The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

Improve access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating
administrative barriers and encouraging prioritization of people experiencing or
most at risk of homelessness. Implement housing anti-discrimination and eviction
protection provisions under the Violence Against Women Act.
Encourage collaboration between public housing agencies, multifamily
housing owners, and homeless services to increase mainstream housing
opportunities for people experiencing homelessness. Promote guidance on
how public housing agencies and multifamily housing owners can adopt
admissions preferences and coordinate with homeless services organizations to
make referrals, assist with applications and lease-up, and provide supportive
services.
Increase service-enriched housing by co-locating or connecting services
with affordable housing. This could be accomplished in a wide range of ways,
and will vary by community, neighborhood, and development. Examples include
providing community space within new affordable housing to host an after-school
homework room, retrofitting vacant office space in a public housing complex for
use as an examination room for a community health nurse practitioner, providing
on-site legal clinics for survivors of domestic violence, or co-locating a community
health center or mental health service provider within an affordable housing
development.
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A Map of America’s Homeless Problem Reveals The Best
And Worst States For Affordable Housing
Leanna Garfield
Mar. 22, 2018, 11:46 AM
An analysis maps the number of homeless people per 100,000 residents in
every US state plus Washington, DC.
According to the researchers, the number of unsheltered homeless people
is on the rise nationwide.
The data suggests that states with higher housing prices have higher rates
of homeless people. DC — a city in the middle of an affordable housing
crisis — has the highest number of homeless people per capita in the US.
It's a similar story for Hawaii, California, and New York.
Iowa and Nebraska have the fewest number of homeless Americans per
capita, and housing prices are relatively low.
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