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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From zero to 7,000+: One DC agency charts voucher renters in its programs since 2016

https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/home-front/from-0-to-7000-one-dc-agency-charts-voucher-renters-in-its-programs-since-2016/

This article is also well worth a read. That 5,000+ vouchers, many issued to returning convicts and the mentally ill, are being used in the Connecticut and Wisconsin corridors is an enormous number in a very short period of time. And as problems arose, the pause button was never hit.

Of note is this

[quote]The figure is from the DHS report “A Path to Ending Homelessness,” which chronicles growth in the agency’s voucher programs since 2016.

“Over the past two years, the [b]District has expanded its housing voucher program for people experiencing chronic homelessness by more than 100%,[/b]” said the report. Under the U.S. Housing and Urban Development definition, the [b]chronically homeless have been continuously unhoused for a year or more, or four times in three years. They also struggle with one or more of the following conditions: substance abuse, mental illness, and physical or developmental disabilities.[/b][/quote]

[quote]The PSH program serves people who have been chronically homeless. [b]Such renters need intensive services – which they can refuse [/b]– but caseworkers must check in at least twice a month, at least one of those times in person.[/quote]

The numbers, mainly clustered along 2 commercial corridors, are huge, and have clearly impacted the community. With so many PSH vouchers and no plans to move people toward becoming self supporting, how is this remotely sustainable in the long term? [/quote]

It's not just vouchers that are clustered along Connecticut Avenue, the DC crime statistics show unusual clusters of reported crime in this formerly fairly safe area.[/quote]

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