Sponsor
Vision Action Network and the Washington County Department of Housing Services.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Subjects
Economic indicators -- Analysis, Economic conditions -- Oregon
Abstract
Comparison between the emergency service costs that homeless persons incur while homeless with their costs for the same services while residing in permanent, supportive housing.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17898
Publisher
Portland State University. College of Urban and Public Affairs. Northwest Economic Research Center
Citation Details
Stewart, Scott and Kessi, Janai, "A Comparison of Emergency Service Provider Costs for Formerly Homeless Persons Living inPermanent Supportive Housing in Washington County, Oregon" (2014). Northwest Economic Research Center Publications and Reports. 12.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17898
Description
In 2013 the Northwest Economic Research Center (NERC) completed Phase One of “Emergency Service Provider Costs for Chronically Homeless Persons in Washington County Oregon.” The study analyzed the costs of participants during homelessness. This new study is Phase Two. Its purpose is to compare the emergency service costs that chronically homeless persons incur while actually homeless with their costs for the same services while residing in permanent, supportive housing. Similar studies in other locales have found that once persons are in permanent, supportive housing they tend to use fewer costly emergency services. Phase Two examines this for Washington County.