Supportive Housing
Sharon Rapport, CSH
About CSH
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•Training for
Developers,
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Providers,
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Managers to
Build & Operate
SH
•Training for Staff
Administering
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Locally
Partnership Development
•Assessment &
Modeling
•Coordinated
Entry System
•Homelessness
Planning
•Coordination &
Streamlining
Funding Sources
Capacity Building
Response to Homelessness
Technical Assistance & Capacity-Building
•Bringing Health
& Housing
Systems
Together
•Partnering
Developers &
Service Providers
•Accessing
Additional
Funding Sources
•Addressing
Outreach Needs
& YIMBY Issues
Housing Interventions in Response Homelessness
Affordable Housing:
• Prevents
homelessness
• Allows people
who are
homeless for
economic reasons
to exit
• Newly homeless,
working
households
Rapid Re-Housing:
• Allows people
homeless for
economic reasons
to exit
• Provides some
services to increase
household income
sufficiently to stay
housed
• Newly-homeless,
most families
Supportive Housing:
• Allows people with
significant barriers
to housing stability
(chronically homeless,
cycling through
institutional settings)
•
to exit
Provides intensive
services promoting
housing stability.
Community Responses through Coordinated
Entry: Coordinate Resources, Prioritize Housing
No Wrong Door: Any
Entry Point
Available
Permanent
Housing
Assess
Housing
Needs,
Coordinate
Existing
Resources
Linked to
Services
What is Supportive Housing?
Permanent
Affordable
Independent
Tenant-Centered
Flexible
Voluntary
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“Three Legs of the Stool”
Rental/operating
assistance: Section 8,
federal homeless
Continuum of Care
funds, local subsidy
Services: Prop. 63
(Mental Health
Servs. Act), County
funding, federal
grants.
Capital: 6-10
sources of federal,
state, local funding.
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Targets
households
with multiple
barriers
Provides unit
with lease
Housing is
affordable
Engages
tenants in
flexible,
voluntary
services
Coordinates
among key
partners
Outcomedriven
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Targeted to people with barriers to housing stability
Starts with target
population
“Screens In” Tenants
Coordinated Entry
Referral Into Housing
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Supportive Housing is for people who are…
Chronically
homeless:
Definition may be
more difficult to
meet in rural areas
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Cycling through
systems
Exiting
institutions
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Leases in Supportive Housing
Tenants have a clear
understanding of their
rights and responsibilities.
Housing Unit Choice.
The application process
should be as barrier-free as
possible.
No service participation
agreements.
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Access through Affordability
Operating budget
points directly to
affordability.
Projects Under
Development
Projects
Currently Open
Work with funders
to obtain operating
subsidies.
Providing ways to
keep the housing
affordable to
tenants.
Payment plans or
work programs for
missed/late rent.
Representative
payee if
appropriate.
Education on
keeping down
utility costs or
assistance with
utilities.
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Sources of Affordability
Continuum of Care
Formerly Shelter + Care
(S+C) and Supportive
Housing Program (SHP)
Housing Choice Voucher
(HCV)
Housing Opportunities
for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA)
Veterans
Administration
Supportive Housing
(VASH)
HOME Tenant Based
Rental Assistance
(TBRA)
State/Local rental
subsidy program
Tenant paid rent
(limited to 30% of
income)
Others…
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Voluntary services
Services are
voluntary for
tenants...not staff.
Participation in
services is not a
condition of
tenancy.
Staff must work to
build
relationships with
tenants.
Emphasis is on
user-friendly
services driven by
tenant needs and
individual goals.
Key Components of Supportive Housing
What do we know about voluntary services?
Tenants
value
the
Tenants
In
rural
areas,
services available
participate
and the autonomy
services
are often
at high
to decide which
more
difficult
rates.
services
to to
participate
in.
coordinate,
require
lower case
manager-to-tenant
ratio
The “low-demand”
model is much more
likely to house and
retain formerly
homeless people.
Key Components of Supportive Housing
Strong partnership between property management & services staff
Property/
Housing
Management
Staff
Tenants
sustain stable
housing
Supportive
Services
Providers
Core Outcomes
Supportive Housing works for people who need it.
99% Savings in Shelter
Cost
14% Savings in ER
95% Savings in
Incarceration
32% Savings in Ambulance
Transportation
Total Savings for
6-month Period:
$219,792
($1,348 average
per person)
Examples of Supportive Housing in Rural Areas
& Small Counties
Challenges:
 Developer capacity
 Services providers
 Low
administrative
capacity
Typical Models:
 Single family homes through
shared housing
 Duplexes to four-plexes
 Smaller projects
 Intensive services offered
offsite
Shared Supportive Housing
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Heather Glen Apartments
Marysville, Sutter/Nevada Counties
Two- or more bedrooms in each
apartment/home
Each tenant has own lockable
bedroom with own lease, and
access to common areas
To extent possible, tenants
choose own roommates
Services provided in home or
with easy access to home
Good outcomes for tenants
without acute needs and who
do not want to live alone
New Potential Funding Sources for Services
Whole Person Care Pilots:
$1.5B in services funding
through Medi-Cal for 5
years
Health Home Program:
Medi-Cal benefit providing
services to link people to
SH and keep tenants stably
housed, starting Jan. 2018
Further Resources: Dimensions of Quality
http://www.csh.org/qualitytoolkit
Further Resources: Supportive Housing Training
Center
A Better Platform
www.csh.org/training
Sharon Rapport:
C: (323) 243-7424
[email protected]