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UNITYof Greater New Orleans
A Collaborative of 60 Agencies Working to End HomelessnessBringing New Orleans Home
New Orleans City Council
Housing and Human Needs Committee
August 20, 2007
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UNITY of Greater New Orleans
Who are we?
• An award-winning collaborative founded in 1992
• 60 nonprofit and government agencies working to prevent, reduce and end homelessness
• Provide both housing and services
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• Secure $12 million annually in competitive HUD funds
• Distribute funds to 50 agencies in Orleans and Jefferson; train their staffs
• Oversee work of 100 subcontracts
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Provide two basic types of housing:• Permanent Supportive Housing• Transitional Housing
HUD Continuum of Care funds can be used to fund services in emergency shelters, but not the construction or operating costs of emergency shelters.
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• Provide a wide variety of services:
– Outreach, housing search assistance, case management, employment search assistance, substance addiction treatment, mental health services, medical care, legal services, child care
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• UNITY requires the following performance from the agencies it funds:– At least 63% of transitional housing clients
move to permanent housing– At least 80% of Permanent Supportive Housing
clients stay stably housed for at least seven months
– At least 20% -30% of clients must be employed upon discharge from program
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Who receives funding?
• 40 agencies receive UNITY Continuum of Care Funds
• 16 agencies receive UNITY Housing Repair Funds
• 11 agencies receive UNITY Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Funds
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Unity of Greater New Orleans
Continuum of Care Funds• Armstrong Family Services
• Bridge House
• Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
• Concerned Citizens for a Better Algiers – Home Again
• Covenant House
• Daughters of Charity Health Services
• First Evangelist Housing and Community Development Corporation
• Galilee Community Development Corporation
• Gateway
• Goodwill Industries
• Hope House
• Harry Tompson Center
• Healthcare for the Homeless
• House of Ruth
• Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
• Last Hope
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Continuum of Care Funds• Lindy’s Place
• Living Witness
• Louisiana Public Health Institute
• Loyola Law Clinic
• McCaleb Educational Foundation
• National Council of Negro Women
• New Orleans Mission
• New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation
• New Orleans Pro Bono Project
• NO/AIDS Task Force
• Odyssey House
• Ozanam Inn
• Project Lazarus
• Resources for Human Development
• Responsibility House
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Continuum of Care Funds• Salvation Army
• Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
• St. Vincent DePaul Society
• Travelers Aid Society
• Tulane University Hospital Dept. of Pediatrics
• Volunteers of America
• UNITY of Greater New Orleans
• VIA LINK
• Salvation Army
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Housing Repair Funds• Belle Reve
• Catholic Charities
• Community Christian Concern
• Home Again
• Hope House
• Living Witness
• Lovetouch Ministries, Inc.
• McCaleb Educational Fund
• National Council of Negro Women
• New Orleans Mission
• Odyssey House
• Ozanam Inn
• Project Lazarus
• Responsibility House
• Volunteers of America
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Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing funds
• Alternatives Living
• Catholic Charities
• Community Care Center
• Community Service Center
• Covenant House
• Desire Community Housing
• Hope House
• House of Ruth
• In This Together
• New Hope
• Total Community Action
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The current situation for people who are homeless or threatened
with homelessness
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• Estimated double the rate of homelessness in Orleans and Jefferson post-K
• Now estimated at 12,000 homeless persons
• Living in abandoned buildings, on streets, in cars, in homeless housing
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• Thousands more doubled-up with family and friends
• We’re seeing a whole new population of homeless persons
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• While moderating, rents remain high– 2-bedroom apartment now rents for
$978/month, up from $676 in 2005**
• Affordable housing in short supply
**Fair Market Rents, as cited in The New Orleans Index, Second Anniversary Special Edition, from The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program and Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
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Pre-Katrina:
• UNITY Collaborative housed 2,788 people in permanent, transitional and emergency housing– 940 in Permanent Supportive Housing– 1,011 in transitional housing– 837 in emergency shelters
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Five months after Katrina:
• 484 beds for Permanent Supportive Housing – 51% of pre-K
• 629 beds for transitional housing – 62 % of pre-K
