The Southeast Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing Conference

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The Southeast Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing Conference

Building Better Communities

October 25 - 26, 2010


Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort • Clearwater Beach, FL

The Southeast Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing is the evolution of Florida’s annual statewide conference on homelessness and supportive housing into an event of regional interest and impact. The conference is convened through the collaboration of the Florida Coalition for the Homeless (FCH) and the Florida Supportive Housing Coalition (FLSHC). The mission of the Institute is to expand the knowledge and capacity of stakeholders to improve the quality of life of homeless and at-risk individuals throughout the Southeastern United States.

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals with special needs and their families

• Service Providers

• Advocates

• Housing Developers

• Local Homeless Coalitions

• Local and State Government Officials

• Florida Homeless Education Liaisons

• Florida School Administrators and School Staff

• Anyone interested in housing for the homeless or persons with disabilities

Register today!


http://southeastinstitute.org/

Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse Updated

The Shimberg Center for Housing Studies announces the annual update to the Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse Web site. Check out updated data in the Profiles, Comparisons, Assisted Housing Inventory, Construction and Sales, Household Demographic Data, and Population Projections datasets.

The Assisted Housing Inventory provides information about Florida's subsidized rental housing stock. Three new data tools have been added this year:

• Lost Properties Inventory: A database of more than 400 properties that have left Florida's assisted housing stock, such as HUD Section 8 opt-outs and mortgage prepayments, properties with prepaid USDA Rural Development (RD) mortgages, and early Low Income Housing Tax Credit and mortgage revenue bond properties no longer under compliance requirements.

• Assisted Housing Inventory Tenant Characteristics: Stats on household income, race, elderly status, and household size for tenants in developments funded by HUD, RD, and Florida Housing Finance Corporation.

• HUD Tenant and Unit Characteristics, REAC Scores, and M2M Status: A comprehensive dataset on Florida's HUD properties, including tenant data from HUD's 2008 Picture of Subsidized Households report, REAC inspection score histories (up to nine scores), and detailed information about properties in the Mark-to-Market program.

Earlier in the year, the Shimberg Center released the State of Florida's Housing 2009, a compendium of facts on Florida's housing supply. The report includes descriptions of the changes in housing sales volume and prices from 2007 to 2008 and the effects of new home construction on Florida's economic output, earnings, and employment.

For more information about the Clearinghouse, please call the Shimberg Center at 352-273-1992 or 800-259-5705, or e-mail us at fhdc-comments@shimberg.ufl.edu.

(Source: Shimberg Center for Housing Studies)

HUD, VA Announce $15 Million for New Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demo Program

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) unveiled a new demonstration program for veterans: the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Program (VHPD). The $15 million program was first introduced into legislation by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). HUD, the VA, and the Department of Labor (DoL) are collaborating on the pilot program, which will provide eligible veterans with housing, supportive services, and employment training.

The new program will provide funds to five Continuums of Care, of which one is the TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH Homeless Continuum of CoC, located near military installations and primarily serve veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq at-risk of homelessness. Each of the five communities will receive $2 million; the VA medical centers in each location will receive an additional $1 million.
For more Information on VHPD, click here.