. 2020 Jul;110(7):1068–1075. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305660

TABLE 3—

Housing Needs and Services Among Low-Income Persons Living With HIV, Within 2 Years After Enrollment, by Housing Program Service Category: New York City, 2013–2017

	Housing Placement Assistance (n = 384)	Supportive Permanent Housing (n = 92)	Rental Assistance (n = 85)
Housing needs were met,^a no. (%)	187 (49)	74 (80)	77 (91)
Days from enrollment to housing needs met, median	89	8	0
No. of services^b per consumer before housing needs were met, mean (95% CI)	27 (25, 30)	15 (10, 20)	2 (1, 3)
No. of services^b per consumer after housing needs were met, mean (95% CI)	19 (16, 23)	118 (103, 132)	46 (42, 50)
Top 3 types of services^b after housing needs were met	Advocacy^c	Advocacy^c	Rental assistance eligibility verification^d
	Service plan development or update^e	Life skills management^f	Rental assistance^g
	Counseling^h	Counseling^h	Service plan development or update^e

Note. CI = confidence interval.

^{^a}

Major housing needs were defined as placement in permanent housing (either supportive housing or independent living) for housing placement assistance, placement in supportive housing for supportive permanent housing, and receipt of rental assistance for rental assistance.

^{^b}

The services did not include intake assessments or reassessments. When counting the number of services, the numbers reflected the number of encounters, rather than the number of unique types of services.

^{^c}

Advocacy includes advocacy for housing, health care, entitlements, and other.

^{^d}

Rental assistance eligibility verification includes the application review process to determine and verify client eligibility for Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS–funded rental assistance. Also included is the review process to verify continual eligibility for recipients of Tenant-Based Rental Assistance.

^{^e}

Service plan development or update includes identification, development, and update of long-term and short-term goals and the action steps (including timeframes) necessary to achieve these goals.

^{^f}

Life skills management includes individual or group health promotion and education, housing readiness workshops, and independent living skills.

^{^g}

Rental assistance includes long-term rental assistance, short-term rental assistance, and start-up rental assistance.

^{^h}

Counseling includes individual or group counseling for mental health, substance use, and other supportive counseling.