly adult recipients should be required to perform community service work, supervised job search, or training as a condition of receiving aid.

25. Colorado Welfare Reform Project, Colorado welfare reform Support Project, Domestic Violence, Education.Eligibility, Family Caps, Fathers, Food Stamps/Nutrition. Health/MentalHealth, housing http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/

26. Tribal Archives American housing Information on HUD s Funding of Indian housing Programs NCAI/AddressingTribal Employment Responsibilities Under welfare reform A National http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/cwr/issues/Tribalarchives.htm

27. FMF | Housing, Welfare Reform, And Self-Sufficiency: An Assessment Of The Family Volume 10 Issue 2 housing, welfare reform, and SelfSufficiencyAn Assessment of the Family Self-Sufficiency. http://www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/hpd/v10i2-rohe.shtml

Site Map Legal/Trademark HOME GRANTS ... Volume 10 Issue 2 Volume 10 Issue 2 Housing, Welfare Reform, and Self-Sufficiency: An Assessment of the Family Self-Sufficiency By William M. Rohe and Rachel Garshick Kleit William M. Rohe and Rachel Garshick Kleit study self-sufficiency programs available to public housing residents under the federal Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. Rohe and Kleit suggest that such programs have the potential to work in conjunction with welfare reform to help public housing tenants become self-sufficient. They find, however, that less than half of the public housing authorities (PHAs) required by federal law to have FSS programs actually do, and that only a small percentage of welfare-reliant tenants are enrolled in available programs. Rohe and Kleit also find that inadequate staffing limits the effectiveness of local FSS programs. They report that the escrow account provision of the FSS program, which helps participants save money toward a home purchase or for other purposes once they have completed the program, is an effective incentive for program participation and completion. Download full article IN THIS SECTION WHAT'S NEW CATALOG OF PUBLICATIONS HOME-BUYING GUIDES ANNUAL REPORTS ... PERIODICALS, REPORTS, AND CENSUS NOTES

28. Information - Federal Welfare Reform, Job Search, Temporary Financial Assistance The Department of housing and Urban Development welfare reform Impactson the Public housing Program A Preliminary Forecast. Department http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region10/wr/

Questions? Privacy Site Index Contact Us ... Please tell us... View Welfare Reform activities in... States in Seattle Region Native American Organizations in Seattle Region Seattle Regional Office Other Federal Offices ... Electronic Resource Library Final Welfare Reform regulations for the Administration for Children and Families Final Federal Welfare Reform Regulations , were published April 12, 1999 (Scroll down to Children and Families Administration Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program ( Tribal TANF ) and Native Employment Works ( NEW ) Program Final Rule - February 18, 2000 Executive Summary Frequently asked questions about TANF Welfare Reform activities in States in the Seattle Region - see Three states in Region 10 have web sites that provide information on the progress of Welfare Reform in those respective states. Vist the State Welfare Reform sites ALASKA OREGON WASHINGTON Evaluation of Welfare Reform started early in the Seattle Region. Visit the site of the Federal/State report on the evaluation of the Oregon JOBS Plus Program.

29. ACVE - Welfare Reform What S At Stake For Adult And Vocational One of 25 housing developments nationwide that the Department of housing and UrbanDevelopment (HUD Lessons from Five State welfare reform Initiatives. Policy http://www.cete.org/acve/docgen.asp?tbl=tia&ID=119

30. Page Not Found 25s off welfare and into work through the New Deal for young people. 2002 Pathwaysto Work reform of Incapacity Benefit announced. 2002 housing Benefit reforms http://www.labour.org.uk/welfarereform/

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31. Welfare Reform On The Web - Issue 58 - May 2004 We hope you find welfare reform Digest helpful. We have taken the broadest definitionof welfare and included Education, Social housing and some http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/sswelfare.html

Home Collections Social sciences print ... site map Welfare Reform on the Web - Issue 58 - May 2004 The future of the Welfare State is being hotly debated both within the UK and abroad. Social research institutions, think tanks, pressure groups, charities and professional associations have contributed to the debate alongside government opposition politicians and the media. Comment and analysis is found in a wide range of research reports, government consultation and policy papers, academic and trade journals and quality newspapers. Welfare Reform Digest aims to help social policy practitioners and researchers to keep up to date with this flood of literature. We systematically scan the quality press, the British Library's intake of social science books and government publications, and a wide range of trade and academic journals to identify relevant material. We then produce full bibliographic references with detailed abstracts to give both the flavour of the cut and thrust of the debate and an overview of the research literature. The first, pilot, issue covered material scanned from mid June to mid July 1998. The second issue comprised material scanned in March 1999, and new data is now added on a monthly basis.

