41. Welfare Reform: The Labour Party: Securing Britain's Future We’ve announced a major reform of housing Benefit to enable claimants to move Some issues affecting welfare reform are devolved matters for Scotland and http://www.labour.org.uk/welfarereform04/

Skip Navigation [Logo] The Labour Party - labour.org.uk [Logo] new Labour, new Britain Home ... Search the Labour Party website Welfare reform Context Building a modern welfare state is key to building a fairer and more inclusive society where nobody is held back by disadvantage or lack of opportunity. Labour’s welfare to work strategy ensures that the unemployed are given the support and skills they need to move back into work as quickly as possible. Key points • Labour introduced the New Deal to help people move from welfare into work. To date, well over a million people have found work through it. • Over 20 million people, including ten million children, are benefiting from the new tax credits – the Child Tax Credit and the Working Tax Credit. • We’ve announced a major reform of Housing Benefit to enable claimants to move more easily between locations, speed up administration and tackle fraud. • We’ve established the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) to work towards eliminating discrimination against disabled people, especially at work. Our approach Labour’s strategy is centred around helping people move from welfare to work through the New Deal; easing the transition into work by ensuring people are financially secure when moving from welfare to work; making work pay, through reform of the tax and benefit system and the National Minimum Wage; and securing progression in work, through lifelong learning.

42. Hennepin County > Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 As worked progressed, the housing Production and Finance Committees were combined. welfare reform In Hennepin County May 2001 Update (PDF, 315 KB) http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/vgn/portal/internet/hcdetailmaster/0,2300,1273_1716

Text-Nav Site Map Advanced Search Your browser does not support javascript. Please use this site's Text-Only Navigation Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 Housing Finance Housing Production Research Support Services County Issues Municipal Issues As worked progressed, the Housing Production and Finance Committees were combined. The taskforce decided to add a committee to work on the topic of homeless children, and a chapter dedicated to homeless children appears in the report. During the time the task force was working, other reports on homelessness and housing low-income people were published on a state and local level. The task force studied all available information, and used the information from them to help develop their recommendations. These recomendations in the final 2001 report included: Legislative Support the use of TANF funds to conform with federal regulations so that emergency assistance could be used more than once a year. Reduce rental property tax rates and index 4D rates without shifting the tax burden to low-income homeowners. Equalize rental and owner burdens, including property taxes, fees, assessments, etc. Increase appropriations and create state financial incentives for the preservation and development of affordable housing, supportive and transitional housing, and emergency shelters. Support state (MHFA) and federal (HUD) preservation incentives.

43. Hennepin County > Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 As worked progressed, the housing Production and Finance Committees were combined welfare reform In Hennepin County December 2000 Update (PDF, 259 KB) http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/vgn/portal/internet/hcprinterfriendlydetail/0,2311,

Welfare Reform And Redesign, 1997-2001 Housing Finance Housing Production Research Support Services County Issues Municipal Issues As worked progressed, the Housing Production and Finance Committees were combined. The taskforce decided to add a committee to work on the topic of homeless children, and a chapter dedicated to homeless children appears in the report. During the time the task force was working, other reports on homelessness and housing low-income people were published on a state and local level. The task force studied all available information, and used the information from them to help develop their recommendations. These recomendations in the final 2001 report included: Legislative Support the use of TANF funds to conform with federal regulations so that emergency assistance could be used more than once a year. Reduce rental property tax rates and index 4D rates without shifting the tax burden to low-income homeowners. Equalize rental and owner burdens, including property taxes, fees, assessments, etc. Increase appropriations and create state financial incentives for the preservation and development of affordable housing, supportive and transitional housing, and emergency shelters. Support state (MHFA) and federal (HUD) preservation incentives.

