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20260706 Given Utah and California’s experience with Housing First, adopting a Housing First approach nationally is unwise. Houston is unique for its zoning code absence, pro-development culture, responsive housing supply.rtf
20260706 HUD-funded PSH requires a disability. Many programs prioritize those homeless for a year or more. The able-bodied w∕o a documented disability who dislike work usu don’t qualify for PSH.rtf
20260706 PSH programs often inadvertently reinforce addiction by placing people with substance abuse disorders together in cramped buildings that are plagued by not only drugs but also crime, vermin, and a litany of other problems.rtf
20260707 Byrne et al. (2014) find only a modest association between chronic homeless population sizes and permanent supportive housing beds.rtf
20260707 Corinth finds that 10 additional permanent supportive housing beds reduce the homeless population by about 1 person.rtf
20260709 Due to the availability of low-cost housing, Houston spends between $17,000 and $19,000 to house an individual for a year, while San Francisco must spend between $40,000 and $47,000 to do the same.rtf
20260709 Shellenberger cites studies indicating that Housing First does not improve health outcomes.rtf
20260720 LA County describes PSH as rental subsidies even though no income is required. The tenant’s SSI, SSDI, or wages will contribute when present, but that income is not required.rtf
20260720 Permanent Supportive Housing requirements in Los Angeles.rtf
20260726 Disagreement with the idea that many PSH beds must be added to reduce the homeless count by 1 person because new people become homeless, while individuals in PSH often stay there.rtf
20260729 A model of PSH called Housing First developed largely in opposition to the concept of abstinence-contingent housing and has become a prominent method for serving chronically homeless individuals.rtf
20260730 As a condition of receiving federal money, many of the permanent supportive-housing projects must allow residents to use alcohol and drugs on the premises.rtf
20260803 Eide's arguments against platform theory.rtf
20260803 PSH has a reputation of producing high mortality rates.rtf