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A refresh turned into an overhaul, resulting in improved functionality for the SSVF website, which grantees use to help Veterans pursue stable housing.

Abt helped HACLA collect and analyze current Los Angeles rental data, showing rents were about 12% higher than federal estimates and providing evidence to support voucher subsidy levels that better reflect local housing costs and improve access to stable housing.

Abt is evaluating guaranteed income pilots in several cities, including Baltimore. In this piece, Abt researchers Hannah Thomas and Randall Juras explain that we’ll be collecting “data on everything from spending to housing effects to more ‘squishy’ questions like the effects on peoples’ mental health and time spent with family,” which, of course, we’ll share in our findings.

Compass Working Capital’s Markita Morris-Louis wrote about the impact of the Family Self-Sufficiency and Rent to Save programs for Brookings, and cited Abt’s evaluation of FSS.