Transitional housing is temporary housing for certain segments of the
homeless
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
* living on the streets, also kn ...
population, including
working homeless people who are earning too little money to afford long-term housing. Transitional housing is set up to transition residents into permanent, affordable housing. It is not in an
emergency homeless shelter, but usually a room or apartment in a residence with support services.
Description
The transitional time can be short, for example one or two years, and in that time the person must file for and get permanent housing and usually some gainful employment or income, even if Social Security or assistance. Sometimes, the transitional housing residence program charges a room and board fee, maybe 30% of an individual's income, which is sometimes partially or fully refunded after the person procures a permanent place to live in. In the USA, federal funding for transitional housing programs was originally allocated in the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986.
[Dordick, Gwendolyn A.]
"Recovering from Homelessness: Determining the 'Quality of Sobriety' in a Transitional Housing Program"
''Journal Qualitative Sociology'', Volume 25, Number 1 / March, 2002, Springer Netherlands.
An example of Transitional Housing designed specifically for youth is the
Foyer
A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer, reception area or an entrance hall, it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc. ...
model. Providers generally provide a combination of affordable accommodation with vocational, work, and counseling opportunities.
See also
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Boarding house – residence that provides meals and a room to live in, with some communal areas
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Rooming house
A rooming house, also called a "multi-tenant house", is a "dwelling with multiple rooms rented out individually", in which the tenants share kitchen and often bathroom facilities. Rooming houses are often used as housing for low-income people, as ...
– residence that provides a room to live in, but not meals
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Single room occupancy
Single room occupancy (more commonly abbreviated to SRO) is a form of housing that is typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. SRO units are ren ...
– residence that rents rooms to individuals
References
Homelessness
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