11 Data for Priority Setting in Small Doses #5 Housing Services Data June 1, 2012.

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Data for Priority Setting in Small Doses #5

Housing Services DataJune 1, 2012

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Regional Housing Services Resources for PLWHA

• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS – HOPWA (Federal government, Housing and Urban Development Department - HUD)

• Ryan White Program (Federal government, Health Resources and Services Administration - HRSA)

• Continuum of Care funds (HUD)• Others – Section 8, housing programs in the

mental health, substance abuse, and aging programs

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Recent Housing Resources

• Several federal government economic recovery programs centered on housing.

• Several initiatives – to stem foreclosures, protect tenants, aid homeowners, help the homeless.

• Several initiatives have now expired.• Not all these federal programs directly

benefited PLWHA.

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Use of HOPWA Funding in SW Region

• Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TBRA)• Short-term Rental, Mortgage and Utility

Assistance (STRMU)• Information and Referral• Resource Identification• HOPWA funds can be used for other housing

services but not in the SW region

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HUD-HOPWA Activities

• The following HUD-HOPWA services are provided by SeniorCare Management Assistance Funds (SCMAF):

- Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TBRA)- Short-term Rental, Mortgage and Utility Assistance (STRMU)- Information and Referral

• There are 2 streams of HOPWA funds: City of Pittsburgh and PA State.

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Counties Served by City of Pittsburgh HOPWA Funds

• Allegheny• Armstrong• Beaver• Butler• Fayette• Washington• Westmoreland

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Counties Served by Pennsylvania State HOPWA Funds

• Cambria• Greene• Indiana• Somerset

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HOPWA Housing Services: April 1, 2011 to March 30, 2012

• City of Pittsburgh HOPWA Funds: TBRANumber of Households Served: 68• City of Pittsburgh HOPWA Funds: STRMU Number of Households Served: 141• STRMU ServicesPayments for past due rents: 109 Payments for utility shut off: 27Payments to prevent mortgage foreclosures: 5

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TBRA Services by County: City of Pittsburgh

County No of Households

Allegheny 55

Armstrong 3

Beaver 3

Butler 1

Fayette 2

Washington 1

Westmoreland 3

Total 68

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HOPWA Housing Services: April 1, 2011 to March 30, 2012

• PA State HOPWA Funds: TBRANumber of Households Served: 15• PA State HOPWA Funds: STRMU Number of Households Served: 20• STRMU ServicesPayments for past due rents: 19 Payments to prevent mortgage foreclosures: 1

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TBRA Services by County: PA State

County No of Households

Cambria 12

Greene 1

Indiana 1

Somerset 1

Total 15

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TBRA Waiting List by County 2011

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County No of Households

Allegheny 18

Armstrong 1

Beaver 3

Butler 2

Cambria 3

Fayette 2

Greene 0

Indiana 0

Somerset 0

Washington 1

Westmoreland 2

Total 32

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Resource Identification• Resource identification services are provided by the

Coalition. Housing needs assessments have been completed in all 11 SW counties over a 10-year period.

• Coalition’s Housing Services Planning Committee has not decided on repeating these. Housing needs are often included in other consumer surveys.

• Data presented for resource identification activities on the following slides are from 4/1/2011 to 3/30/2012.

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Resource Identification Services

• City of Pittsburgh HOPWA FundsNumber of Persons: 980Number of Households: 426New Agencies: 61• PA State HOPWA Funds (Greene and Indiana

Counties only)Number of Persons: 244Number of Households: 106New Agencies: 45

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HUD Continuum of Care Housing Funds

• The Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force is granted funds from another HUD program by Allegheny County for transitional and permanent housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS.

• The 4 different programs and persons served are detailed on the next slide.

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HUD Continuum of Care Housing

• Pathways (Transitional Housing) – 10 individuals

• Choice I (Permanent Housing) – 10 individuals and 5 families

• Choice II (Permanent Housing) – 15 units with 23 beds

• Choice III (Permanent Housing) – 7 individuals and 2 families

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HUD Continuum of Care Housing

• Waiting List – About 50 clients.• Waiting list is dynamic because there may be

vacancies and no one available to fill them.• Waiting list may result from not having a

particular type of housing available, for example, family units.

• Waiting list may also result from client not being ready to be in permanent housing.

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Summary• From April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, SeniorCare

Management Assistance Funds (SCMAF) provided Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TBRA) services to 68 households under the City of Pittsburgh HOPWA funds.

• Under the PA State HOPWA funds, 16 households received TBRA services.

• Of the 7 counties under the City of Pittsburgh HOPWA funds, the highest number of households served were in Allegheny County (81%) of total.

• Of the 4 counties under the PA State HOPWA funds, the highest number of households served were in Cambria County (81%).

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Summary Continued

• There are 32 households on the waiting list for HOPWA TBRA services, the highest number of households are again in Allegheny County (18 out of 32).

• Of the State HOPWA counties, only Cambria County has 3 households on the TBRA waiting lists.

• Several clients are served under the transitional and permanent housing services with the Continuum of Care funds granted to PATF.

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Summary Continued

• The Coalition continued to identify additional housing resources for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in the region; 61 new housing services agencies were identified in the 2011/2012 program year in the City of Pittsburgh HOPWA Counties. 45 new agencies were identified in the PA State HOPWA counties.

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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS

THANK YOU

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Prepared by Doyin Desalu, MS, MPH, DrPH

ACSWP Executive Director412-363-1022

[email protected]