...LaToya Williams March 22, 2012 PADM 4226 R51S12C Mission Analysis Does Mission Matters? The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government. According to http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/about/mission, HUD’s mission statement states that it is HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. HUD’s responsibility was dealing with housing shortages and related public housing problems. They were to ensure a decent, safe, sanitary and suitable living environment for every American. “In an effort to meet this goal, the department, which has about 11,500 employees during 1999, administers several insurance, rent-subsidy, and grant programs. Some of the grant programs were designed to help state and local governments improve housing conditions in urban areas.” (Nenno, 5) A few examples are: rental assistance for low-income families and the rehabilitation of residential housing units. The department guarantees loans to home buyers made by private lenders and administers loan programs that help borrowers...
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...Homes for the homeless The U.S. Government defines affordable housing as housing that consumes 30 percent or less of a household's income. Using that definition, millions of people in the United States do not have affordable housing; that number is presently growing .In this day in age there should be affordable housing for the less fortunate. The purpose of the suite of Make Home is to bolster a damaged and fragile economy by helping families who have difficulty making mortgage payments as a result of reduced or lost incomes, lost jobs, and other unfortunate situations that can arise during periods of economic decline that are beyond control such as debilitating illness and death. Started by the Obama administration, the Make Home Affordable program is designed to assist struggling families with a suite of programs, including targeting monthly mortgage payments with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), the FHA-backed Home Affordable Modification Program (FHA-HAMP), the Veteran’s Affairs Home Affordable Modification Program (VA-HAMP), the Principle Reduction Alternative (PRA), the Second Lien Modification Program (2MP), and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Special Loan Servicing program. The homeless epidemic is constantly rising. Worldwide there is an estimate of 100 millon people are homeless worldwide. In the U.S. estimate about 1.37 million of the total homeless population in USA are children under the age of 18. 40% are families with...
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...| The Concept of Program Reengineering | Modern Public Administration PAD 500 | Professor William Roberts | Torrence J. Bellamy | 2/25/2012 | | The Concept of Program Reengineering The case study of Mayor Schell’s Zero Homeless Family Strategy discusses the homeless problem in Seattle, Washington (King County) and the strategies used to address the problem. Mayor starts his term off with a dramatic pledge that there would be no homeless families with children or any homeless single women on the streets of Seattle by Christmas of that year (some six months from date of pledge). The pledge itself might easily be viewed as a political move to provide a “quick-fix” solution to a very complex and long-standing problem. While Mayor Schell’s policy choices in this matter had some success, they were met with scrutiny and counter proposals by homeless advocacy groups and city financial managers. This paper provides an analysis of the mayor’s policy choices, analysis of the pre-implementation and design strategies, as well as discussion of steps taken to reengineer the program. It also addresses the importance of conducting proper assessments before implementing new programs. The policy choices related to Mayor Schell’s plan to address homelessness include: targeting homeless families with children and single women for “immediate emergency assistance”; focus on creating affordable housing; expanding shelter and/or emergency housing availability; and providing...
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...Colorado. Any individual or family that is homeless in Colorado, or is at risk of becoming so. Section 8 All N/A Rental assistance to eligible individuals and families who rent units in the private rental housing market. Low-Income Families and anyone who is homeless. The Section 8 program is a federal program that provides rental assistance to low-income families that have incomes below 50% of the area median income. In order to qualify, the families must be income eligible, without any recent drug or violent criminal activity. Eligible families are afforded to rent safe, decent and sanitary housing in the private rental market. The family pays 30 percent of their adjusted income towards rent; and HUD subsidizes the remaining portion directly to the landlord via DHA. However, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is a private organization that advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being and stability of those it serves, whether it is a family, disabled veteran, mentally ill individual, or a single man or woman. Depending on the circumstances that you are in, the qualifications and eligibility requirements will be different. They have programs that offer housing facilities with lowered rents for low to moderate income families, or transitional housing for an individual whom has been approved for section 8 and is waiting for a...
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...Creating a Social Program HSM/240 Amanda Nelson Marilyn Gardner July 1, 2013 The social issue that “Striving for the Future”, plans to help correct is homelessness in America specifically East Tennessee. The individuals who are homeless are more often than others unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing. The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region. The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a warming center, a domestic violence shelter, cardboard boxes or other ad hoc housing situations. “An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005. In western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75-80%), with single males particularly overrepresented. In the USA, LGBT people are over-represented among homeless youth, at 40%. Modern homelessness started as a result of economic stresses in society and reductions in the availability of affordable housing. In the United States, in the 1970s, the deinstitutionalization of patients from state psychiatric hospitals was a precipitating factor in urban areas. By the mid-1980s, there was also a dramatic increase in family homelessness. Tied into this were an increasing number of impoverished and runaway children, teenagers, and young adults, which created more street children or street youth. Most countries provide...