44. Welfare Reform On The Web (August 2005): Social Housing - Overseas welfare reform on the Web (July 2005) Social housing overseas. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SHELTERED housing FOR MENTALLY ILL AND http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/welfare/housover.html

Home Collections Social sciences print ... site map Welfare Reform on the Web (August 2005): Social housing - overseas PREVENTING ASTHMA THROUGH HOUSING INTERVENTIONS: HOW SUPPORTIVE IS THE US POLICY ENVIRONMENT? R. Miles Housing Studies, vol.20, 2005, p.589-603 Paper shows that in the USA regulations exist protecting residents of public and rental housing from unacceptable levels of outdoor pollution and structural problems associated with asthma triggers in the home. However, enforcement of these and funding for interventions remain significant challenges. About us Collections Catalogues Services ... Privacy

45. Welfare Reform On The Web: Issue 73 (August 2005) welfare reform Digest aims to help social policy practitioners and definition of welfare and included Education, Social housing and some aspects of http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/sswelfare.html

Home Collections Social sciences print ... site map Welfare Reform on the Web: Issue 73 (August 2005) The future of the Welfare State is being hotly debated both within the UK and abroad. Social research institutions, think tanks, pressure groups, charities and professional associations have contributed to the debate alongside government opposition politicians and the media. Comment and analysis is found in a wide range of research reports, government consultation and policy papers, academic and trade journals and quality newspapers. Welfare Reform Digest aims to help social policy practitioners and researchers to keep up to date with this flood of literature. We systematically scan the quality press, the British Library's intake of social science books and government publications, and a wide range of trade and academic journals to identify relevant material. We then produce full bibliographic references with detailed abstracts to give both the flavour of the cut and thrust of the debate and an overview of the research literature. The first, pilot, issue covered material scanned from mid June to mid July 1998. The second issue comprised material scanned in March 1999, and new data is now added on a monthly basis.

46. Affordable Housing May Join Welfare Reform Affordable housing may join welfare reform. As the consequences of 1996 s welfare reform continue to be evaluated, many analysts have found that while http://salt.claretianpubs.org/washweek/2002/04/is0204a.html

Welcome to Claretian Publications! Search: Web Has Salt of the Earth been useful to you? Please support our continuing web presence with your tax-deductible contribution. Your generous contribution now of $10 or $20 helps keep our internet ministry going. Thank you. In session April 2002 Affordable housing may join welfare reform Campaign finance reform finally becomes law, faces new challenge Farm bill hits new roadblocks, finds new scandal On the slippery slope to "Fast Track" FTAA ... U.S. could be doing more for world's poor, say bishops Affordable housing may join welfare reform As the consequences of 1996's welfare reform continue to be evaluated, many analysts have found that while one-time welfare families may have been able to increase their incomes, they often remain unable to afford basic necessities. Finding affordable housing, for example, remains a major hurdle. As a result, a broad coalition of not-for-profit groups, including Catholic Charities USA, is lobbying Congress for a national housing trust fund. Over 150 state and municipal governments already employ such a fund, aimed at preserving or rehabilitating existing affordable housing or developing new sites for low-income housing. Currently the trust fund legislation, H.R. 2349, is under consideration in the House of Representatives with 147 cosponsors from both sides of the aisle. A similar bill in the Senate, S. 1248, has 19 cosponsors. The legislation would provide permanent, dedicated funding for the trust fund, drawing from surplus budget allocations to the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and

47. Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview on food stamps (see Food Stamps in the CRS welfare reform Briefing Book). housing Vouchers for TANF Recipients The President s FY1999 budget http://www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/archive/crs_welfare.shtml

Almanac of Policy Issues Home Policy Archive Search Sponsored Listings Questia : Search over 400,000 books and journals at Questia online. FastWeb Free Scholarship Search : Find free money for college or an advanced degree. var site="sm3pwl1776" Vee Burke, Congressional Research Service Updated October 8, 2002 Welfare Reform: An Issue Overview SUMMARY Representatives of state legislatures and public welfare administrators have urged the 107th Congress to extend the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for 3 years, through FY2005. The National Governors Association (NGA) also has recommended an extension longer than one year. TANF now is operating under temporary spending authority that expires December 31, 2002 (P. L. 107-229, H. J. Res. 111). Along with NGA, the American Public Human Services Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) say action is needed before the end of this Congress to ensure program continuity. The latter two groups have identified more than 30 provisions that they want in a final bill. The House has passed a 5-year extension bill (H. R. 4737), but the Senate Finance Committee substitute bill (also H. R. 4737) has not reached the Senate floor. On several key issues, including work hours, work activities, and child care funding, the bills are far apart.

