Family Options Study Short-Term Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families

In July of 2015, a report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research documenting outcomes at 18 months, presenting striking evidence of the power of offering a permanent subsidy to a homeless family. Families who were offered a housing voucher experienced significant reductions in subsequent homelessness, mobility, child separations, adult psychological distress, and experiences of intimate partner violence, school mobility among children, and food insecurity at 18 months . . .