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## Portfolio
We’ve worked with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health & Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury on evaluations related to housing insecurity and home energy costs.

In 2024, we completed two impact evaluations of program design flexibilities to streamline access to rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. These evaluations contributed to the <a class="usa-link usa-link--external" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/American-Rescue-Plan-Equity-Learning-Agenda.pdf">American Rescue Plan Equity Learning Agenda</a>, <a class="usa-link usa-link--external" href="https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/ORP-Learning-Agenda-Draft-2023.pdf">Treasury’s Economic Recovery Learning Agenda</a>, and <a class="usa-link usa-link--external" href="https://www.usich.gov/sites/default/files/document/From%20Evidence%20to%20Action_A%20Federal%20Homelessness%20Research%20Agenda%20November%202023.pdf">USICH’s Federal Homelessness Research Agenda</a>.
In 2024, we completed two impact evaluations of program design flexibilities to streamline access to rental assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. These evaluations contributed to <a class="usa-link usa-link--external" href="https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/ORP-Learning-Agenda-Draft-2023.pdf">Treasury’s Economic Recovery Learning Agenda</a> and <a class="usa-link usa-link--external" href="https://www.usich.gov/sites/default/files/document/From%20Evidence%20to%20Action_A%20Federal%20Homelessness%20Research%20Agenda%20November%202023.pdf">USICH’s Federal Homelessness Research Agenda</a>.

## What have we learned?
Results of our housing evaluations suggest:
- Streamlining access to rental assistance in <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/era-grantee-flexibilities-va/">Virginia</a> and <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/2305-era-grantee-flexibilities-ky/">Kentucky</a> by verifying eligibility through proxy data increased application approval rates and reduced application processing times, without increasing new applications or compromising program integrity.
- <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/haf-pilot/">Postcards</a> mailed to at-risk homeowners did not increase the number of applications for homeowner assistance in Idaho during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this rapid-cycle evaluation, started and completed in under six months, led to a redirection of outreach funds.
- A <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/era-equity/">descriptive study</a> of equity in the first-ever nationwide eviction prevention program found that among eligible renters nationwide, emergency rental assistance was much more likely to reach those with the lowest incomes, as well as Black and women renters. Treasury <a href="https://www.evaluation.gov/actionable-learning-about-economic-recovery/">used the results of this study</a> to inform outreach work and make updates to better reach populations underrepresented among program beneficiaries.
- A <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/era-equity/">descriptive study</a> of the first-ever nationwide eviction prevention program found that among eligible renters nationwide, emergency rental assistance was much more likely to reach those with the lowest incomes, as well as Black and women renters. Treasury <a href="https://www.evaluation.gov/actionable-learning-about-economic-recovery/">used the results of this study</a> to inform outreach work and make updates to better reach populations underrepresented among program beneficiaries.
- <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/improving-homeless-liaison-support/">New emails that shared simplified information</a> sent to homeless liaison staff in Local Education Authorities increased the identification of homeless students.
- <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/1901-ahs-incentives-evaluation/">Targeted incentives</a> increased response rates but did not decrease nonresponse bias for the American Housing Survey.
- <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/energy-use-feedback/">Letters with individualized feedback on recent energy use</a> and <a href="https://oes.gsa.gov/projects/energy-use-feedback/">flyers with energy-saving tips</a> sent to public housing residents in New York City did not change home energy use.
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