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M a r c h 8, 2 0 0 4Taking Stock:Housing, Homelessness,and Prisoner ReentryFINAL REPORT‘Caterina Gouvis Roman, The Urban InstituteJeremy Travis, The Urban InstitutePrepared for The Fannie Mae FoundationOpinions expressed in this document are those of the authors, and do notnecessarily represent the official position or policies of the Fannie MaeFoundation or the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.URBAN INSTITUTEJustice Policy Center
AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank a number of people for their assistance with thereport. First, the following people took time out of their schedules to talk with usabout the housing challenges facing returning prisoners, the housing programs andother related opportunities that exist in communities, and recommendations forimproving policy and practice: Richard Cho, Elyse Clawson, Mark A. Groves,Thomasina Hiers, John Larivee, Betsy Lieberman, Kelly Little, Peg Malloy, PriscillaMurguia, Joanne Page, Susan Renick, Nan Roman, Carol Shapiro, Christine Siksa, JoeStommel, Steve Thomas, B. Diane Williams, and Carol Wilkins. In particular, MargeTurner, Donald Chamberlain, Betsy Lieberman, and Richard Cho patiently providedtheir housing expertise to us on a number of occasions, as well as providedcomments and edits on numerous drafts of this report.Amy Solomon, a key member of the project team, provided expert guidance onstructuring the report. Sinead Keegan provided assistance in editing. In addition, wewant to thank the Fannie Mae Foundation for supporting research on this importanttopic. In particular, Stephanie Jennings of the Fannie Mae Foundation has been aguiding force in this work.
ContentsIntroduction . 1Section I: Reentry—The Issue .4Preparation for Release.5Reentry and Homelessness.7Reentry and Public Health .9Reentry and Women .10Section II: Current Housing Options for Returning Prisoners and Ex-Offenders. 101. Community-Based Correctional Facilities .13Barriers.15Opportunities .16Some Questions Remaining .182. Transitional (Service-Enriched) Housing (Non-Corrections Based and Non-HUDFunded) .18Barriers.19Opportunities .19Some Questions Remaining .203. Federally Subsidized and Administered Housing .20Barriers.22Opportunities .25Some Questions Remaining .254. Homeless Assistance Supportive Housing, Other Service-Enhanced Housing, andSpecial Needs Housing Supported through U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment.26The McKinney Homeless Assistance Act .26Barriers.29Opportunities .30Some Questions Remaining .305. The Private Market.30Barriers.31Opportunities .32Some Questions Remaining .33Section III. Reentry Roundtable Summary and Highlights . 34The Pressing Priorities .34The hard target priorities .34The soft target priorities.36The Promising Opportunities.37Comprehensive services.37Flexible funding streams .38Documentation of successes and transfer of knowledge to the community .38Next Steps.39Next steps for policy .39Next steps for practice .39Section IV. Scan of Practice. 41Scan of Practice Programs by Category.42Service-Enhanced Transitional and Permanent Housing . 44
Alliance Apartments (MN).45General Background and Goals.45Population Served .45Program Description .45Number of Beds/Units.46Funding.46Outcomes .46Brittan House (WI).47Background and Goals.47Population Served .47Program Description .47Number of Beds.48Funding.48Outcomes .48Dismas House (MA) .49General Background and Goals.49Population Served .49Program Description .49Funding.49Outcomes .50Druid Heights Ex-Offender Housing and Comprehensive Assistance Program.51General Background and Goals.51Population Served .51Program Description .51Number of Beds.51Funding.51Outcomes .51The Fortune Society Academy: “The Castle” (NY) .52General Background and Goals.52Population Served .52Program Description .52Number of Beds.53Funding.53Outcomes .53The Mentally Ill Offender Community Transition Program (WA) .54General Background and Goals.54Population Served .54Program Description .54Number of Beds.55Funding.55Outcomes .55Sarah Powell Huntington House (NY) .56General Background and Goals.56Population Served .56Program Description .56Number of Beds.57Funding.58Outcomes .58
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc: “TROSA” (NC).59General Background and Goals.
Taking Stock: Housing, Homelessness, and Prisoner Reentry Caterina Gouvis Roman, The Urban Institute Jeremy Travis, The Urban Institute Prepared for The Fannie Mae Foundation Opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors, and do not
