Supportive housing

New Community | Jan 30, 2019

Behavioral Health

Behavioral health problems can negatively affect an individual's ability to remain stably housed. With certain supports, however, those struggling with addiction and/or mental health issues can live better lives.

New Community | Jan 30, 2019

Veterans

After serving our country, all veterans deserve a place to call home with the supports they need to succeed. With the VASH program and supportive housing options, we can help transition more veterans out of homelessness and poverty.

Bay Area Businesses, Foundations to Boost Affordable Housing

News Article

Jan 24, 2019

Affordable Housing Finance

A new collaboration of San Francisco Bay Area foundations and businesses is raising $540 million to tackle the region’s affordable housing crisis.

How Does Rapid Re-housing Help Veterans Get off the Street and into a Home? An Expert Dialogue

Publication

Jan 23, 2019

How Housing Matters for The Urban Institute

To explore the benefits and challenges of rapid re-housing support services, How Housing Matters asked a group of experts to weigh in.

What Fueled the Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness in 2018?

News Article

Jan 16, 2019

Aaron Shroyer How Housing Matters

In 2018, over half a million people experienced homelessness on a given night in the US. Of those, roughly one in three experienced unsheltered homelessness in a car, outside, or in other places not meant for human habitation.

Kansas embraces unconditional housing program for mentally ill

News Article

Jan 7, 2019

Sherman Smith for The Topeka Capital-Journal

Kansas officials see a solution to chronic homelessness and the burden placed on state institutions, jails and law enforcement in the work of a psychiatrist who believes mentally ill people can help themselves without any strings attached.

FUP Vouchers: Opportunities and Best Practices for Implementation

Webinar

Dec 17, 2018

CSH: 1 Roof and CLPHA

Webinar slide deck that provides a brief overview of FUP, building blocks of successful FUP voucher implementation, facilitated panel on increasing impact and enhancing FUP operations, and other opportunities and resources.

Finding Stability through Housing: Interim Lessons from Denver's Expansion of Supportive Housing

Report

Nov 14, 2018

Urban Institute

Denver’s expansion of supportive housing through the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative is beginning to pay off for the city of Denver, its homeless residents, and a group of investors banking on social impact. This fact sheet highlights interim results of the program.

Families Will Benefit from Expanding the Evidence Base on Supportive Housing

Publication

Nov 28, 2018

Aaron Shroyer for The Urban Institute

Housing instability among families and children can be detrimental to child welfare, health, economic, and other outcomes. Policymakers and service providers in these fields should consider weaving housing into their approaches.

Lack of Housing and Mental Health Disabilities Exacerbate One Another

Publication

Nov 20, 2018

Heidi Schultheis for Center for American Progress

People with mental health disabilities are vastly overrepresented in the population of people who experience homelessness. Of the more than 550,000 people in America who experienced homelessness on a given night in 2017, 1 in 5 had a mental illness.