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PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
TAC provides leadership, policy analysis and capacity building to affect critically important affordable housing and human services policies and essential systems changes needed to create Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for our nation's most vulnerable households.
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is a nationally recognized and proven, cost-effective solution that is being replicated across the country to prevent and end homelessness among low-income people with disabilities. It integrates permanent, affordable rental housing with the best practice community-based supportive services needed to help people who are homeless and/or have serious and long-term disabilities including mental illnesses, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, substance use disorders, and chronic health conditions access and maintain stable housing in the community.
Key components of PSH that facilitate successful housing tenure include:
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Individually tailored and flexible supportive services that are voluntary, can be accessed 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and are not a condition of ongoing tenancy
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Leases that are held by the tenants without limits on length of stay
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Ongoing collaboration between service providers, property managers, and tenants to preserve tenancy and resolve crisis situations that may arise.
The evidence on PSH demonstrates that the housing preferences of homeless people and people with disabilities are consistent with the PSH model which provides independent housing that is integrated in the community; offering greater satisfaction and perceived choice to the individuals it serves. Integrated community housing options created through the PSH model are closely aligned with the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision that requires a choice of housing options for people in institutions who would prefer to live in integrated housing in the community.
Funding for PSH may consist of more components than other types of affordable housing due to the complexity of integrating housing and services for extremely low-income people with disabilities. Permanent Supportive Housing projects may include funding for capital, subsidies and supportive services.
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