Reintegration & Affordable Housing

WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FOR GREATER COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

MAY 31, 2023

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Topics for today

• SHA - Scope and Scale
• BPCCG – History 
•  BPCCG - Values 
•  Redefining Reintegration 
•  Intersection of reintegration & housing
• (BPCCG + SHA partnership)
•  How can you help?
•  Q&A

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SHA = Seattle Housing Authority

BPCCG = Black Prisoners’ Caucus Community Group

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The mission of the 

Seattle Housing Authority is to

 enhance the Seattle community

 by creating and sustaining

decent, safe and affordable living

 environments that foster stability

 and self-sufficiency 

for people with low incomes.

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SHA categorizes its housing into three broad “programs”

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SHA categorizes its housing into three broad “programs”

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3,300 units

120 locations

8,500 units

375 locations

8,500 vouchers

1,900 landlords in Seattle +

~20% used outside of Seattle

SHA within the Rental Housing Continuum

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Homeless System

Seattle Housing Authority

Private Market

2.9.23

*Size of circles is for emphasis, not scale.

SHA within the Rental Housing Continuum

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Homeless System

Seattle Housing Authority

Private Market

2.9.23

Point of Access:

Continuum of Care, Non-Profit Providers

Non-Profit and Private Market Landlords

SHA Owned/Managed Units + Vouchers

*Size of circles is for emphasis, not scale.

SHA within the Rental Housing Continuum

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Homeless System

Seattle Housing Authority

Private Market

2.9.23

Point of Access:

Continuum of Care, Non-Profit Providers

Non-Profit and Private Market Landlords

SHA Owned/Managed Units + Vouchers

Annually SHA dedicates more than 5,140 subsidized rental resources to serving formerly homeless households

Nearly 2/3 of all new households were experiencing�homeless

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5 Year Average (2018-2022)

Household housing status prior to admission to

SHA-funded housing assistance

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Committed to Quality Communities Wherever People Live

More than housing

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Black Prisoners’ Caucus Community Group

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“I am because we are, and because we are ………… Therefore I am.”

-Black Prisoners Caucus est. 1972

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Sankofa

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Our Values

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Reintegration

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Coming home

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A Vicious Cycle

• Formerly incarcerated people are 10 times more likely to be unhoused than the general public

• People who are unhoused are more likely to interact with police and are 11 times more likely to be arrested than people with stable housing

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Discussion�

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Partnership

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For more information

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Black Prisoner’s Caucus

www.blackprisonerscaucus.org

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Seattle Housing Authority

www.seattlehousing.org

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