61. Homeless People's Network: Welfare Reform Impact On MHFA-financed Housing In Mas welfare reform Impact on MHFAfinanced housing in Massachusetts. TomBoland (wgcp@earthlink.net) Wed, 24 Feb 1999 215130 -0800 (PST) http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/archives/Feb99/0245.html

Welfare Reform Impact on MHFA-financed Housing in Massachusetts Tom Boland wgcp@earthlink.net Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:51:30 -0800 (PST) Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next message: Paul York: ""Blight of homelessness" - To. Star" Previous message: rosaphil: "NYHA et al: don't get rid of your doggie!" housingwelfare@lists.cbpp.org http://www.mhfa.com/welfare.pdf http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn Next message: Paul York: ""Blight of homelessness" - To. Star" Previous message: rosaphil: "NYHA et al: don't get rid of your doggie!"

62. Homeless People's Network: Welfare Reform Impacts On The Public Housing Program at http//www.huduser.org/publications/publicassist/welreform.html This report examinesthe implications of welfare reform for public housing authorities (PHAs http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/archives/Apr98/0045.html

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63. Commonwealth Department Of Family And Community Services | Publications Gambling; Homelessness; housing; Indigenous; Means Test Technical Information;Parenting and Seniors Information; Tax reform; welfare reform; Youth Bureau. http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/respubs/nav.htm

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64. Sen. Kerry Bill John Kerry introduces a welfare reform bill specifically focused on housing. Summaryof the welfare reform and housing Act Introduced by Senator John F. Kerry. http://www.nationalhomeless.org/kerry.html

Sen. John Kerry introduces a welfare reform bill specifically focused on housing. Summary of the Welfare Reform and Housing Act Introduced by Senator John F. Kerry Make it simpler for states to use TANF funds to provide supplemental rental assistance by considering these housing subsidies Ïnon-assistance.Ó Nine states and several counties in two additional states have committed TANF and/or maintenance-of-effort funds to provide ongoing housing assistance. Many of these jurisdictions were unable to implement the types of housing assistance programs they wanted to provide to working families due to the constraints posed by current HHS rules that consider any TANF-funded housing subsidy provided for more than four months as Ïassistance,Ó even if families are working and not receiving TANF cash benefits. Encourage states to consider housing needs in TANF planning and implementation. There is a growing body of evidence that families' housing status affects employment and other welfare reform goals. Increasingly, states are becoming aware of the barriers posed by lack of affordable housing to families remaining employed. This provision will require state plans to describe the primary problems that families leaving TANF experience in securing and retaining adequate, affordable housing and the estimated extent of each such problem, including but not limited to the price of such housing in various parts of the state that include a large proportion of TANF recipients, and the steps that have been and will be taken by the state and other public or private entities that administer housing programs to address these needs.

65. SN May - June 1998: The Impact Of Welfare Reform On Homelessness so because they were living in Projectbased Section 8 housing, which index projectsmake clear that studies of the effects of welfare reform musttake account http://www.nationalhomeless.org/sn/1998/may/impact.html

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Homelessness Safety Network: May - June 1998 Current Issue Back Issues Home With the purpose of shaping a formidable advocacy agenda, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has begun to monitor the impact of welfare reform on homelessness. While numerous welfare reform monitoring projects have been initiated, few focus specifically on homelessness. Preliminary findings are available from monitoring efforts in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and various Health Care for the Homeless projects across the nation. Findings from this six-month period revealed that nearly 20% of the families interviewed had their income reduced or cut. Of those, 55% became homeless, 45% were evicted, and 17% had to split up as a family. For households who were not employed, the top reasons for not working included lack of child care, homelessness, lack of education and skills, and lack of transportation. For the 17% of the total who were employed, 70% were employed just above or below minimum wage. The Los Angeles monitoring project is ongoing, and will produce at least two more reports. In Atlanta, the

66. Transitional Housing HUD Opening Doors for Women welfareto-Work The Department of housing andUrban Homebase, Infusing Humanity into welfare reform A Statement of http://www.ncadv.org/publicpolicy/housing.htm

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence depends upon public donations to continue its work. You can help! Making a donation through our secure server is fast and easy, and when we receive your donation, we will send you an acknowledgement in the mail for tax purposes. Click on the Give button to make a donation. Thank you for your support! Information and ACTION! Tracking Legislation Online What You Can Do Contacting your Representative and/or Senator The NCADV Legislative Updates ... Back to Public Policy Home Among cities in a recent survey, 57 percent identified domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness. —The United States Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities: 1999, December 1999, p. 94. It is estimated 37 percent of the homeless population are families with and 7 percent are single women with unaccompanied youth. The United States Conference of Mayors, A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities: 1999, December 1999, p.49.

