Supportive Housing:
How does supportive housing work to end homelessness?
Supportive housing is proven to help people who face the most complex challenges--individuals and families who are not only homeless, but who also have very low incomes and serious, persistent issues that may include substance use, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS--to live more stable, productive lives.
Without a stable place to live and a support system to help them address their underlying problems, most homeless people bounce from one emergency system to the next--from the streets to shelters to public hospitals to psychiatric institutions and detox centers and back to the streets--endlessly. The extremely high cost of this cycle of homelessness, in human and economic terms, can be seen in the lives of people like Frank, a formerly homeless veteran from Chicago.
Source: Corporation for Supportive Housing
Other questions & answers related to this topic:
What is supportive housing?
Does supportive housing have the "look and feel" of other types of housing?
What impact does supportive housing have on health, employment, mental illness, and substance abuse in communities where it is has been implemented?
What is the cost of supportive housing?
What are some examples of communities where permanent supportive housing has been used effectively?
What are the key principles of supportive housing?
What types of services are typically provided in supportive housing programs?