48. Sen. Kerry Bill John Kerry introduces a welfare reform bill specifically focused on housing. Summary of the welfare reform and housing Act http://www.nationalhomeless.org/kerry.html

Sen. John Kerry introduces a welfare reform bill specifically focused on housing. Summary of the Welfare Reform and Housing Act Introduced by Senator John F. Kerry Make it simpler for states to use TANF funds to provide supplemental rental assistance by considering these housing subsidies œnon-assistance.” Nine states and several counties in two additional states have committed TANF and/or maintenance-of-effort funds to provide ongoing housing assistance. Many of these jurisdictions were unable to implement the types of housing assistance programs they wanted to provide to working families due to the constraints posed by current HHS rules that consider any TANF-funded housing subsidy provided for more than four months as œassistance,” even if families are working and not receiving TANF cash benefits. Encourage states to consider housing needs in TANF planning and implementation. There is a growing body of evidence that families' housing status affects employment and other welfare reform goals. Increasingly, states are becoming aware of the barriers posed by lack of affordable housing to families remaining employed. This provision will require state plans to describe the primary problems that families leaving TANF experience in securing and retaining adequate, affordable housing and the estimated extent of each such problem, including but not limited to the price of such housing in various parts of the state that include a large proportion of TANF recipients, and the steps that have been and will be taken by the state and other public or private entities that administer housing programs to address these needs.

49. CML: Project Profile The Impact of welfare reform on Public Shelter Admissions, Philadelphia housing Authority and the Office of Emergency Shelter and Services. http://cml.upenn.edu/project_areas/impact_of_welfare.htm

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Public Shelter Admissions, PHA Waiting Lists, and PHA Tenant Outcomes Summary The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of welfare reform (Act 35 and PRWORA) on shelter admissions, shelter stay lengths, PHA waiting list composition, PHA waiting list lengths of stay and tenant self-sufficiency outcomes. The study also assessed how PHA responds to welfare reform, and the impact of changes on PHA tenant and waiting list policy and practices. External Funders The US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Collaborating Investigators Dennis Culhane (SP2/CML) and Lorlene Hoyt (formerly GSFA doctoral student and PHA Planning Director, and now Asst. Prof at MIT). Partnering Agencies Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Office of Emergency Shelter and Services. Staff and Contact Info CML Alumni CML History Publications ... Gungywamp Project Website None currently. Project Presentation None currently.

50. Building An Ark In Milwaukee: The Housing Authority Prepares For Welfare Reform an Ark in Milwaukee The housing Authority Prepares for welfare reform Initiatives The new welfare plan being drafted in Wisconsin is a work model, http://www.housingresearch.org/hrf/HRF_News.nsf/0/ca69f97fe2bfe59a852569d00010e7

51. HandsNet: Housing Assistance And The Effects Of Welfare Reform HandsNet provides the best Human Services information in a manner that supports cross sector collaboration. http://webclipper.handsnet.org/mt-static/archives/2004/09/housing_assista.html

Main September 06, 2004 Housing Assistance and the Effects of Welfare Reform From MDRC Using data from two random assignment welfare reform experiments, this report contributes insights to efforts to foster economic self-sufficiency in both the assisted housing and the welfare policy arenas. Read more from this post. Posted by slamja at September 6, 2004 01:10 AM Email this entry to: Your email address: Message (optional): Get Dynamic Content for Your Website Post HandsNet Headlines - Updated Daily Learn How. Get the latest Human Services info delivered to your email weekly! Subscribe to the WebClipper Digest Support HandsNet. Building the Human Services Community Online. Interested on getting your information published on HandsNet? Send your submission to editor@handsnet.org HandsNet - Your Human Services Information Source

52. Welfare Reform This is a submission about housing and welfare reform. About us. The NSW Federation of housing Associations is the peak body for community managed housing http://www.communityhousing.org.au/training & resourcing/Publications/Reports_Fe