67. Effects Of Welfare Reform On Community Development Corporations their behavior, the study examines whether and how states have recognized and adoptedpolicy linkages between housing assistance and welfare reform at the http://www.rockinst.org/quick_tour/urban_studies/effects_of_welfare_reform.html

Please Choose One RIG Home Page Quick Tour of Study Areas -Fiscal Studies Program -Federalism Research Group -Urban and Metropolitan Studies -New York Activities -NYS Forum for IRM -Higher Education -Public Management Internship Institute Overview -Institute Buildings Institute Staff Institute Publications and Reports Rockefeller Institute Press Books Employment Opportunities Related Links Search Our Site EFFECTS OF WELFARE REFORM ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS Urban and Metropolitan Studies: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Community development corporations (CDCs) have built an estimated 500,000 units of housing through 1996, and are responsible for approximately one-third of all affordable housing produced nationwide. Since a sizable proportion of these units house recipients of public assistance, CDCs may well be affected by the profound changes in social policy occurring in the wake of the Personal Responsibility Act. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government's Urban and Metropolitan Studies program has joined with the Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University School of Law, to examine and report on early impacts of welfare reform on selected CDCs. With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Cleveland Foundation and the Minneapolis Foundation, the study comprises two layers of analysis: (1) field research conducted among a sample of four CDCs in each of six cities - Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, New York City and San Francisco; and (2) contextual research on linkages between welfare and housing policy at the state-level gathered through an existing, 20-state field network studying implementation of welfare reform.

68. Welfare Reform Wave Washes Over The Nation By Gilda Storm  Attention To These welfare reform amendments never received a public hearing or any typeof programs; the Women, Infant and Children food program; housing for those http://www.neoch.org/grapevinearticles/12/welfare_reform_wave_washes_over_.htm

Welfare Reform Wave Washes Over the Nation by Gilda Storm Attention to "welfare reform" has brought about fundamental changes to the government safety net at both the state and federal levels. The Ohio legislature unexpectedly joined a firestorm sweeping the country and passed a "welfare reform" package. On June 7, 1995 amendments were passed on the floor of the House that will place a time limit on public assistance of 3 years of every 5 years with some exemptions, require persons that are 21 years or older have a GED or high school diploma to be eligible for pubic assistance, and place a cap on benefits for families who receive public assistance. These "welfare reform" amendments never received a public hearing or any type of public scrutiny before they were passed by the House. The impact of these amendments is a whole new set of standards for possible disqualification from public assistance. The family benefits cap will mean that the addition of a family member will no longer result in an increase in benefits. A public assistance recipient will receive more vouchers, but not an increase in cash assistance. There are also new mandates requiring drug screenings for pregnant women receiving assistance and for individuals enrolled in the JOBS program. The Ohio Senate passed similar legislation and the Governor signed the budget into law in August.

69. Gibson & Associates: Welfare Reform policy and programmatic research on welfare reform since the G A policy expertisein welfare to Work Francisco International Airport, the housing Authority of http://www.gibsonandassociates.com/past_projects/welfare_reform/

Contra Costa County Department of Social Services, Noncustodial Parent Employment and Training Demonstration: A three million dollar, three year State DSS demonstration project to support employment and supportive services for noncustodial parents of children who are CalWORKs recipients. The project utilized a design which built off the Parent's Faire Share model pioneered by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation and included the development of partnerships with the Contra Costs DA's Office, Family Court Mediation Services, Albion Inc., Battered Women's Alternatives, St Vincent DePaul, the Family Stress Center, the Richmond Private Industry Council, the Contra Costa Private Industry Council, and the EastBay Works employment system. Funded for $3 million. Richmond Private Industry Council and Rubicon Programs Inc.: RichmondWorks! Department of Labor WtW Demonstration Program: over 600 employment opportunities for RichmondWorks! Participants . These commitments included the provision of space and flexibility for participants to receive employment skills training, retention services, and vocational development at the job site. Other innovative aspects of this process included specialized support for sheltered employment with Rubicon Programs Inc., subsidized on the job training opportunities, and dedicated funds for childcare capacity enhancement in the city of Richmond. Funded for 3.2 million. Rubicon Programs Inc.: Governor's 15% WtW Demonstration Initiative:

70. Welfare Reform Internet Resources toWork Vouchers Making welfare Work, Reinvesting welfare Savings Aiding NeedyFamilies and Strengthening State welfare reform, and housing and welfare http://www.ladders4success.org/links/links.htm

Internet Resources To help forum participants find useful information on the Internet concerning welfare reform, the Partners provide this selection of Internet resources. Sites include several institutes and organizations performing research on welfare reform along with the sites of several projects whose purpose is to provide a clearinghouse of information on welfare reform. Clearinghouses / Networks http://www.welfareinfo.org The Welfare Information Network (WIN) is a foundation funded project to maintain a welfare reform clearinghouse and develop networks across related organizations. The site includes over 2,700 links to organizations and pages on welfare related issues divided into more than 40 different topic areas. http://www.naco.org/programs/social/welfare/index.cfm National Internet Clearinghouse (NICH) was developed by the National Association of Counties. Its focus is the impact of welfare reform at state and local levels. The site is being developed with input from both the state county associations and human service professionals. Federal Resources http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/welfare.html

71. Welfare Reform And Pensions Bill welfare reform and Pensions Bill continued, House of Commons. OTHER welfare PROVISIONS.Measures to reduce under-occupation by housing benefit claimants. 68. http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199899/cmbills/091/99091-

Search Advanced Search Home Glossary Index ... Parliament Live section... Parliamentary Publications and Archives Site Map Bills Hansard Directories Frequently Asked Questions Judicial Work Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued House of Commons P ART II, B EREAVEMENT P AYMENT continued Sharing of functions as regards certain claims and information continued back to previous text C HAPTER III O THER WELFARE PROVISIONS Measures to reduce under-occupation by housing benefit claimants. - (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make a scheme providing for a housing benefit claimant, where he moves from an under-occupied dwelling in the public or social rented sector to a qualifying dwelling, to be entitled to be paid an amount calculated by reference to the difference between- (a) the prescribed payments he was liable to make in respect of his former dwelling, and (b) those he is liable to make in respect of his new dwelling. (2) In subsection (1) the reference to a qualifying dwelling is to a dwelling (whether in the public or social rented sector or not) which, in relation to the claimant, either- (a) is not under-occupied, or

72. HOMELESS: Apr98 : Re: Welfare Reform Effects It is entitled welfare reform Impacts on the Public housing Program and it willbe available for downloading or ordering from the HUD USER site at http//www http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/homeless/apr98/0007.html

Re: Welfare Reform Effects Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next message: Chuck Currie: "Shelter Reconfiguration Plan" Previous message: MAllen47: "Re: Street Lawyer" Wed, 01 Apr 98 11:48:03 EST Housing housing@smtpinet.aspensys.com There is a new report due out from HUD in the next week or two which may be of interest. It is entitled "Welfare Reform: Impacts on the Public Housing Program" and it will be available for downloading or ordering from the HUD USER site at http://www.huduser.org Subject: Welfare Reform Effects Author: homeless@csf.colorado.edu at SMTPINET Date: 3/31/98 8:56 PM Quick question: Does anyone know of any studies or references showing how welfare reform has impacted homeless populations (or speculating on how it may effect homeless populations)? Thanks! Mike Strzelecki michael.strzelecki@ferc.fed.us Next message: Chuck Currie: "Shelter Reconfiguration Plan" Previous message: MAllen47: "Re: Street Lawyer"

73. Welfare Reform And The General Welfare shelters and transitional housing. It s just lousy public housing for people EvenClinton s proposal to add $13 billion to the welfare reform budget seems http://www.libertynet.org/~edcivic/workfare.html

