Hilton Foundation Project to End Homelessness for People with Mental Illness in Los Angeles

April 2008 Hilton Foundation Project to End Homelessness for People with Mental Illness in Los Angeles: Changes in Homelessness, Supportive Housing, and Tenant Characteristics Since 2005 Prepared for the Corporation for Supportive Housing by Martha R. Burt, Ph.D., Urban Institute Acknowledgements This report was prepared for the Corporation for Supportive Housing by Martha R. Burt at the Urban Institute. Its contents are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Corporation for Supportive Housing or the Urban Institute, its trustees, or funders. Inquiries If you are interested in learning more, please see www.csh.org for additional on-line resources and materials, including information regarding the communities in which we currently work. If you have questions or comments regarding this publication, please contact the CSH Resource Center at info@csh.org. This publication is available to download for free at www.csh.org/publications.and at www.urban.org. www.csh.org The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is a national non-profit organization and Community Development Financial Institution that helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness. Founded in 1991, CSH advances its mission by providing advocacy, expertise, leadership, and financial resources to make it easier to create and operate supportive housing. CSH seeks to help create an expanded supply of supportive housing for people, including single adults, families with children, and young adults, who have extremely low-incomes, who have disabling conditions, and/or face other significant challenges that place them at on-going risk of homelessness. For information regarding CSH’s current office locations, please see www.csh.org/contactus. We encourage nonprofit organizations and government agencies to freely reproduce and share the information from CSH publications. The organizations must cite CSH as the source and include a statement that the full document is posted on our website, www.csh.org. Permissions requests from other types of organizations will be considered on a case-by-case basis; please forward these requests to info@csh.org. Information provided in this publication is suggestive only and is not legal advice. Readers should consult their government program representative and legal counsel for specific issues of concern and to receive proper legal opinion regarding any course of action. © 2008 Corporation for Supportive Housing TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction...............................................................................................................................2 Key Research Questions for This Report.........................................................................................2 Assumptions and Predicted Outcomes.............................................................................................3 Data Sources Used for This Report...........................................................................................4 Changes in Outcomes Between Baseline and 2007 ..................................................................5 Homeless, Chronically Homeless, and Mentally Ill Homeless Counts ........................................5 PSH Units in Los Angeles County in 2007 and 2004 .....................................................................8 PSH Occupants in Los Angeles County ...........................................................................................9 Homeless Single Adults and Homeless Families ....................................................................10 Homeless, Chronically Homeless, or Not Homeless.............................................................10 Disabilities Present Among Current PSH Tenants .......................................................................11 Pathways to PSH ................................................................................................................................13 Funding for PSH in Los Angeles.....................................................................................................14 Capital Funding............................................................................................................................14 Funding Sources for Operating PSH .......................................................................................15 Funding Sources for Providing PSH Supportive Services ....................................................16 PSH Partnerships, Collaborations, and Policies ............................................................................18 Collaborations and Partnerships ...............................................................................................19 Mission to Serve ..............................................................................................................