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3 weeks ago | 
bakersfield.com | Jason Ward
The spiraling cost of housing in California has affected virtually every facet of life. California has the nation’s largest unsheltered homeless population and among the highest rates of cost-burdened renters and overcrowded homes. kAm~?6 C62D@? 7@C E96 D66>:?8=J 6?5=6DD FAH2C5 EC2;64E@CJ @7 C6?ED :D 9@H 6IA6?D:G6 :E :D E@ 3F:=5 ?6H 2A2CE>6?ED :? r2=:7@C?:2] %9@D6 4@DED 2C6 2 >2;@C 4@?EC:3FE@C E@ “3C62<\6G6?
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4 weeks ago | 
rand.org | Shane Phillips |Jason Ward
Availability: Non-RAND Year: 2025 Pages: 57 Document Number: EP-70917 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.
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2 months ago | 
rand.org | Michael G. Mattock |Beth J. Asch |Jason Ward |Samuel Absher
Key Findings
Average regular military compensation has exceeded the 70th percentile benchmark since the early 2000s; this finding suggests that a higher benchmark could be appropriate, although the services have experienced strong retention overall and methods other than pay, such as increasing advertising and the number of recruiters, are more cost-effective recruiting resource tools.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
rand.org | Teresa Kroeger |Jason Ward |Jeffrey B. Wenger
Topics Publisher: Cambridge University PressAvailability: Non-RAND Year: 2024 Pages: 24 Document Number: EP-70643 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
rand.org | Joan S. Tucker |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey
Key Findings
Respondents noted a lack of education and employment, with more than one-quarter having less than a high school diploma or equivalent. Health issues were a reported concern, with 57 percent reporting a serious mental health disorder and 20 percent reporting overall health as "fair" or "poor."Respondents also reported a lack of income, with the median monthly income of $450.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
rand.org | Jason Ward
This study estimates the effects of a project labor agreement (PLA) requiring union construction labor on the production costs of publicly funded permanent supportive housing projects aimed at addressing chronic homelessness in Los Angeles. The results indicate that the PLA added 21 percent to total development costs. Additional evidence presented suggests that longer project completion time is one potential mechanism driving this cost effect.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
rand.org | Louis Abramson |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey |Sarah Hunter
To better inform development of effective policy to address homelessness, RAND continued its study, begun in fall 2021, of the number of people living unsheltered in Hollywood, Skid Row, and Venice. RAND also collected survey data from this population about individual housing needs, experiences, and preferences. RAND experts discussed findings from their latest report, which includes results from fall 2021 through December 2023.
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May 23, 2024 | 
rand.org | Colleen McCullough |Jason Ward |Rick Garvey |Sarah Hunter
The development of this tool was supported by the Zwick Impact Fund and conducted by the Community Health and Environmental Policy Program and the Center for Housing and Homelessness within RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. This report is part of the RAND tool series. RAND tools may include models, databases, calculators, computer code, GIS mapping tools, practitioner guidelines, web applications, and various toolkits.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
rand.org | Max Griswold |Lawrence Baker |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward
Crime-free housing policies attempt to prevent crime within rental properties by enrolling property owners in a local crime-free housing program, which subsequently permits landlords to use a supplemental lease agreement stating certain activities that could lead to a tenant being evicted. Building on third-party policing strategies, crime-free housing policies are widely prevalent across the United States, with an estimated 2,000 jurisdictions adopting them since 1992.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
rand.org | Louis Abramson |Sarah Hunter |Jason Ward
Reducing homelessness requires a social services system to consistently accomplish at least three tasks: identify and engage people experiencing homelessness, connect them to housing, and provide them with appropriate posthousing support so they do not reenter homelessness. Los Angeles (L.A.) County performs these tasks, but—despite unprecedented political and financial investment in all aspects of the mission—this work has not manifested in a quantitative reduction in homelessness.