Workfare in Westchester CountyThe Shape of the Future Ed Schwartz, Institute for the Study of Civic Values The piece that follows my comments appeared in the New York Times. It isn't on the Times Web Site now, so I pass it along. I think it represents the shape of things to come vis a vis welfare reform generally. There's a distinction drawn by people interviewed in the piece between workfare jobs and "employment." This is one of those silly illusions that will have to disappear if we're ever going to survive welfare "reform" without turning the entire country into a Dickens novel. Since this point seems to elude most people debating welfare reform, I will put it obnoxious capital letters IN MOST AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, NEITHER THE PRIVATE SECTOR NOR GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE ENOUGH JOBS TO HIRE EVERYONE NOW ON WELFARE. Here in Philadelphia, there are between 60,000 and 70,000 heads-of-households on welfare who will be entering the labor market over the next five years. There are now already 57,000 people who are officially *unemployed*. The City continues to lose jobs. So where are all these people supposed to find "unsubsidized" work? The standard for workfare assumed by many people in thes Times article is that it is supposed to help people get "real" jobs that is, jobs that aren't financed by welfare payments. Uh huh. These *real* jobs don't exist. Welfare recipients will either do these community jobs or they won't work at all. When Jeremy Rifkin lays out this scenario for the entire society in "The End of Work," he's seen as a visionary. Wellhere's the vision, folks, brought to you by the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996.

74. NGA Center For Best Practices The housing needs of lowincome families are growing across the nation. Greaterlabor force participation The Evolving Nature of welfare reform Where We http://www.nga.org/center/topics/1,1188,D_406,00.html

NGA Home Center Home Governors News Room ... Multimedia Latest Documents Building Bridges to Self-Sufficiency With labor market demand for low-wage earners continuing to grow, policymakers are trying to address... Child and Youth Well-Being Under Welfare Reform: State Policy Options This issue brief highlights what some states have done since welfare reform to track and... Child and Youth Well-Being Under Welfare Reform: Recent Research How are children and youth faring since welfare reform? This issue brief reviews available research... Human Services Program Fact Sheets There are several federal programs that seek to support low-income families and children become self... Increasing Access to Housing for Low-Income Families The housing needs of low-income families are growing across the nation. Greater labor force participation... The Evolving Nature of Welfare Reform: Where We Stand on the Eve of Reauthorization The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 dramatically transformed the nature... Federal Performance Management Provisions Among Workforce, Education, and Human Service Programs

75. NGA Center For Best Practices 05/22/2003. Impact of welfare reform on housing. Contact CourtneySmith Social, Economic and Workforce Programs Division. welfare http://www.nga.org/center/frontAndCenter/1,1188,C_FRONT_CENTER^D_5497,00.html

NGA Home Center Home Governors News Room ... Multimedia Issues Child and Family Services Criminal Justice Entrepreneurship Service Integration ... Workforce Development What's New Building Bridges to Self-Sufficiency With labor market demand for low-wage earners continuing to grow, policymakers are trying to address... Early Lessons from States to Promote Youth Development This Issue Brief highlights lessons, discusses challenges, and suggests actions that state policymakers can take... Science, Technology and Economic Growth: A Practicum for States Posted here are the agenda and power point presentations from Science, Technology and Economic Growth:... NGA 2004 Winter Meeting Special Session on The National Challenge of Prisoner Reentry This session highlighted efforts and options to improve prisoner reentry and reduce recidivism from the... Incorporating Local Justice Information in State Systems States must establish policies, relationships, and infrastructure that will allow information from local law enforcement,... All Documents Social, Economic and Workforce Programs Division

76. EUROHOME - IMPACT: The Housing Dimension Of Welfare Reform welfare; institutional and policy environment. http://www.bbw.admin.ch/html/pages/abstracts/html/fp/fp5/5ih00.0067.html

Participation Suisse aux programmes de recherche européens Programme UE : IHP, Networks Titre du projet EUROHOME - IMPACT: The housing dimension of welfare reform Mots-clés : Housing; welfare; institutional and policy environment Bénéficiaire Marc-Henry Soulet (tsps@unifr.ch) Institut / Entreprise Université de Fribourg Département de travail social Chaire francophone Rte des Bonnesfontaines 11 1700 Fribourg, Suisse Personne de contact : Vivianne Châtel Durée du projet : Contribution OFES : CHF Numéro du projet : No OFES: 00.0067 ; No CE: HPSE-1999-00038 Partenaires du projet : The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences, ICCR (A); Population and Social Policy Consultants (B); Association for Innovative Social Research and Social Planning (D); Department of Territorial Studies Politechnic Milan (I); Danish National Institute of Social Research (DK); University of Fribourg (CH); Homeless Initiative (IRL) Résumé Cette recherche se propose d'analyser l'impact des politiques sociales et de la réforme de l'Etat social sur les usagers. Une attention particulière est portée sur le rôle de services et plus généralement sur le secteur non-gouvernemental. Dans ce but est développée une méthodologie de mesure de la performance des services de délivrement de bien-être et d'assistance en matière d'habitat. Cette recherche est découpée en axes distincts mais complémentaires d'investigation.

