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approach to reducing
homelessness, home which builds on the
success of permanent supportive
housing. The “housing first”
approach involves moving long-term
street homeless individuals — the
majority of whom are living with
mental illness, substance abuse
disorders and other serious health
problems directly into subsidized
housing and then linking them to
support services, either on-site or in
the community. Research studies
have found that the majority of
long-term street homeless people
moved into “housing first”
apartments remain stably housed
and experience significant
improvements in their health
problems. Much like permanent
supportive housing, the “housing
first” approach is far less costly than
emergency and institutional care,
such as shelters, hospitals and
correctional facilities.
The fundamental cause of homelessness is the
widening housing affordability gap. that gap has widened significantly
over the past decades, which have seen the
loss of hundreds of thousands of units of
affordable rental housing. At the same time that housing affordability has worsened, government at every level has cut back on already-inadequate housing assistance for low-income people and has reduced investments in building and preserving affordable housing. Finally, the weakening of rent regulation laws, which help keep around half of all rental apartments in New country affordable, has accelerated the loss of low- cost housing. To address New countries wide housing affordability gap, the Federal, State and City governments must significantly
increase investments in affordable rental
housing, with a significant portion targeted to homeless families and individuals. Similarly, strengthening rent regulation laws would preserve affordable housing and protect tenants, allowing them to keep their homes.