Homelessness and Housing in Homelessness Questions With
Complete Solutions
"traveling youth" Correct Answer About 1/3 of youth traveling
up and down the coast started between 14-17 years old
Traveling from place to place is a coping strategy, usually to
escape bad situations
Many are LGBTQ and/or leaving foster care
Of those he studied from 2011 to 2013, about one-third started
traveling between the ages of 13 and 17. Most slept outdoors
instead of using shelter services. ~Eric Rice, USC School of
Social Work
1986 - Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - LIHTC Correct
Answer cannot rent to anyone whose income exceeds 50% of
the area median income and max rent is 30% of income -
developers get a dollar for dollar reduction in tax liability
1987 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed
McKinney-Vento in 2000) Correct Answer - 350 Million
Dollars in funds in 1st year to enable states, along w/public and
private organizations to open and operate emergency food and
shelter programs
- Includes education, job training, mental health care and
substance abuse treatment - targeted at families
, - Creation of U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness -
consortium of 20 federal agencies including HUD - dormant till
about 2002
1990 Federal Block Grants to states for affordable housing
(Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act) as well
as 4 programs through HUD to increase affordable housing
Correct Answer HOME
SHOP
HOPE
Family Sufficiency Program
1998 Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA)
Correct Answer Federal Government no longer primary agency
responsible for publicly assisted housing and turned over to
3400 Public Housing Authorities
Access to Housing Correct Answer Access to housing should
not be denied based on requirements that prospective tenants be
"ready" for housing.
Access to Justice (downward slope) Correct Answer
Criminalized: Can't pay fine
Arrested: Can't pay or be released without bail
Convicted: No probation without address
Penalized: loss of voting rights
Additional individual risk factors Correct Answer -LGBTQ
Complete Solutions
"traveling youth" Correct Answer About 1/3 of youth traveling
up and down the coast started between 14-17 years old
Traveling from place to place is a coping strategy, usually to
escape bad situations
Many are LGBTQ and/or leaving foster care
Of those he studied from 2011 to 2013, about one-third started
traveling between the ages of 13 and 17. Most slept outdoors
instead of using shelter services. ~Eric Rice, USC School of
Social Work
1986 - Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - LIHTC Correct
Answer cannot rent to anyone whose income exceeds 50% of
the area median income and max rent is 30% of income -
developers get a dollar for dollar reduction in tax liability
1987 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (renamed
McKinney-Vento in 2000) Correct Answer - 350 Million
Dollars in funds in 1st year to enable states, along w/public and
private organizations to open and operate emergency food and
shelter programs
- Includes education, job training, mental health care and
substance abuse treatment - targeted at families
, - Creation of U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness -
consortium of 20 federal agencies including HUD - dormant till
about 2002
1990 Federal Block Grants to states for affordable housing
(Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act) as well
as 4 programs through HUD to increase affordable housing
Correct Answer HOME
SHOP
HOPE
Family Sufficiency Program
1998 Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA)
Correct Answer Federal Government no longer primary agency
responsible for publicly assisted housing and turned over to
3400 Public Housing Authorities
Access to Housing Correct Answer Access to housing should
not be denied based on requirements that prospective tenants be
"ready" for housing.
Access to Justice (downward slope) Correct Answer
Criminalized: Can't pay fine
Arrested: Can't pay or be released without bail
Convicted: No probation without address
Penalized: loss of voting rights
Additional individual risk factors Correct Answer -LGBTQ