77. Washingtonpost.com: Welfare Reform Report The reform also demanded that states put onequarter of welfare recipients into jobs act,particularly around the District s largest housing project, East http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/welfare/work.htm

THE NEWS The latest welfare reform news and commentary from The Post and the AP Washingtonpost.com has a special report on the national impact of welfare reform. STATISTICS The U.S. Census Bureau offers poverty statistics for selected areas. THE LAW The Library of Congress provides the full text of the welfare reform law. The American Public Welfare Association provides a breakdown of the provisions of the welfare law. Metro Section National Section Home Page Two Women, Two Responses to Change Welfare Reform Series From The Post Elizabeth Jones takes her children to Nalle Elementary school by bus from their home in East Capitol Dwellings. By Juana Arias, The Washington Post Part One: Two Women, Two Responses to Change Part Two: Reaching Up for the Bottom Rung Part Three: On the Front Lines, a Struggle at Work Part Four: Day Care Centers in Trouble Part Five: Painful Choices Part Six: After Welfare: A New Dream, a Constant Struggle About this Series: By Katherine Boo Post Staff Writer Sunday, Dec. 15, 1996; Page A01 First in a series of occasional articles But the relationship between the two women has changed, just as the world around them is changing. While Peeler's life still revolves around her living room couch, Jones, 27, now mans a reception desk at an office across town. After a decade on welfare, she decided to work. She's trying to grip that slippery ladder to the middle class. She's trying, more immediately, to remember the receptionist's first rule. "Smile," she says, unsmiling. "Got to remember to smile."

78. Hope On Housing Policy By Howard Husock Section 8s a powerful incentive to make the vouchers less of an entitlement andbring housing policy more in line with our postwelfare-reform social policy. http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_02_11_04hh.html

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79. Study Explores Intersection Of Low-Income Housing And Welfare Reform Study Explores Intersection Of LowIncome housing and welfare reform. Articlesubmitted by John Henneberger, TxLIHIS, john@texashousing.org (2/22/00). http://www.texashousing.org/txlihis/bhs/bhsarticles/CUI35T.html

Study Explores Intersection Of Low-Income Housing and Welfare Reform Article submitted by: John Henneberger, TxLIHIS, john@texashousing.org (2/22/00). Topic: Federal housing issues The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a study titled the "Increasing Use of TANF and State Matching Funds to Provide Housing Assistance to Families Moving from Welfare to Work." The study reviews the growing body of evidence which suggests that housing assistance may advance welfare reform objectives. It describes the shortage of low-cost rental housing that has made it difficult for low-income working families in many areas to find housing that does not consume excessive portions of their income. The study also explores some of the key issues involved in designing and funding housing assistance programs targeted on families attempting to navigate the transition from welfare to work. http://www.cbpp.org/2-17-00hous.pdf Next Article Previous Article

80. U.S. Mayors Articles | Welfare Reform Will Have Negative Impact On Public Housin Against the backdrop of welfare reform is public housing reform, The105th Congress couldn t pass public housing reform legislation. http://www.usmayors.org/USCM/us_mayor_newspaper/documents/01_27_97/documents/Wel

Welfare Reform Will Have Negative Impact on Public Housing Eugene T. Lowe glowe@usmayors.org January 27, 1997 In opening remarks to the Public Housing Forum, San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., Chair of the Conference of Mayors Community Development and Housing Standing Committee, briefly explained the link between housing and welfare. The two issues are intertwined, he said. In San Francisco, "we will take a $150 million hit if welfare is implemented as it currently exists. If welfare is implemented there would be an increase in homelessness, " he said. Mayor Brown reminded the mayors that a special subcommittee was created in Cleveland last June to examine welfare and public housing reform. Mayor Brown asserted that public housing must be seen as transitional rather than permanent housing. Brown said public housing must be what it was when he lived in public housing. He was there less than two years. The first Forum speaker, Karen A. Newton, an attorney with Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, and of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities said that "there is no reform in the welfare bill." What is being called welfare reform is merely an effort to put an end to welfare. "We don't know what is going to happen to people in public housing but we know we are going to take a hit. It will not be across the board. It will be what happens in individual localities." She explained to the mayors the importance of the Performance Funding System (PFS) — the amount of money it takes to keep public housing running. "We need enough PFS to cope with welfare reform," said Ms. Newton.

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