$0

$20,000,000

$40,000,000

$60,000,000

$80,000,000

$100,000,000

$120,000,000

$140,000,000

MRVP Funding Over Time

The Housing Solutions Campaign

Voices of those most impacted

Unified approach

Across shelters Cross populations and sectors

Use of data

Big Ask

Components of a Successful Campaign

1,500 beds

1,200

1,300

1,500

4,591

4,350

4,715

5,184

5,858

6,161 7,482

8,124

8,693

9,646 vouchers

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

Fu

nd

ing

Le

ve

ls (

in m

illi

on

s)

EA

MRVP

• Massachusetts has a deficit of 180,684 units that are available and affordable to households below 50% of the area median income (source: NLIHC Gap Report)

•44% of Boston’s households lack sufficient income to sustain the household without subsidies (source: BPDA)

•Housing First can save an average of $31,500 on emergency services per person (Source NAEH)

•If subsidized units are made available to an additional 5% of the eligible population, the odds of overcrowding decrease by 26% and the odds of families making multiple moves decrease by 31%.” Overcrowding and multiple moves are both known predictors of poor child and family health outcomes. (Children’s Health Watch)

•HUD Study•Desmond: Evicted (2016) etc.

Perceptions about incentives, how data helped

Need and cost

Other things that helped:

Cookies

Success Stories

Challenges

MRVP Cookie Day

Feb 7th 10am-12pm MA

Grand Staircase

MA State House

Shameless end of -presentation plug…