Submission on the Interim Report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform This is a submission about housing and welfare reform. About us The NSW Federation of Housing Associations is the peak body for community managed housing associations in NSW. We are the largest community housing peak in Australia. Community housing providers are notional ‘competitors’ for public housing. In NSW, we house around 8,000 households at any one time. Community housing is currently in a growth phase in NSW and has recently accepted a number of transfers of former public housing stock. We use the term ‘social housing’ in this submission as short hand for "public and community housing." Community housing applicants must fit strict eligibility requirements before they can be accepted for housing. Tenants are most likely to be social security benefits or pension recipients. Our tenant profile is very similar to public housing and the two systems face much the same issues. The NSW Community Housing Conference in Coffs Harbour 10-12 th May 2000 discussed Interim Report of the Reference Group and this submission has drawn on those discussions.

53. Information On Welfare Reform The Department of housing and Urban Development also has several ongoing efforts linking housing and welfare reform. For more information, see HUD s welfare http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/Welfare/

T H E W H I T E H O U S E Information on Welfare Reform Help Site Map Text Only As the President said on August 22, 1996, the signing of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 should "be remembered not for what it ended but for what it began: a new day that offers hope, honors responsibility, rewards work, and changes the terms of the debate." The implementation of this bill is critical to ensuring the President's vision is fulfilled. This page has been designed to assist the public in understanding the law and provide access to available federal information. Accomplishments Information by Topic Information by Department Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant The new welfare reform law, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act, block grants AFDC, Emergency Assistance (EA), and JOBS into a single capped entitlement to states Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). More information on TANF can be found on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Welfare Reform Page Transitions to Work The welfare reform law contains strong work requirements for individuals, along with strong incentives and penalties for states to move welfare recipients into work. For more information, see the

54. CLPHA | Welfare Reform welfare reform. New Study Highlights Benefits of Public housing (04/26/2002) New Academic Research Highlights the Beneficial Effects of Public housing http://www.clpha.org/page.cfm?pageID=376

55. PhpWiki - Clintons Welfare Reform of welfare reform on jobs, child care, housing, and emergency services. expected welfare reform to have a negative impact on assisted housing, http://www.pnews.org/PhpWiki/index.php/ClintonsWelfareReform

Recent Changes Find Page Like Pages Back Links ... Clintons Welfare Reform Written during the Clinton administration and published in 1999 as a record of the failures of both Republican and Democratic policies, the following excerpts from "Discovering America as It Is", written by Valdas Anelauskas (Clarity Press 1999), describes a little bit the consequences of bad planning and reform which isn't. It had the effect of forcing many further into abject povery with no safety net whereas before there was at least that, something to fall back on when everything else failed to work for them. It was typical of the uncaring, inhumane conduct for the New World disOrder. Out of Sight Out of Mind By Valdas Anelauskas Clinton and his clique have already declared welfare reform a resounding success. The President, Congress, and governors now celebrate reduction in welfare rolls, but they have no idea what has happened. And they don't care. Once those on welfare rolls have been erased from the database, politicians will pretend there are no remaining problems. Today, welfare reform in America is judged a success because caseloads have sharply declined. Whether people who exit or are terminated from welfare have jobs, whether those jobs enable them to afford housing, whether they have quality child-care and health care, whether they are homeless or hungry, these factors do not appear to be important measures to Clinton and Congress. But the drop in the welfare rolls does not correlate with any decline in the overall poverty level or the number of poor children. The state of Mississippi, for instance, which has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, has cut its welfare rolls by forty percent. Those leaving welfare are not doing so because of an increase in their living standards, but because of the punitive measures contained in the welfare bill. A very small number of those dropped from welfare have actually obtained full-time jobs, generally at low wages, where they join the swelling ranks of the working poor.

