public housing in the public interest: making the regional connections

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Public Housing in the Public Interest:

Making the Regional Connections

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Presentation Outline

• MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing

• The Regional Housing Initiative

• Building Support Among Regional Leaders


MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing: The Partners

Chicago Housing Authority

Cook County Housing Authority

DuPage Housing Authority

Lake County Housing Authority

Project Manager: The Corporation for Supportive Housing

Illinois Department of Human Services

City of Chicago Department of Housing

Mayor's Office of Workforce Development

The Metropolitan Planning Council


MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing:

The BackgroundWhen HUD made new Welfare to Work Vouchers Available in

1999:

• Illinois was the 3rd highest TANF population in the nation,

Only 16 % of Illinois’ welfare recipients receives housing assistance, compared to 23% of TANF families nationwide.

Metropolitan Chicago was home to approximately 74 percent of Illinois' TANF clients, 58 percent of whom live in the City of Chicago.

4 out of 5 TANF recipients in metropolitan Chicago, or 67,000 households, received no housing assistance


MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing: The Goals

Help 1,025 TANF families living in Chicago and Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties obtain and/or retain employment by providing them with housing assistance and related services.

Track the progress of these families, and monitor and share results in order to contribute to policy development within a new welfare environment.

Provide counseling to insure that all participating families are supported in making an informed choice about their housing.


MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing: The Status Report

All 1025 of the vouchers have been leased, and then some.

Data is all preliminary, and the Collaborative continues to lay the infrastructure for needed regional and service coordination

MetroLinks families haven’t made the same percentage of opportunity moves as CHAC’s 2nd movers, but are ahead of the curve in terms of the overall voucher population.

The TANF families involved have made a higher percentage of “opportunity moves” than CHA families


Poverty Rate

Zip Code of Origin

Destination Zip Code

Difference Rate for Area

CHAC 28.3 26.1 *2.2 21.6

DuPage 3.9 2.9 **0.4 2.7

Lake 10.8 8.8 *2.0 5.2

Group 24.6 22.5 ***2.1

MetroLinks Family Moves: Preliminary Status Report



Moved to Higher Rate

Moved to Same Rate

Moved to Lower Rate

CHAC 28% 29% 43%

DuPage 31% 29% 40%

Lake 12% 30% 58%

Group 27% 30% 43%



CHAC DuPage Lake Totals Percent

High to High 394 0 0 394 37.56%

High to Low 151 1 0 152 14.49%

Low to High 81 0 0 81 7.72%

Low to Low 235 88 99 422 40.23%


MetroLinks for Jobs and Housing: The Ongoing Challenges

Regional Coordination Service Linkages Supportive Federal Policies Lack of Available Rental Housing Near

Jobs


The Rental Housing Market: Supply and Demand


Supply - Demand Mismatch

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100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

0 TO 30% OFAMI

30 TO 50% OFAMI

50 TO 80% OFAMI

80% OR MOREOF AMI

UNITS

RENTERS

-153,000

+327,000

+ 101,000- 227,000

UP TO $20,000

$20,000 TO

$32,000

$32,000 TO

$50,000

$50,000 AND UP

U N S U B S I D I Z E D


The Regional Housing Initiative (RHI) The Partners

Chicago Housing Authority Cook County Housing Authority Lake County Housing Authority

Illinois Housing Development Authority The Metropolitan Planning Council

The Regional Housing Initiative (RHI)

The Goals

Maximizing the Region’s Rent Subsidy Vouchers to:

Encourage new housing development which serves very low-income households

Strengthen regional cooperation around improving and expanding quality rental housing options close to jobs and transit

Provide financial incentive for developers and municipalities willing to undertake the above


The Regional Housing Initiative (RHI)

The Status

Intergovernmental Agreement allows participating housing authorities to “pool” a portion of their turn-over vouchers for IHDA to help administer as part of a regional pool

Qualified developers who set aside a portion of their new rental developments for very- low income households get a competitive edge in IHDA’s Tax Credit process

328 subsidies to be available

Selection Criteria utilized adopted by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus


Building Support Among Regional Leaders

Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Housing Action AgendaHousing Endorsement Criteria

Interfaith Open Communities

Chicago Metropolis 2020

And don’t forget to challenge your gubernatorial candidates


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