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Permanent housing for homeless people with disabilities has been a federal policy goal since 1987, when Congress enacted the Stewart B. McKinney Act. This legislation (now officially called the McKinney/Vento Homeless Assistance Act) created three U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs that can be used to develop permanent housing for homeless individuals and families with disabilities: the Shelter Plus Care program (S+C), the Supportive Housing Program (SHP), and the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Section 8 SRO). (Authors)
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2001
Opening Doors
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