• 180 beds for emergency shelters – 22% of pre-K
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Current overall collaborative capacity is
64% of pre-K
• Can now serve 1,772 people– 818 in PSH – 87% of pre-K– 719 in transitional housing – 71% of pre-K– 254 in emergency shelters – 30% of pre-K
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• In the past year, UNITY collaborative has provided housing and services to more than 6,700 individuals and families
• Beds/spots in service programs are filled as soon as vacated
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Current initiatives
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Rapid Re-housing and Homeless Prevention Hurricane Recovery Program
• Contracting with La. Dept. of Social Services to provide Road Home $$ for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing help in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines
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Rapid Re-housing and Homeless Prevention• $3.8 million to go to 11 agencies – helping
more than 1,500 households• Types of help -- rent assistance, utility
assistance and supportive services for people/families at risk of homelessness within 30 days
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Ten-year plan to end chronic homelessness
• Working with City’s Office of Planning and Development
• Focus on creating Permanent Supportive Housing as the evidence-based practice to end city’s chronic homelessness problem
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Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Hurricane Recovery Initiative
• Worked with Louisiana Recovery Authority to set goal of 3,000 PSH apartments (including bricks/mortar, rent subsidies, and services linked to the apartments) in Road Home Plan
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Permanent Supportive Housing development• Working with Common Ground Community –
nation’s largest developer of supportive housing – previously identified by City of New Orleans and Downtown Development District as the national model for ending homelessness to replicate in New Orleans
• Two Rockefeller/Univ. of Penn. fellows will staff Common Ground Institute for UNITY of Greater New Orleans
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Permanent Supportive Housing development
• Work with UNITY Nonprofit Supportive Housing Developers Working Group to identify & acquire sites, work with architects, apply for funding, oversee rehab/construction, train local nonprofits on supportive housing property management
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• Idea-- housing that serves both disabled homeless people and the low-wage workers vital to the New Orleans economy
• Model values integration, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, high-quality on-site services, high architectural quality, stabilization of surrounding neighborhood
• Goal is to develop 500 units city-wide
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UNITY Welcome Home
• Outreach, housing search and placement model – “Housing First” best practice modeled after Philadelphia & San Francisco street outreach
• Works to end street homelessness
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UNITY Welcome Home
• $$ used for placement in UNITY collaborative housing, rent assistance, security deposits, furnishings, hotel vouchers as emergency shelter
• Funded by HUD and Katrina Aid today
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www.unityhousinglink.org• Web-based affordable rental housing
database available to the public• Landlords agree to rent at no more than
80% of FMR• Typically at least 500 listings at a time• Co-sponsored by Apartment Association of
Greater New Orleans
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Critical Policy and Funding Challenges on the Horizon
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Key funding requests for Congress and State
• 3,000 Permanent Supportive Housing vouchers for persons with disabilities or otherwise vulnerable
• $10 million for rental assistance
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• More GO Zone Low Income Housing Tax Credits to fully fund the recovery by repairing New Orleans’ rental housing stock
• Full funding for Road Home program homeownership program so that all homeowners – including those who are low-income – can repair their homes
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Permanent Supportive Housing Voucher funding
• Need Congress to appropriate funds for 3,000 vouchers in Fall 2007
• Crucial last piece – have $$ for bricks and mortar, services
• Chance to help most vulnerable
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• Proven best practice – Permanent Supportive Housing works, and is cost-effective
• Louisiana can be a national leader
• Need the City Council’s support!
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Equitable housing redevelopment in New Orleans
• Support dialogue with City Council to find best ways to provide affordable, accessible rental housing to help New Orleanians return home
• Exploring ideas that work – pledge to continue
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Naval Support Activity – East Bank
• Working on proposal to use portion of the space to address needs of those facing homelessness
• Will work with neighbors and city leaders
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