Understanding Rural and Tribal Homelessness

CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSINGJULY 2011CSH.ORG

Presentation Overview

• Rural and Tribal Homelessness Overview

• AISHI & Permanent Supportive Housing Examples

• Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe & Plan to End Homelessness

• HPRP & Technology Examples from Rural Areas

CSH’s Role & 20th Anniversary

Creation and Operation of More,

High-QualitySupportive Housing

Advancing Public Policy

Reform

No other organization links these activities in this way.

Our Lines of Business

Project/Program Assistance

• Financial Assistance

• Specialized Technical Assistance

• Training

IndustryCapacity Building

• Training• Tools and

Resources• Learning

Collaboratives

Public Policy Reform

• Convenings• Plan Development

and Implementation• Structured Loan

Programs• Peer Exchanges

Our Supportive Housing Partners

Developers(for-profit and

nonprofit)

Property Management

Firms

Service Providers and

Agencies

Scattered Site Owners and Operators

Public Agencies

Consultants,TA Providers,

Financial Institutions

Elected and Appointed Officials

Advocacy Partners

Philanthropic Stakeholders

Homelessness in Minnesota in 2009

9,654 HOMELESS

ADULTS, YOUTH AND CHILDREN

LONG-TERM HOMELESS

FAMILIES W/CHILDREN

MENTALLY ILL/DUALLY DIAGNOSED

AFRICAN AMERICAN/A

MERICAN INDIAN

YOUTH

VETERANS

EX-OFFENDERS

FORCLOSURES

Homelessness Outside 7-County Metro

19% were American Indian (more than twice as high as the 8% in metro)

Rural Homelessness

• More children were in unsheltered situations (4% vs. less than 0.5%) and informal arrangements (24% vs. 4%)

• 42% of homeless adults had a chronic health condition (48% in the metro area)

• 32% of homeless women were fleeing abuse (27% in the metro area)

Unique Challenges

Unique Challenges to creating PSH in Rural Areas

• Fewer providers & potential partners• Large geographic service areas• Fewer foundations for gap financing & service funding• Lack of understanding of the need • Smaller developments, more expensive per unit• Quantifiable problem• One development/program makes a visible different

MN Reservation Homeless Survey – An Original

2006 • Six Tribes

2009• Two Additional Tribes – 8

Total

CSH• Coordinated – Fundraised

– Buy In

Keys• Wilder Research & MN

DHS

Reservation Homeless Survey

• 1,239 people who were homeless or near-homelesson the six reservations participating in the study (2006)

Includes:• 447 children (age 17 or younger) with their parents• 146 youth/young adults (age 21 or younger) on their own

• 1 in 10 were literally homeless

• 2 in 10 spent at least one night in the previous month sleeping in a place not meant for habitation

Prefer Own Housing if Available

“Disproves stereotype that overcrowdingoccurs because American Indians prefer to

live with extended family: 98 percent ofdoubled-up respondents would prefer to be in

their own housing if they could find or afford it.”

2006 Study: Homeless and near-homeless people on northern Minnesota Indianreservations, Wilder Research

Doubled-Up and Moving Often

“Nearly two-thirds of doubled-up people had been staying “temporarily” with others for over a year. Of this group,

few had been in the same place for 12 consecutive months, and over one third had been in four or more

places in the past 12 months.”

2006 Study: Homeless and near-homeless people on northern Minnesota Indianreservations, Wilder Research

Reservation Homelessness

Doubled up for so long, people don’t consider themselves homeless. Houseless better describes experience on

reservations.

“Homeless and near-homeless people onnorthern Minnesota Indian reservations”

Report available at www.wilder.org/download.0.html?report=2018

American Indian Supportive Housing Initiative

AISHI Goals

• Provide training and technical support to tribes and American Indian organizations to create more PSH.

• Build the capacity of tribes and American Indian organizations to develop, manage and provide services.

• Bring new federal and state resources to tribes and American Indian organizations for PSH.

• Offer low-cost loans and grants to jumpstart projects.

AISHI Developments

American Indian CDC – Minneapolis, MN

Anishinabe Wakiagun – People’s Home

Dream Catcher Homes - White Earth Reservation

Fond du Lac Supportive Housing

Gimmaajii-Mino-Bimaadiziyaan - Duluth, MN

American Indian Community Housing Organization – owner/developer

Conifer Estates - Bemidji, MN

PartnersRed Lake Reservation

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Beltrami HRA

Headwaters Regional Development Bi-Cap

Red Lake Duplexes & Scattered Site