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...Homelessness in America Homelessness in America has always been an issue but it has become an even bigger issue over the past years. With a world filled with global conflict, disappearing jobs, higher education cost, and increasing poverty in America, the homeless need our help more than ever. Just last year, the national poverty rate rose to include 13.2 % of the population. Also, 3.5 million people were forced to sleep in parks, shelters, under bridges or in cars. Hunger and homelessness are increasing epidemics plaguing the United States. Because of the high cost of living, high unemployment rates, and low-wage jobs, countless Americans are forced to choose between food, housing, and other expenses. According to recent studies, money is being devoted to rent and utilities rather than food. 35% of the homeless population is families with children, 23% are U.S. military veterans, 25% are children under the age of 18, 20-25% suffers from mental illness and 30% have experienced domestic violence. 19.3 % of homeless people live in New York City and Los Angeles. New York City has been shown to have the highest number of homeless people in the country. The next biggest is Loss Angeles and then Seattle/King County Washington. As a result of doing nothing for the homeless, more people will become homeless. That means, more people sleeping on the streets, dying from hunger, and possibly an even higher crime rate. Economic factors play a huge role in the issue of homelessness. The...
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...2014-2015 People’s Guide to HEALTH, WELFARE AND OTHER SERVICES SACRAMENTO COUNTY $ ? Introduction The People’s Guide is a practical self-advocacy information guide and directory on how to get food, income, jobs and training, housing, health and dental care, legal advice, and other important help from local, state and federal programs and community services in Sacramento County. We don’t need to tell you these are hard times! Foreclosures, high unemployment, homelessness on the rise and the city, county, state and federal budgets either eliminating or making deep cuts to most of the programs talked about in this guide. These cuts mean less help for lowincome individuals, families, seniors and homeless people to access the these life-saving programs. It means reduced benefits, fewer workers, tighter eligibility rules, long lines and longer waits. not only is a self-advocacy guide to these programs, but also gives you advice on what you can do if your are treated unfairly or do not receive what you are entitled to by law. The guide is dedicated to helping all people overcome barriers when they are trying to get help. Politicians often use the money for other things than education, health, welfare and social services. But, when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the gap has very bad effects on our entire society. You can help close that gap. You do not need to read the entire book; just find the topic in the table of contents. But, remember, that if you are eligible...
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...This speech will try to persuade people joined together at a fundraiser dinner to donate to the National Alliance to End Homeless, an organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. This alliance has become well-known in America by improving policy, building capacity, and educating opinion leaders on the topic of homelessness. Donations can be done online, by check, or by credit card and substantially help the organization find ways to improve the lives of homeless individuals and families. Paragraph 2 — Explain the objections or obstacles your audience might have for doing what you ask and how you will counter their objections (counter-argument) There has been news coverage in the past discussing panhandlers...
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...The Concept of Program Reengineering J. Olivia Prince-Griffin PAD 500 Modern Public Administration Professor Popejoy May 19, 2012 Abstract This assignment will cover 4 specific areas as it relates to Mayor Schell’s unique initiative to eliminate homeless in Seattle. This report will cover Mayor Schell’s policies choices and their practical outcome. It will cover restructuring Mayor Schell’s program to fit new objectives. Lastly, the report will analyze the importance of conducting assessments prior to new program implementation. Introduction On June 2, 1998, Mayor Schell made a daunting pledge to the community regarding Seattle’s homeless population. He pledged that by Christmas of that year, there would be no more homeless on the streets of Seattle. During the following months Mayor Schell and his Director of the Community Services Division of the Department of Housing and Human Services, Alan Painter, diligently strategized on how to successfully meet this pledge while weighing all the applicable factors. Four Policy Choices of Mayor Schell At the time of Mayor Schell’s pledge, there was an estimated 5,500 homeless on the streets of Seattle nightly (Draft, 2010 pg.1). Of those, 1,300 were homeless while 4,200 had temporary housing (Draft, 2010, pg.1). At that point in time, Seattle had several local programs, such Operation Nightwatch, that assisted such ones with transitional living. One of the first policy choices Schell had make was to insure...
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...Public Housing in Urban Communities Abstract In this paper I will be discussing the many aspects of the public housing authorizes. Working for the Jersey City Housing Authority, I see first hand the many problems that are going on and also living in public housing I have seen the many ups and downs as well. For example, the budget cuts that are going on throughout the United States are causing more public housing to loose funding and are causing them to down size in staff and housing as well. Many of the public housing sites in the United States are privatizing because they don’t have the funding and staff to manage these sites that are considered to be severely distressed. What is public housing? According to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Public housing was established to provide decent and safe housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all size and types, from scattered single family houses to high rise apartments for elderly families. There are approximately 1.2 million households living in public housing unites, managed by some 3,300 HAs. However, over the past few years public housing has changed. For example, there are less funding for public housing and now a lot of the public housing sites all over the United States are being privatized. In 1980, many changes started to occur in...
