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Housing for People with Mental Illness Presentation to NAMI Convention
Andrew SperlingAnn O’HaraDavid MillerJune 19, 2005
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Priced Out in 2003-2004
New Priced Out in 2003-2004 to be published in June 2005 Non-elderly people with disabilities are three times
more likely to have incomes at or below 30% of AMI than households without disabilities
In 2003, 51% of 1 person non-elderly disabled households in U.S. had incomes below 30 AMI
In 2004, average 1 bedroom rents nationally still higher than SSI monthly income
Key findings in Priced Out in 2002 SSI income = 18% AMI Average 1 bedroom rent = 105% of SSI
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HUD Housing Needs Data
HUD reports to Congress on “Worst Case” Housing Needs Paying more than 50% of income for housing Living in substandard housing Both conditions
5 million households have “worst case” housing needs
1.4 million are people with disabilities receiving SSI
People with disabilities more likely to have both “worst case” conditions
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Housing Affordability and SSI
Average rent = $600+ SSI = $585 30 percent of SSI = $175 Monthly rent or operating subsidy is
essential for people with SSI to obtain affordable housing
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Your Community’s Affordable Housing System
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P u b lic H ou s in g U n itsC on vert in g to "e ld erly on ly"
P u b lic H ou s in g A u th o rit ies
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S ta te /L oca l C om m u n ity D eve lop m en t O ffic ia ls
U .S . D ep artm en t o f H ou s in g an d U rb an D eve lop m en t (H U D )
U n ited S ta tes C on g ress
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Key Subsidy Programs
Public and Assisted Housing (500,000 units are now “elderly only”)
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Programs
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Section 811
Develops supportive housing through a capital advance component (30,000 units)
Also provides a monthly project subsidy for these capital units through a “one-stop” application process
Provides tenant-based rental assistance through the Section 8 Mainstream Voucher program (12,000 vouchers)
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Administration’s 2006 Budget Proposal for Section 811
Cuts 811 funding by 50% (from $238 million to $120 million)
No cuts in “companion” Section 202 Elderly program
Section 811 budget proposal would eliminate the housing development component of the program (compared to 1,030 units in 2005 NOFA)
Proposal only funds renewal of PRACs and tenant based vouchers
Any remaining ’06 funding would be for tenant based vouchers
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Section 811 NAMI Position Paper
Restore program funding to 2004 level of $249 million
Maintain and improve the housing development component of Section 811
Eliminate outdated bureaucratic requirements which restrict leveraging of other funds with Section 811 capital
No expansion of the tenant based Mainstream voucher program because of serious mis-management issues at HUD
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New Legislation Proposes to End Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program S. 771 and H.R. 1999 (drafted by HUD) propose
New Flexible Voucher Program proposed Proposal would cause seriously harm to people with
disabilities New TAC study shows disproportionate impact of
Flexible Voucher Program on people with disabilities FVP would end targeting of vouchers to people
with disabilities at or below 30% of AMI Non-elderly people with disabilities are three
times more likely to be at or below 30% of AMI than people without disabilities (ACS – 2003)
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Summary of Flexible Voucher Proposal
HCV currently targets 75% of vouchers to people at or below 30% of AMI – This targeting would be eliminated
Expands voucher eligibility to households at 80% of AMI
PHA flexibility on priority activities – similar to a block grant
Participants could be required to pay higher rents Disability-specific preferences would be permitted Eliminates valuable civil rights and programmatic
protections for people with disabilities Eliminates 50,000 vouchers set-aside by Congress for
people with disabilities affected by “elderly only” designation
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Section 105 Protections
Section 105 of bill (S. 771) appears to protect people with disabilities
Allows current elderly and disabled voucher holders continue to receive assistance under current rules until January 1, 2009
Allows PHAs to implement new rules for new voucher holders with disabilities before January 1, 2009
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Disability Vouchers
62,000 vouchers set-aside for people with disabilities 50,000 1 year vouchers funded from Section 8 12,000 5 year vouchers funded from Section 811
under the Mainstream Program Congress mandated that these vouchers continue to
be provided to people with disabilities upon turnover Many PHAs are not aware of these requirements HUD Notice issued February 1, 2005 More information at www.tacinc.org Opening Doors Issue #25
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Disability Vouchers
Awarded primarily to PHAs between 1997-2001 Includes:
Section 8 vouchers in conjunction with “elderly only” public housing
Section 8 vouchers in conjunction with “elderly only” HUD assisted housing
Section 8 Mainstream vouchers (1 year contracts) Section 8 Mainstream vouchers (5 year contracts
funded from Section 811)
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HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Programs Programs only for people who are already homeless
Shelter Plus Care Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Section 8 SRO Program
Emphasis on paying for permanent housing rather than services
New emphasis on assisting chronically homeless people Samaritan Initiative will develop new permanent housing
for people who are chronically homeless Definition: Unaccompanied adult who has been
continuously homeless for more than 1 year or had at least 4 episodes of homelessness in the past 3 years
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Other Important Housing Issues
Housing Planning HUD Consolidated Plan controls HOME
and CDBG funding HUD Public Housing Agency Plan controls
Section 8 and public housing funds Qualified Allocation Plan controls awards
of Low Income Housing Tax Credits
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What You Can Do
State and local housing officials need to hear from you! Members of Congress need to hear from you! Educate yourself on affordable housing issues and
programs Become a housing advocate in your community and your
state Organize disability advocates around a specific objective
Section 811 budget Section 8 vouchers set-aside for people with disabilities
Have a clear strategy and action steps Use TAC’s publications and website (www.tacinc.org)