The Dallas R.E.A.L. Time Rapid Rehousing initiative, a partnership between local governments and homelessness organizations, has been able to provide homes to some 1,265 people who would otherwise be homeless.
The average shelter stay for a family is about 70 days and can cost over $12,000. That’s almost halfway to the initiative’s goal of rehousing 2,700 homeless people and families by 2023.
, a tight rental market and the unwillingness of some landlords to accept housing vouchers, as well as racial inequities in housing and homelessness.“Housing Forward, along with our partners in the All Neighbors Coalition, are feeling increased pressure,” Joli Angel Robinson, president and CEO of Housing Forward, said in a press release. Service providers are seeing more visitors and taking more calls for services than usual, and it’s beginning to strain their resources.
"It really is sort of this innovative approach where we're kind of bringing housing assistance to the front door of the system, so people don't have to enter shelter in order to get that level of care," Sarah Kahn, Housing Forward's chief program officer, told the."So sometimes that looks like … people identifying friends or family that they can move into.
"One of the benefits of working with our program is knowing that not only are we supporting people through helping them get back on their feet and provide rental assistance, but we're also supporting people to really stay in housing over the long term," Kahn said."And to get back and to get connected with employment to connect in with community-based services that support them to increase their income and to stay housed over the long term.
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