Issue brief (PDF) from the NGA Center for Best Practices.

This document (PDF) is the remarks given by Feather O. Houstoun at the Housing Affordability Workshop at the National Governors Association (NGA) on October 16, 2003.

I was asked to research and make recommendations to strengthen the link between housing and behavioral health programs to improve permanent supportive housing. With backgrounds in both fields, I had credibility on a complex topic, and the report was instrumental in achieving significant policy changes in Pennsylvania at the Housing Finance Agency in 2013. Read PDF.

The first five years of welfare reform and a strong economy resulted in large state balances in funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The Ridge Administration unsuccessfully proposed to the Bush administration that the funds be linked with housing programs to bring more affordable housing to low income households. This April 12, 2002, talk to the Brookings Institution outlines the program and the obstacles to acceptance. Read PDF.

This 2003 proposal to the Bush Administration outlined specific steps to adoption of recommendations of the Millennial Housing Commission on which I served in 1999-2000. Read PDF.