When Johnny comes marching home, where is home? A look at where homeless veterans are finding housing and implications for HUD-VASH
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- February 28, 2019
- Creator
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Brandes, Jessica
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
- Abstract
- The HUD-VA Supported Housing Program was initially implemented in 1992 as a pilot program that combined VA supportive services with Housing Choice Vouchers for homeless veterans. Expanded in scope and numbers in 2008, the HUD-VASH program has begun to allow homeless veterans to move into permanent housing around the country. This study begins to look at where these veterans are finding housing, and concludes that most veterans are moving to areas of relatively high poverty, high renter-occupancy rates, high rates of families headed by females, and low median incomes. In particular, the majority of veterans in the sample moved to areas with high neighborhood indicators for violent crime and poor mental health. Several recommendations are put forward to improve outcomes for the program.
- Date of publication
- 2009
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Quercia, Roberto
- Degree
- Master of City and Regional Planning
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Language
- Location
- Georgia, Georgia, United States
- Colorado, Colorado, United States
- Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
- Arizona, Arizona, United States
- Ohio, Ohio, United States
- North Carolina, North Carolina, United States
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States
- Extent
- 27 p.
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- December 10, 2010
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