Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent supportive housing is permanent housing in which supportive services are provided to help individuals and families with a disability and experiencing homelessness to live independently. The resources below include information and community examples of PSH best practices generally and specifically during a COVID-19 response.

Strategic Funding and Grants Management

• HUD Resource: Notice PIH 2021-15 (HA): EHVs- Operating Requirements

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Collaborating with Agencies Monitoring and Combating Human Trafficking: Considerations for Housing and Homelessness Service Providers

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Making the Most of EHV Waivers

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Notice Overview

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Overview for CoCs

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Partnerships for EHVs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Institutional Stays and Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grants Eligibility

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Long-Term Financing of Permanent Supportive Housing Projects

• HUD Exchange Resource: May Recipients and Subrecipients of CoC Program Funds Purchase Cell Phones and Wireless Service Plans for Program Participants to Use When Receiving Supportive Services?

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Using Continuum of Care Program Funds for Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
  Spanish Version: Uso de fondos del programa Continuum of Care para la preparación y respuesta a enfermedades infecciosas

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Managed Care Resource Brief

Operations and Best Practices

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Case Management Ratios

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Dos and Don’ts of Moving Applications Online

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Pairing Services and EHVs

• HUD Exchange Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program Webinar: Strategy for Targeting EHVs and Related Resources

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Voucher 101

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Emergency Housing Vouchers Funding Briefs: Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Supportive Services

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Engaging Clients with Remote Case Management

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Eviction Prevention for Continuums of Care

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Evidence-based Service Delivery

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: High Acuity: Transition from Short-term to Long-term Subsidy

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Housing Navigation

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Housing Surges—Special Considerations for Targeting People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Identifying Sources of Operating Funds to Support Affordable and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Justice Partnerships and Reentry Solutions

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Landlord Engagement

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Landlord Engagement Spotlight: Miami-Dade County

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Landlord Engagement Strategies in the Time of COVID-19

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Peer Support

• Hud Exchange TA Resource: Planning a Housing Surge to Accelerate Rehousing Efforts in Response to COVID-19

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Primer on Serving People with High-Acuity Needs

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Privacy Considerations: Direct Service Staff Remote Work

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Project Funding and Structure Brief: Master Leasing

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Shared Housing

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Special Population Rehousing Strategy—People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Social Distancing: Inspired Ideas for Addressing Loneliness

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Staff Capacity: Considerations for Scaling Up

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Staying Safe While Going Back to the Office

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Supervisors Promoting a Culture of Self-Care

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Remote Supervision Tips for Homeless Service Providers

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Reset your Community’s Critical Partnerships During COVID Response

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Supporting Individuals Exiting Isolation or Quarantine

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Unit Acquisition Strategies and Examples to Support Housing Development

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Video—Lived Expertise

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: Wellness Check for Client Engagement

• HUD Exchange TA Resource: What to Expect from Remote Case Management

Partner Resources

• CSH—Enhancing Social Connectedness in times of Physical Distance

• CSH—Guidance for Working with Families in Supportive Housing

• CSH—Planning for COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Supportive Housing

• CSH—Navigating Emergency Food Organizations and Resources in Times of Crisis and Beyond

• CSH—Guidance for Supportive Housing Providers

Community Examples

• Berkeley, CA—Master Lease and Property Management Agreement

• Chicago, IL—COVID-19 Expedited Housing Initiative

• Chicago, IL—Interim Guidance on Housing Inspections in Emergency Situations

• Chicago, IL—Housing Provider Interim Contact Protocols

• Chicago, IL—Permanent Housing During COVID-19 Accountability Plan

• Columbus, OH—Community Shelter Board’s Interim Guidance on COVID-19 for Rapid Re-Housing RRH, HP, and PSH Projects

• Connecticut—CoC Program Participant Disabling Condition Verification Form with COVID-19 Waiver Option

• Connecticut—Resources & Supports for Managing Death in DMHAS Housing & Homelessness Programs

• Los Angeles, CA—LAHSA COVID-19 Recovery Plan Report

• Washington, DC—Client Visit/Phone Script & Guidelines COVID-19 State of Emergency

• San Diego, CA—Housing Commission Could Dedicate $29 Million to Hotels-to-Homes Plan

• Article: Missoula Hopes Motel Purchase Will Solve Short- and Long-Term Housing Problems