"CLBC commissioned a review of the home share model prompted by a number of events. Previous project recommendations, the attention of media and advocacy organizations, and actions taken by CLBC in response to previous recommendations all culminated in a desire to examine the resulting state of affairs. The development of home share standards and policy (2006-2009), the growth in actual numbers of adults living in home share arrangements, and the shift from direct contracts with home sharing providers to a preference for agency coordinated home share delivery whenever possible, also called for an accounting of achievements and challenges"--Page 2.