Comparing tenant and neighborhood characteristics of the VA’s project-vs. Tenant-based supportive housing program in Los Angeles county

Melissa Chinchilla; Sonya Gabrielian; William P. Horan; Amy Glasmeier; Gerhard Hellemann; Jonathan K. Wynn; Peter Capone Newton; Michael F. Green

doi:10.1353/hpu.2019.0098

Comparing tenant and neighborhood characteristics of the VA’s project-vs. Tenant-based supportive housing program in Los Angeles county

Melissa Chinchilla, Sonya Gabrielian, William P. Horan, Amy Glasmeier, Gerhard Hellemann, Jonathan K. Wynn, Peter Capone Newton, Michael F. Green

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Abstract

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-Veteran Administration Supportive Housing (VASH) program uses project-and tenant-based vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for homeless Veterans. We compared Veteran characteristics, health service utilization, and neighborhood characteristics between HUD-VASH participants with project-based (n=114) vs. tenant-based (n=978) vouchers. We found that project-based voucher holders were older and more ill than tenant-based voucher holders. Project-based vouchers were also associated with higher-quality neighborhoods and higher rates of health service utilization than tenant-based vouchers. With the limited availability of project-based vouchers, juxtaposed with the increased service use and better neighborhood quality with this voucher type, our findings suggest a need to think strategically about how best to allocate housing vouchers to meet homeless Veteran’s needs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1373-1393
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2019.0098
State	Published - Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes

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© Meharry Medical College.

Funding

Financial support was provided by Lynne Sagalyn and Gary Hack Department of Urban Studies and Planning Fund at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Greater Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) on Enhancing Community Integration for Homeless Veterans. Dr. Chinchilla was supported by the VA Office of Academic Affiliations through the Health Service Research and Development Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Gabrielian was supported in part by VA HSR&D CDA 15-074. The contents do not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.

Funders	Funder number
Gary Hack Department of Urban Studies and Planning Fund at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HSR&D CDA	CDA 15-074
Lynne Sagalyn and Gary Hack Department of Urban Studies and Planning Fund
United States Government
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Services Research and Development
Office of Academic Affiliations, Department of Veterans Affairs

Keywords

Affordable housing
HUD-VASH
Homelessness
Supportive housing
Veterans

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Chinchilla, M., Gabrielian, S., Horan, W. P., Glasmeier, A., Hellemann, G., Wynn, J. K., Newton, P. C., & Green, M. F. (2019). Comparing tenant and neighborhood characteristics of the VA’s project-vs. Tenant-based supportive housing program in Los Angeles county. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30(4), 1373-1393. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2019.0098

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