The Secretary may make grants to applicants to demonstrate the desirability and feasibility of providing very low-cost housing, to be known as safe havens, to homeless persons who, at the time, are unwilling or unable to participate in mental health treatment programs or to receive other supportive services.
The demonstration program carried out under this part shall demonstrate—
(1) whether and on what basis eligible persons choose to reside in safe havens;
(2) the extent to which, after a period of residence in a safe haven, residents are willing to participate in mental health treatment programs, substance abuse treatment, or other treatment programs and to move toward a more traditional form of permanent housing and the availability in the community of such permanent housing and treatment programs;
(3) whether safe havens are cost-effective in comparison with other alternatives for eligible persons; and
(4) the various ways in which safe havens may be used to provide accommodations and low-demand services and referrals for eligible persons.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §431, as added Pub. L. 102–550, title XIV, §1404, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4022.)
Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title V, §§1501, 1503, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1701, 1702, provided that, effective on, and applicable beginning on, the earlier of the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on May 20, 2009, or the expiration of the 3-month period beginning upon publication by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of final regulations pursuant to section 1504 of Pub. L. 111–22, this section is repealed.
A prior section 11391, Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §431, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 100–242, title V, §570(i)(2), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1950, provided definitions for a program of supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–550, §1403(a).