Take-up Rates Significantly Higher for Permanent Housing Subsidies Compared to Other Interventions

Interventions            Number of                       Number of           Take-up     
                                Families Assigned            Families to           rate
                                take-up (enroll)
                                in intervention
        
CBRR                        578                                  263                       45.5%
PBTH                        371                                  106                       28.6%
SUB                          604                                  433                       71.7%

All Interventions       2,307                               1,556                    67.4%

Notes: Interventions include community based rapid re-housing (CBRR), project-based transitional housing (PBTH), permanent housing subsidies (SUB), and the usual care (UC) emergency shelters. All families assigned to UC are considered to have received the UC intervention.

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2013). Interim Report: Family Options Study. Exhibit 5-1: Intervention Take-Up Rates as of September 1, 2012
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