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...This project was designed to address the housing needs for homeless/abused women and children and to find what funding is best suited for such a non profit endeavor. This research looks at the different aspects of public funding and private funding of non profits. This research draws upon mostly primarily sources such as interviews, books, articles, case studies. Most research was done on the reason that places women and children in the predicaments to put them in transitional housing and a look at “Ruth’s Place.” The goal for starting Ruth’s Place, a transitional home for women and children’s non-profit organization is to improving the future of women and children in the City of Philadelphia and Tri-State areas. After meeting with Directors of similar programs established in the City of Philadelphia, the goal of this research is to determine the need for another transitional home and the proper funding to create a program that will be effective in the lives of those we service. What is Transitional Housing? Transitional housing, sometimes called second stage housing, is a residency program that includes support services. Usually provided after crisis or homeless shelter, transitional housing is designed as a bridge to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. Residents usually remain from six months to two years, and are typically required to establish goals to work towards economic stability. Viewed along a continuum of services, transitional housing is placed...
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...Resource: Ch. 6 of Social Policy and Social Programs The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) | The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) | Any housing that meets the requirements of the program, nit limited to units located in subsidized housing projects. | Manages 14 large family public housing locations throughout Los Angeles. | The demand for housing is so great that it often exceeds the resources available; being placed on a long waiting list for assistance is common. | HALCA offers a one City-wide waiting list for the public housing program. | Being 62 years of age or older, being a U.S. Armed Services veteran, widow or widower, and being disabled can qualify you and give priority. | Being 62 years of age or older, being disables, attending an accredited institution of higher learning (college, trades school) full time can qualify you and give priority | Income limits apply as follows: | Income limits apply as follows: | For a family of | The household’s total income must be less than | For a family of | The household’s total income must be less than | 12345678 or more | $25,800$29,500$33,150$36,850$39,800$42,750$45,700$48,650 | 1234567 | Extremely low$17,150$19,600$22,050$24,450$26,450$28,400$30,350 | Very low$28,550$32,600$36,700$40,750$44,050$47,300$50,550 | Low$45,650$52,200$58,700$65,200$70,450$75,650$80,850 | The two agencies I chose for assistance of a homeless individual or family is The U.S. Department of Housing...
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...Canada and attempts to connect the challenges they experience to lessons for health care and governmental policy. Specifically, the authors set out to understand how adolescents experience homelessness and how gender is factor in that experience, homeless adolescent’s perceptions of health and healthcare accessibility, and how Canadian policy influences these perceptions and experiences. Although the purpose of the research is concisely described within the “Purpose of Study and Research Question” section of the article, I found it difficult to grasp the particular subject they were leading up to in the previous sections. When discussing “Background and Significance”, the authors touch the surface on a number of points regarding gender, homelessness, and healthcare, but they fail to describe any in depth significance why those certain points are important, or how they are related to this research study. I also found it peculiar that the authors cited only one source in this section on a point that is described as being “well documented”, such as the problem of homeless adolescents having a variety of health care concerns. The literature review of this article is well organized into subcategories and the majority of it is written in language that can be easily understood by non-academics. The overall discussion of previous literature seems thorough, especially when considering the specific health risks of the homeless. I found it to be lacking in any comment of past literature...
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...low availability of housing in high-income areas, the failure to improve on location may be due to families’ lack of information about available housing. Because the program is run by multiple different agencies, some provide more housing search assistance to families than others. If a particular agency decides to ignore the family’s need for housing-search assistance, the HUD is not required to administer sanctions. Their performance review of agencies does not focus on how well the agency achieves beneficial housing placement (Sard & Rice, 2016). Because Section 8 places families under a 60-day time restraint to find housing, they do not have the time to navigate unfamiliar high-opportunity neighborhoods. Instead, in the interest of time, they tend to rely on lists provided at the Public Housing Agency, from a website such as gosection8.com, or from properties whose landlords have advertised their properties as “Section 8 welcome.” Such properties often tend to be high-poverty and racially segregated (Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy, 2008). Increased requirements for rental agencies to provide housing-search counseling may prove beneficial to filling the...
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...There in the streets on the highways asking for money because they're homeless due to numerous circumstances. The money that they do get from strangers they may but to good use like buying clothes or food or maybe bus fare to go home. Some don’t they use it to buy drugs and alcohol leading them back to their original dead end path. Which is why people should feel obligated to be compassionate toward those less fortunate because there homeless for numerous amount of circumstances. Helping those less fortunate than us can help us progress as a society and you never it could happen to you without even wanting it to happen. We live in the society that only advanced after we adopted disciplined beliefs in helping others. If we did not, we would decay, ruined by personal rivalry and obsession about our own well being. Those that can't help themselves can receive help and in turn, that can empower them to help others, and so everyone standing and livelihood improves. In the text, it states, “ Homelessness had changed her perception of the world and her place in it” (Author 3). This quote better explains how after being homeless herself Rita now has a motivation to help others that have been in the same situation as her. There’s a time for the struggle for everyone at some point and that struggle may bring us way more down than needed. If we’re lucky there someone there to help us if we’re not then we hit rock bottom. Hopeless can happen to anyone “One person ends up unemployed...
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