https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html?referringSource=articleShare
“the passage in 2009 of the Hearth Act, which stipulated that, in order to receive federal dollars, cities had to adopt a “housing first” policy and, crucially, that homeless organizations had to work together in “continuums of care” under a single lead agency, coordinating their programs and sharing data. The federal government had recommended these continuums of care since 1994, but not until the Hearth Act was funding tied to specific metrics of effectiveness.” NY TIMES ARTICLE 6/14/22
With the new regulations set to take effect in 2012, the Obama administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development offered money and expertise to 10 cities where homelessness was a particular problem. Houston was among them.
How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own.