32. BBC NEWS | VOTE2001 | FACTS | Strategies Of Welfare Reform problem with this approach is that as the scheme becomes more generous, ever morepeople will be dragged into the welfare system housing BENEFIT reform? http://news.bbc.co.uk/vote2001/hi/english/main_issues/sections/facts/newsid_1158

HOMEPAGE NEWS WORLD SERVICE SPORT ... help You are in: Main Issues Main Issues Correspondent Analysis Crucial Seats ... Local Elections Nations N Ireland Scotland Wales Wednesday, 21 March, 2001, 18:59 GMT Strategies of welfare reform Labour has placed a new emphasis on welfare to work The new Labour government's self-proclaimed task was modernising the welfare state for the next century. But what strategies has it sought to use? And how successful has it been? RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIIES The New Labour project for reforming welfare had several elements. First, there was a recognition of the importance of work, and coupled with that, a fear that people permanently without work would sink into an "underclass" where it would be difficult to escape. Secondly, there was an acceptance that fraud was widespread and needed to be tackled, and that to some extent the existing welfare system created perverse incentives that encouraged cheating. Thirdly, there was the firm belief that welfare benefits should to be targeted to those who needed them most, and that universal benefits - like the state pension - were too expensive to be sustainable in the long-run. Finally, and most fundamentally, there was a belief that any rights or entitlements to benefits had to be accompanied by responsibilities - especially to seek work or training.

33. BBC News | BUSINESS | Welfare Reform: The Tasks Ahead giving people on benefit a fixed sum to help with their housing costs (with But thegovernment also faces a broader choice on welfare reform, relating both its http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1373000/1373766.stm

low graphics version feedback help You are in: Business Front Page World UK ... AudioVideo Monday, 11 June, 2001, 11:20 GMT 12:20 UK Welfare reform: The tasks ahead Tony Blair has said that completing welfare reform is one of the key tasks for his second term of government. BBC News Online's Steve Schifferes looks at the difficult choices the government could face. As he arrived at Number 10 Downing Street after his historic second-term victory, the Prime Minister made it clear that he was determined to press on with the reform of the welfare system. We are increasingly looking at tightening up conditionality, so that people get their rights, but there is a tighter regime to make sure people can and actually do help themselves Alistair Darling, Minister for Work and Pensions "We need to separate very clearly those who cannot work, who need security and protection, and those who can work but at present don't, who we must try to help off a life on benefit and into productive work," Mr Blair said. The drive to extend welfare reform has been reinforced by the restructuring of government departments, with the Department of Social Security combined with the former Employment Department in a new Ministry for Work and Pensions.

34. Royal American Management - Housing Credit Compliance housing Credit Compliance/welfare reform. The housing Credit ComplianceDepartment is responsible for assuring that housing Credit http://www.management.royal-american.net/compliance.htm

Support Services... Main Resident Relations Human Resources IT ... Risk Management Housing Credit Compliance/Welfare Reform The Housing Credit Compliance Department is responsible for assuring that Housing Credit communities comply with all IRS and State Housing Agencies policies and regulations. RAM currently manages a large number of Housing Credit communities, many with multiple funding sources and multiple program requirements. This department specializes in integrating various program policies including the Housing Credit, Rural Development, HUD, SAIL and HOME programs to ensure that all requirements are met. In addition to understanding, interpreting and explaining program regulations, we provide comprehensive training to corporate and field staff or assisting them in determining resident eligibility, maintaining resident files and preparing for audits by the IRS, syndicators and state housing agencies. As the number one noncompliance issue reported by State Agencies is lack of proper documentation in determining resident eligibility, special emphasis is placed on determining resident eligibility and proper file maintenance. The Housing Credit Compliance Department provides annual income and maximum rent information to all RAM Housing Credit communities and is responsible for updating and compiling Utility Allowance documentation annually or as required. This department also fulfills all program reporting requirements, tracking over 6000 tax credit units each month and providing reports to a variety of syndicators, auditors and state housing agencies.

35. Hennepin County > Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 welfare reform And Redesign, 19972001, adjusted to include, for the second phaseof thework, members with knowledge of and expertise in the housing problems of http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/vgn/portal/internet/hcdetailmaster/0,2300,1273_1716

Text-Nav Site Map Advanced Search Your browser does not support javascript. Please use this site's Text-Only Navigation Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 Housing Finance Housing Production Research Support Services County Issues Municipal Issues As worked progressed, the Housing Production and Finance Committees were combined. The taskforce decided to add a committee to work on the topic of homeless children, and a chapter dedicated to homeless children appears in the report. During the time the task force was working, other reports on homelessness and housing low-income people were published on a state and local level. The task force studied all available information, and used the information from them to help develop their recommendations. These recomendations in the final 2001 report included: Legislative Support the use of TANF funds to conform with federal regulations so that emergency assistance could be used more than once a year. Reduce rental property tax rates and index 4D rates without shifting the tax burden to low-income homeowners. Equalize rental and owner burdens, including property taxes, fees, assessments, etc. Increase appropriations and create state financial incentives for the preservation and development of affordable housing, supportive and transitional housing, and emergency shelters. Support state (MHFA) and federal (HUD) preservation incentives.

