{"edition":"los-angeles","organization":"Housing Rights Center","organizationId":"org:housing-rights-center","boundaryVersion":"OMB-23-01-2023-07-21","updated":"2026-09-14","model":{"version":"la-hrc-accommodation-health-component-v1","costScope":"Full recipient expense; health estimate limited to accommodation-related investigation outcomes.","geographicAttribution":"g=.9 applies to estimated all-contract fair-housing cases and excludes Ventura; actual residence share is unknown. LA city/county investigation anchor is observed, extension to other contracts is a judgment.","formula":"DLA=1059837+939491=1999328; D= DLA+930449=2929777. N=233*(D/DLA)=341.4337422 assumed investigation-equivalents. A(T)=sum(y=1..T)(1.03^-y). Q=N*z*e*a*b*q*A(T)*g. Central z=.9,e=.5,a=.25,b=.25,q=.03,T=2,g=.9 gives Q=.4961172433. Price10=10*4696526/Q. Qportfolio=Q+Qother-H; Qother unknown.","counterfactual":"Existing landlord compliance, public enforcement and other assistance continue. a is the increment in a health-relevant implemented outcome over that baseline, not the observed fraction of winning cases. b separately discounts resource substitution and marginal capacity.","attribution":"N extrapolates observed investigations using fair-housing program resources, not inquiry counts or all recipient spending. z deduplicates. e limits cases to meaningful disability/housing-health changes. One affected person's utility trajectory per case is assumed; no automatic household or life-expectancy multiplier.","uncertainty":"Explicit subjective component best estimate, not empirical resolution rates, local QALY measurement or a complete portfolio return. Zero and harm are plausible; positive cases are joint stress tests.","nativeOutcomes":"233 observed LA city/county investigations at $1,999,328 associated program resources; extrapolation to $2,929,777 fair-housing resources yields 341.4337 investigation-equivalents. After deduplication, eligibility, counterfactual resolution and funding, central 9.6028 additional health-relevant outcomes before geography. Each receives a finite two-year .03 utility trajectory.","inputs":[{"name":"C","value":4696526,"unit":"USD full annual recipient cost","basis":"observed","rationale":"Part IX, with no separately netted activity costs shown.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"NLA","value":233,"unit":"reported city/county investigations","basis":"observed","rationale":"188+45; not verified unique or successful cases.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"DLA","value":1999328,"unit":"USD city/county fair-housing expense","basis":"observed","rationale":"Sum of two Part III expense fields; grants fields not used.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"D","value":2929777,"unit":"USD all fair-housing contract expense","basis":"observed","rationale":"Adds $930449 other-city contracts; excludes rental-program activity.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"caseScaling","value":1,"unit":"equal investigation intensity per fair-housing dollar across contracts","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Produces N=NLA*D/DLA; actual other-city investigations missing.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"z","value":0.9,"unit":"unique-case adjustment","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Cross-contract duplicate records unobserved; test .7–1.","sourceIds":[]},{"name":"e","value":0.5,"unit":"health-relevant disability/accommodation share","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Current examples establish plausibility, not prevalence; test .2–.7.","sourceIds":["cases26","cases24"]},{"name":"a","value":0.25,"unit":"additional implemented outcome probability","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Compared with public/landlord/alternative assistance; test .05–.6.","sourceIds":["cases26","rights"]},{"name":"b","value":0.25,"unit":"proportional marginal funding response","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Contract and reserve substitution; test .05–.75.","sourceIds":["99025"]},{"name":"q","value":0.03,"unit":"annual survival-adjusted utility gain per changed case","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Not an estimate from CAPABLE or OTIS; includes mental and functional health once; test 0–.08.","sourceIds":["cases24","capable","otis"]},{"name":"T","value":2,"unit":"years of health effect","basis":"judgment","rationale":"No benefit after two years; sensitivity one to three; mortality and recurrence absorbed in q.","sourceIds":[]},{"name":"g","value":0.9,"unit":"LA/Orange resident fraction of estimated all-contract effects","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Ventura explicitly excluded; no county count weighting claimed; test .7–.98.","sourceIds":["about"]},{"name":"d","value":0.03,"unit":"annual discount","basis":"judgment","rationale":"Each finite year discounted once; no additional lifetime term.","sourceIds":[]},{"name":"Qother","value":null,"unit":"non-overlapping LA portfolio health","basis":"unknown","rationale":"Rental administration, broader legal action and deterrence unpriced.","sourceIds":["99025","services"]}],"scenarios":[{"id":"central","label":"Conditional accommodation-health component","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":0.5512413814930555,"editionQalys":0.4961172433437499,"assumptions":"N=341.43374223739175;z=0.9;e=0.5;a=0.25;b=0.25;q=0.03;T=2;g=0.9;discount=.03. These are joint subjective scenarios, not confidence bounds."},{"id":"low","label":"Weak delivery and health effect","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":0.0005801058727334328,"editionQalys":0.0004060741109134029,"assumptions":"N=341.43374223739175;z=0.7;e=0.2;a=0.05;b=0.05;q=0.005;T=1;g=0.7;discount=.03. These are joint subjective scenarios, not confidence bounds."