Using Federal Property to Serve Homeless Veterans: a Guidebook
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NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY USING FEDERAL PROPERTY TO SERVE HOMELESS VETERANS: A GUIDEBOOK National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty in partnership with the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans June 2005 1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-638-2535 Fax: 202-628-2737 www.nlchp.org ABOUT THE NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is committed to solutions that address the causes of homelessness, not just the symptoms, and works to place and address homelessness in the larger context of poverty. To this end, we employ three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. We are a persistent and effective voice on behalf of homeless Americans, speaking effectively to federal, state, and local decision makers. We also produce investigative reports and provide legal and policy support to local organizations. You are invited to join the attorneys, students, advocates, activists and committed individuals who make up NLCHP’s membership network. Our network provides a forum for individuals, non- profits, and corporations to participate and learn more about using the law to advocate for solutions to homelessness. For more information about our organization, membership, and access to publications such as this guidebook, please see the form at the end of this guidebook or visit our website at www.nlchp.org. Board of Directors Roderick DeArment Baker & Hostetler, LLP Fried Frank Harris Co-Chairperson Shriver & Jacobson Covington & Burling Deborah Dennis Policy Research Associates Judith Winston Pamela Malester Winston Withers & Co-Chairperson Terri Montague Associates Community Volunteer Enterprise Foundation Maria Foscarinis Margaret Pfeiffer Jack Rothstein Executive Director, Vice-Chair Rothstein Investment Advisors National Law Center on Sullivan & Cromwell Homelessness & Poverty William Breakey, M.D. Treasurer Johns Hopkins University Affiliations for identification purposes only Staff Allison Mitchell Naomi Stern Vibha Bhatia Membership Assistant Domestic Violence Program Office Manager Americorps VISTA Attorney Maria Foscarinis Joy Moses Rebecca Troth Executive Director Children’s Program Attorney Legal Director Housing Program Attorney Michele Frome Melanie Mullen Operations Director Development Associate Laurel Weir Policy Director Meagan Leatherbury Tulin Ozdeger Program Assistant Civil Rights Program Attorney Bruce Casino Vasiliki Tsaganos Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ........................................................................................................ 1 PREFACE ................................................................................................................................. 2 PART ONE I. Introduction......................................................................................................................... 3 II. Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act................................................. 5 A. Overview ........................................................................................................................ 5 B. How Title V Works ........................................................................................................ 7 1. Suitability Determination.............................................................................. 7 2. Publication of Available Property................................................................. 8 3. Applying for the Property ............................................................................. 9 4. HHS’ Consideration of the Application...................................................... 11 5. Transferring the Property ............................................................................ 11 III. Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994.......... 12 A. Overview ...................................................................................................................... 12 B. How the 1994 Base Closure Act Works....................................................................... 12 IV. Impact of the Surplus Federal Property Programs............................................................ 15 V. Barriers to Achieving Maximum Effectiveness of the Surplus Property Programs ...... .117 A. Ineffective Outreach..................................................................................................... 18 B. Agency Attempts to Withhold Property....................................................................... 19 C. Cumbersome and Standardless Application Process ................................................... 20 D. Unreasonable Limits on the Use of Title V Property................................................... 21 E. NIMBY Opposition...................................................................................................... 22 G. General Recommendations for Providers/State and Local Government Agencies...... 23 1. Collaborate .................................................................................................. 23 2. Be Aware of Property in the Community ................................................... 24 3. Contact NLCHP with Questions................................................................. 25 PART TWO - PROGRAMS BY STATE Alaska Anchorage Duplexes................................................................................................... 27 Tundra Women’s Coalition (Bethel)........................................................................... 28 Arizona House of Refuge East (Mesa) ..................................................................................... 29 Phoenix Rescue Mission ............................................................................................. 30 Esperanza En Escalante (Tucson) ............................................................................... 31 Arkansas Salvation Army Family Shelter (Benton) ................................................................... 33 Quapaw House (Hot Springs) ..................................................................................... 34 Our House II (Little Rock).......................................................................................... 35 California The Rose Julia Riordan Tranquility Village (Atwater)............................................... 37 Regional Opportunity Center (Los Angeles) .............................................................. 38 Veterans Transition Center of Monterey County (Marina)......................................... 40 A Woman's Place of Merced County (Merced).......................................................... 41 Interim, Inc. (Monterey).............................................................................................. 42 California Emergency Foodlink (Sacramento) ........................................................... 44 Sacramento Veterans Resource Center ....................................................................... 46 Children's Services International (Salinas) ................................................................. 47 California (continued) Housing Authority of Monterey County (Salinas)...................................................... 49 Shelter Plus (Salinas).................................................................................................. 50 Grace Chapel (San Bernardino) .................................................................................. 51 Colorado Catholic Charities (Denver)........................................................................................ 52 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (Denver) .......................................................... 53 Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation (Denver) .................................. 55 Golfer's Way (Denver)................................................................................................ 56 Empowerment Program Service (Denver).................................................................. 57 Third Way Center, Inc. (Denver) ................................................................................ 58 District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) Mitch Snyder Arts & Education Center Community for Creative Nonviolence ........ 59 Florida South Miami-Dade Homeless Housing Project (Miami)............................................ 60 Illinois Growing Home (Chicago)........................................................................................... 62 Northwest Self-Help Center (Mt. Prospect)................................................................ 63 Indiana Horizon House (Indianapolis)..................................................................................... 64 Kansas Choices (Manhattan)................................................................................................... 65 Louisiana Aftercare Ministries, Inc. (Alexandria)....................................................................... 66 A.C. Dowden Memorial Homeless Shelter (Leesville) .............................................. 67 Harmony House (Monroe).......................................................................................... 68 Maine Park Woods (Bangor).................................................................................................. 70 Vickers Hope (Caribou) .............................................................................................. 71 Emmaus Center (Ellsworth).......................................................................................