Achieving Economic Self-Sufficiency Through Housing Assistance: An Assessment of a Self-Sufficiency Program of the Housing Authority of Champaign County, Illinois

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 876-900
Author(s):  
Han Bum Lee ◽  
Paul E. McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Housing Authority ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Self Sufficiency

scholarly journals Mitigating the Legal Risks for Landlords Under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-730
Author(s):  
Erica Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Housing Authority ◽  
Housing Assistance ◽  
Demonstration Program ◽  
Legal Risks ◽  
Mixed Income Housing ◽  
Apartment Complexes ◽  
Housing Units ◽  
Mixed Income

Public housing units are deteriorating while there are insufficient allocations for their renovation or maintenance. In 2012, Congress initiated the Rental Assistance Demonstration (“RAD”) in an attempt to save public housing without the need to apportion additional funds to housing assistance pro- grams. The RAD program converts public housing to mixed-income housing and transfers majority ownership to private developers. Current tenants of these public housing complexes are transferred to mixed-income apartment complexes owned by private landlords and developers who receive a portion of the rent from the tenant and additional rent from the local Public Housing Authority. The success of the RAD program is dependent on landlords and developers voluntarily participating and electing to dedicate units to affordable housing. This Comment discusses the legal exposures these landlords face when participating in RAD, methods of mitigating these risks, and policies to incentivize participation.

scholarly journals Family Self-Sufficiency Program Outcomes for Participants Enrolling During and After the Great Recession

2022 ◽  
pp. 104438942110510
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Santiago ◽  
Joffré Leroux
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Housing Authority ◽  
Economic Shocks ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Additional Capacity

Utilizing administrative data from the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program operated by the Denver Housing Authority, four program outcomes, (a) savings and escrow growth, (b) credit and debt reduction, (c) employment and earnings, and (d) positive exits from subsidized housing, are examined to assess if any differences exist between participants ( n = 424) who enrolled during or after the Great Recession. Propensity score matching with replacement was employed to match FSS enrollees. Compared to post-Great Recession enrollees, results suggest that enrollees entering the program during the Great Recession were more likely to reduce their monthly contractual debt and derogatory debt, increase monthly earned income, and remain in the FSS Program longer. Findings suggest that attaining participant financial capability goals is possible during severe economic shocks and may provide vulnerable families with additional capacity to weather such shocks.

CONCEPTUAL POSITIONS OF MODERNIZATION OF EXISTING INEFFICIENT DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS

2017 ◽  
pp. 11-21
Author(s):  
Ye.Ye. Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Energy Management Systems ◽  
Current State ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
District Heating Systems

The current situation in the sphere of district heating is analysed on the basis of use of the cognitive approach. The presence of closed chains of cause-effect relationships of negative factors and conflicts of target settings of the subjects in the field of district heating is shown. The conceptual model of energy efficient modernization of district heating systems is proposed. This model includes indicators of the current status of heat sources, networks and heat consumers, energetic and economic models, restrictions, procedure of forming and analysis of the mutual influence of the recommended projects. The quantitative data on indicators of the current state of district heating systems of the cities of Ukraine are presented. The interrelation between indicators of the current state and projects of energy efficient modernization of district heating systems is shown. Assessment of energy self-sufficiency of municipal district heating systems on condition of thermal modernization of buildings is carried out. The creation of energy management systems at the district heating enterprises is proposed. Bib. 6, Fig. 7, Tab. 5.

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