36. Hennepin County > Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 welfare reform And Redesign, 19972001 adjusted to include, for the second phase ofthework, members with knowledge of and expertise in the housing problems of http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/vgn/portal/internet/hcprinterfriendlydetail/0,2311,

Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 Housing Finance Housing Production Research Support Services County Issues Municipal Issues As worked progressed, the Housing Production and Finance Committees were combined. The taskforce decided to add a committee to work on the topic of homeless children, and a chapter dedicated to homeless children appears in the report. During the time the task force was working, other reports on homelessness and housing low-income people were published on a state and local level. The task force studied all available information, and used the information from them to help develop their recommendations. These recomendations in the final 2001 report included: Legislative Support the use of TANF funds to conform with federal regulations so that emergency assistance could be used more than once a year. Reduce rental property tax rates and index 4D rates without shifting the tax burden to low-income homeowners. Equalize rental and owner burdens, including property taxes, fees, assessments, etc. Increase appropriations and create state financial incentives for the preservation and development of affordable housing, supportive and transitional housing, and emergency shelters. Support state (MHFA) and federal (HUD) preservation incentives.

37. KnowledgePlex: Housing, Welfare Reform, And Self-Sufficiency: An Assessment Of T Social Comprehensive Development. housing, welfare reform, and SelfSufficiencyAn Assessment of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program. RELATED TOPICS, http://www.knowledgeplex.org/showdoc.html?kpid=2330

38. KnowledgePlex: Housing, Welfare Reform, And Self-Sufficiency: An Assessment Of T Rohe and Kleit suggest that such programs have the potential to work in conjunctionwith welfare reform to help public housing tenants become selfsufficient. http://www.knowledgeplex.org/showdoc.html?kpid=4533

39. Australasian Housing Information Network welfare reform and housing assistance programs have the potential to strongly affectone another, because of the substantial overlap in the populations they http://www.housing.infoxchange.net.au/ahin/library/housing_policy/welfare_reform

Welfare Reform This is a listing of all the items in the 'Welfare Reform' folder. Report From Welfare to Work: Using HUD's Programs to Help Families in Transition Author: US Department of Housing and Urban Development Last Updated: Folder: Welfare Reform Report Impacts of Welfare Reform on Recipients of Housing Assistance - Evidence From Indiana and Delaware Author: Wang Lee, Eric Beecroft, Jill Khadduri and Rhiannon Patterson Last Updated: Folder: Welfare Reform Policy Paper Preventing Social Exclusion - Report by the Social Exclusion Unit, Chartered Institute of Housing (United Kingdom) Author: Social Exclusion Unit, Chartered Institute of Housing Last Updated: Folder: Welfare Reform Link Welfare Reform Impacts on the Public Housing Program: A Preliminary Forecast Author: HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research Last Updated: Folder: Welfare Reform Report Welfare reform in Australia: an evidence-based approach Australia, in line with other developed countries, has increasingly adopted a ‘participation’ framework for Welfare Reform. This approach to welfare reform is based on the idea that moving people from ‘welfare to work’ is best facilitated by policies that balance three main policy levers – assistance, incentives and requirements. Using research and evaluation findings from Europe, the USA, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia this paper analyses evidence regarding the effectiveness or otherwise of this approach. The paper also seeks to identify the relative contributions of each policy lever to improved outcomes, both in an overall sense, and for particular categories of income support recipients.

40. NAEH: Housing And Welfare Reform Reauthorization Faring Under welfare reform An Early Look. Princeton, NJ Mathematica Policy Research,Inc. iii. For a full discussion on how inadequate housing can threaten http://www.endhomelessness.org/pol/papers/housingandTANF.htm

National Alliance to End Homelessness Housing Groups' Proposals to Improve TANF Print-ready version (PDF) also available The following is endorsed by the Coalition on Human Needs, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Council of State Community Development Agencies, Enterprise Foundation, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, McAuley Institute, LISC, National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, National Community Development Association, National Housing Law Project, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, National League of Cities, National Low Income Housing Coalition, NETWORK, and Volunteers of America. As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program, stable, affordable housing must be a critical focus. The first purpose of TANF is to "provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their homes or in the homes of relatives," yet the TANF program fails to address the critical housing needs of the most vulnerable families. Research demonstrates that low-income families with access to affordable housing are more likely to successfully transition to improved economic well-being.

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