56. Urban Institute | Federal Housing Assistance And Welfare Reform Federal housing Assistance and welfare reform Uncharted Territory of the social safety net and how welfare reform affects housing programs and describes http://www.uipress.org/Template.cfm?Section=Bookstore&Template=/Ecommerce/Produc

57. Urban Institute Home Front, The Implications of welfare reform for housing Policy Sandra J. Newman The widening debate over welfare reform has largely ignored the importance of http://www.uipress.org/order.cfm?pubid=209001

58. Housing And Community Development Consulting | Workforce Development | ICF Consu The impact of welfare reform on its approach to service. The linkage between local housing systems and welfare and employment training programs. http://www.icfconsulting.com/Markets/Community_Development/cd-expertise-6.asp

awmSelectedItem=2 Contact Us Perspectives on Social Programs Overview ... Economic Development breadCrumbs("www.icfconsulting.com",">","default.asp","trail","trail","trail","0"); Workforce Development Due to the significant overlap among the needs of welfare, workforce development, and assisted housing clients, examining the linkages among these programs can help to more effectively meet program goals. Workforce development and housing related projects address the impact of welfare reform, employment and training programs, and other supportive services on public and subsidized housing residents. Often they involve research and analysis of existing federal programs and technical assistance to housing providers working with these issues. Strengthening Your Human Services Network SELECTED PROJECTS Researching Success in the New Welfare Environment Administering Technical Assistance for the Welfare to Work Housing Voucher Program RESEARCHING SUCCESS IN THE NEW WELFARE ENVIRONMENT Challenge Solution Benefit Challenge When Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), many agencies discovered new roles and challenges in their provision of service. One such agency was the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In the midst of these changes, HUD sought to evaluate several aspects of its operations, including the following:

59. Fairfax Welfare Reform Evaluation Study: Chapter 6 The Fairfax welfare reform Evaluation Study describes the Sixtyfive percent reported their housing to be better after moving; 20% reported housing http://www.nvgc.vt.edu/ippr/fairfax1/chapter6.html

Chapter VI CONCLUSIONS The Fairfax Welfare Reform Evaluation Study describes the characteristics of VIP/VIEW clients in comparison to AFDC recipients, the experiences of clients while participating in VIP/VIEW, and the outcomes for VIEW clients after leaving the program. Data for the analyses were drawn from monthly extracts of state and county administrative databases, an extract of baseline data previously collected by the Virginia Department of Social Services on AFDC clients, and a telephone survey of former VIEW participants conducted by VA Tech between October and December, 1997. This chapter summarizes key findings from all data sources. Characteristics of VIP/VIEW Clients in Comparison to Baseline AFDC Clients Current VIP/VIEW cases between January and December 1997 were predominately headed by single mothers, most often in their thirties, who were African-American, and had a high school education or less. On average there were one or two children in each VIP/VIEW case. Baseline/AFDC clients were comparable to VIP/VIEW clients with several exceptions.

60. Welfare Reform...How It Effects Housing Credit Properties welfare reform How it Effects housing Credit Properties With the changes brought about by the welfare reform Act, owners and managers of housing http://www.taxcreditlibrary.com/articles/Articles-2000/welfare.htm

Welfare Reform...How it Effects Housing Credit Properties By Ellen C. Watson, HCCP On August 22, 1996 President Clinton signed into law H.R. 3734 - the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ("the Act"). The enactment of this law not only made fundamental changes in the administration of the nation's welfare system, but also greatly impacted families involved in Affordable Housing Programs. The Act converts the Aid to Families with Dependent Children ("AFDC"), emergency assistance and work programs into a single grant called the Temporary Assistance for the Needy Families ("TANF") grant. In 1997 and 1998, states were projected to receive more federal funding through the TANF grant than they would have received under prior law (AFDC). However, by 1999 federal funding is projected to fall short of what would have been provided under prior law. Fiscal Year 1997 was a transition year, with many states ending welfare programs under AFDC and JOBS rules and beginning TANF programs. Since the focus of the new law is to move welfare parents into work, many states have changed their welfare programs to help parents get into jobs immediately. Some states have even transformed cash assistance into work based assistance whereby employment is a prerequisite for receiving any welfare benefits. The Act abolishes the AFDC program and replaces it with the TANF program. In turn, it abolishes the $50 pass-through requirement leaving each state the option to continue, expand, or eliminate it. The only stipulation on this option effects those states who enacted the pass-through into state law or regulation they are required to continue the benefit until the respective regulation or state law is amended.

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