Study of PHA’s Efforts To Serve People Experiencing Homelessness: Final Report

In February 2014. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a status report on efforts by public housing agencies (PHAs) to serve homeless households with mainstream housing assistance resources. Data were collected from PHAs throughout 2012 and early 2013 using two approaches: a Web-based survey of roughly 4,000 PHAs and follow-up telephone discussions with staff at 120 PHAs. Issues addressed included: 1) PHA efforts to serve people experiencing homelessness; role of PHAs in addressing homelessness; identifying and addressing barriers to use of housing assistance by people experiencing homelessness; PHAs and partner approaches for . . .