Expanding Affordable Housing to Address Homelessness: Lessons from Master Leasing Programs in Los Angeles and New York City
Location: Virtual
Speaker(s): Carin Clary, Kris Freed, Meghan Smith, Thomas Wong
Programs in Los Angeles and New York City are using a master leasing model to create deeply affordable, permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness. Kris Freed and Thomas Wong of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and Meghan Smith of the New York City Department of Homeless Services will share insights from these programs, which lease privately owned units and sublease them at a subsidized rate to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. Carin Clary, director of homelessness and housing for the HKS Government Performance Lab, will moderate.
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Co-Sponsor(s): Initiative on Health and Homelessness at HSPH, HKS Government Performance Lab, Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative
