Permanent Supportive Housing

Supportive Housing for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals With Criminal Justice Histories: Challenges and Opportunities Identified by Providers and Clients

Alex R. Dopp, Sean McKenna, Marylou Gilbert & Sarah B. Hunter

RAND Corporation

Year: 2022

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience high rates of homelessness and criminal justice system involvement, underscoring the need for supportive housing services. To explore the service needs of this population, we interviewed providers (n = 11) and clients (n = 10) from eight … Continue reading →

Not All Housing Is Created Equal: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Well-Being of Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing in Los Angeles County

Melissa Francisca Felician

Rand Corporation

Year: 2020

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is part of a national strategy in the United States to tackle homelessness, but more research is needed to understand how aspects of PSH program implementation support or hinder participants’ transition into housing.  This dissertation used … Continue reading →

Surveying Tenants of Permanent Supportive Housing in Skid Row about COVID-19

Benjamin F. Henwood, Brian Redline, and Jack Lahey

USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Year: 2020

Permanent supportive housing (PSH) targets highly vulnerable homeless adults who exhibit early onset of geriatric conditions and require in-home supports. This suggests potentially high risk for COVID-19 within PSH and the need for tenants to take protective measures. This study … Continue reading →

Show Me Healthy Housing: Final Evaluation Report

Josh Leopold, Mychal Cohen, Peace Gwam, and Alyse D. Oneto

Urban Institute: Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center

Year: 2020

This is the third and final evaluation report for Missouri Foundation for Health’s Show Me Healthy Housing pilot program. Through Show Me Healthy Housing, the foundation provided grants to four supportive housing programs: two that served veterans experiencing homelessness, one … Continue reading →

Changes in Physical Assault Among Adults Moving Into Permanent Supportive Housing

Robin Petering, Wichada La Motte-Kerr, Harmony Rhoades, and Suzanne Wenzel

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Year: 2019

People experiencing homelessness experience high rates of physical assault. While this high risk for victimization is well established, there is no research that examines whether victimization rates change over time as persons transition into permanent supportive housing (PSH). Data are … Continue reading →

Los Angeles housing models and neighbourhoods’ role in supportive housing residents’ social integration

Taylor Harris, Genevieve Dunton, Benjamin Henwood, Harmony Rhoades, Eric Rice, and Suzanne Wenzel

Housing Studies

Year: 2019

Social integration is an indicator of programmatic success in supportive housing, yet is an ongoing challenge for residents. This study examines varying supportive housing models’ (i.e. congregate, single-site, scatter-site) and neighborhoods’ (i.e. Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles [DTLA], Other) differential … Continue reading →

Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness

Jack Tsai, Lillian Gelberg, and Robert A. Rosenheck

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Year: 2019

The permanent supported housing model is known to improve housing outcomes, but there has been sparse research on the effects of supported housing on physical health. Various organizations including the National Academy of Sciences have called for research in this … Continue reading →

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