},{"id":"high","label":"Favorable delivery and health effect","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":24.337740677969123,"editionQalys":23.85098586440974,"assumptions":"N=341.43374223739175;z=1;e=0.7;a=0.6;b=0.75;q=0.08;T=3;g=0.98;discount=.03. These are joint subjective scenarios, not confidence bounds."},{"id":"zero","label":"No additional implemented health benefit","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":0,"editionQalys":0,"assumptions":"a=0, b=0 or q=0."},{"id":"adverse","label":"Illustrative net harm","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":-1,"editionQalys":-1,"assumptions":"One LA QALY lost through conflict, delayed housing or other consequences; not observed."},{"id":"portfolio-unknown","label":"Whole-portfolio return unestimated","costUSD":4696526,"allPopulationQalys":null,"editionQalys":null,"assumptions":"Other pathways cannot be assumed zero for a recipient ranking."}],"sensitivity":["Central $94665647.34 per 10 LA QALYs; favorable $1969111.90; weak $115656868383.85.","Removing imputed other-city cases scales N down to233; this tests contract-intensity extrapolation separately from geography.","Halving either additional resolution probability or utility effect doubles the positive price.","A three-year financial mean is not the modeled marginal denominator because emergency relief expenditure changed sharply.","A resource sensitivity adding landlord/outside costs increases cost; benefits from those services must not be claimed without their contribution."],"missingInputs":["Unique investigations across all contracts, with residence.","Implemented accommodation rates versus alternative assistance.","Representative diagnoses, utility changes and persistence.","Unrestricted marginal funding allocation and contract replacement.","Recent completed audit, donor-service resources and prior-period adjustment explanation.","Non-overlapping rental-administration, counseling and litigation health effects."]},"sources":[{"id":"99025","title":"FY2025 original Form 990","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202621349349300637/IRS990","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2026-05-13","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"d25","title":"FY2025 expense reconciliation","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202621349349300637/IRS990ScheduleD","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2026-05-13","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"o25","title":"FY2025 supplemental explanations and audit status","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202621349349300637/IRS990ScheduleO","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2026-05-13","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"99024","title":"FY2024 original Form 990","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202531359349308813/IRS990","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2025-05-15","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"d24","title":"FY2024 expense reconciliation","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202531359349308813/IRS990ScheduleD","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2025-05-15","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"o24","title":"FY2024 supplemental explanations and audit status","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202531359349308813/IRS990ScheduleO","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2025-05-15","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"99023","title":"FY2023 original Form 990","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202421359349312677/IRS990","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2024-05-14","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"d23","title":"FY2023 expense reconciliation","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202421359349312677/IRS990ScheduleD","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2024-05-14","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"o23","title":"FY2023 supplemental explanations and audit status","url":"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text/202421359349312677/IRS990ScheduleO","publisher":"Housing Rights Center / IRS","published":"2024-05-14","retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"about","title":"Current LA and Ventura coverage","url":"https://www.housingrightscenter.org/about","publisher":"HRC","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"services","title":"Current counseling, investigations and education","url":"https://www.housingrightscenter.org/services","publisher":"HRC","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"cases26","title":"April–June 2026 accommodation examples","url":"https://www.housingrightscenter.org/newsletters/fair-housing-in-action-june-edition-2026","publisher":"HRC","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"cases24","title":"Summer 2024 newsletter: mobility, safety and accommodation cases","url":"https://www.housingrightscenter.org/_files/ugd/55e2fa_461d4fe5b3884f118087832b988e0908.pdf","publisher":"HRC","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"capable","title":"CAPABLE randomized clinical trial","url":"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2720136","publisher":"Szanton and colleagues / JAMA Internal Medicine","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"otis","title":"OTIS randomized home modification trial","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34254934/","publisher":"Cockayne and colleagues / NIHR","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"rights","title":"Existing fair-housing rights and public enforcement","url":"https://www.hud.gov/stat/fheo/rights-obligations","publisher":"US HUD","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"donate","title":"Ordinary recipient giving page","url":"https://www.housingrightscenter.org/support-us","publisher":"HRC","published":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-14"},{"id":"ventura","title":"Reported Ventura Section 8 settlement; 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