Resources
MassHousing | HUB Boston – Outreach Solutions
The HUB model brings together local law enforcement and community organizations to address housing, health care, substance abuse and mental health issues, to mitigate risk within 24 - 48 hours and to connect individuals and families with local services.
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development | Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Homelessness Solutions – Homelessness Rate Reduction & COVID-19 Response
Created by consolidating multiple programs, the State of Maryland’s Homelessness Solutions Program administers federal and state resources to local service providers. Under the restructured program, access to funding was streamlined and its eligible uses were expanded which significantly contributed to a 9.5% decrease in homelessness in Maryland since 2017. The program also encourages strong cooperation with local partners, which proved important in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Florida Housing Finance Corporation | One Family, One Year, One Home: Tenant Based Rental Assistance for Homeless Families with School Age Children
Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) developed the One Family, One Year, One Home model to ease the obstacles that homeless children and families are forced to endure. In collaboration with local partners, Florida Housing dedicated resources to assist homeless households with school aged children access rental housing paired with supportive services. Innovative and effective, this model shows increases in school attendance and promotion as well as housing and income stability.
Delaware State Housing Authority | Preventing Eviction for Low-Income Delawareans
In Delaware, over 5% of renters are evicted annually and there is an average of 14 eviction court filings per day. This means that roughly 16% of Delaware renters, or 1 out of every 6, face an eviction filing per year. Delaware’s Legal Aid organizations receive funding through DSHA's homelessness prevention tool, Home4Good, to support the Eviction Defense Program (EDP). The EDP directly addresses the justice gap many low-income Delawareans encounter when facing eviction.
Vermont Housing Finance Agency | Examining and Containing Rental Housing Development Cost Drivers
As in many other states, Vermont faces the twin challenges of limited sources of financing for affordable housing and increasing costs of development. In response, the Vermont Housing Finance Agency led an initiative to examine factors contributing to the cost of building and rehabilitating affordable rental housing and to identify and implement achievable strategies to contain or reduce total costs while promoting key public policy priorities and ensuring housing quality.
South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority | Evidence-Based Policymaking in South Carolina's Housing Credit Program
In articulating South Carolina’s need for affordable housing, SC Housing has made significant changes to the Qualified Allocation Plan and has helped establish a state tax credit. The result for South Carolina will ultimately be more affordable housing that better serves the needs of the state.
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency | Encouraging Mixed-Use Development and Affordable Housing in Pennsylvania
PHFA identified a need for affordable mixed-use developments across the Commonwealth and responded to that need by working with the Pennsylvania General Assembly to provide financial incentives to these projects. PHFA remains innovative in its approach to managing these ever changing needs by altering program priorities and increasing revenue streams to meet the needs of the residents and individuals the Agency serves.
New York State Homes and Community Renewal | The 9% Tax Credit RFP Reimagined: Streamlining and Speeding Affordable Housing Production
NYSHCR has reinvented the way it awards 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, speeding the process for developers, staff and the people of New York State. The new HCR Multifamily Finance 9% RFP is now a bi-annual competitive process used to award and subsidy financing to developers of affordable and supportive multifamily housing projects. The new process streamlines the review process, provides upfront technical assistance and effectively gets the funding out of the door faster.
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority | Small But Mighty: Navigating Disaster Recovery
The 2019 natural disaster of flooding heavily impacted the state of Nebraska. The estimated $1.3 billion in economic damages and the remaining effects are likely to have a long-term impact on the state. While the road to recovery will be long, the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority will be there every step of the way. This award application shows how we have responded so far.
