Research

Below are some key studies and reports about supportive housing. For more studies, research and other publications about homelessness and supportive housing visit the websites of the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

Cost Savings of Supportive Housing

• Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing
• The New York/New York Agreement Cost Study: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Services Use for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals
• 1811 Eastlake: First Year Preliminary Findings
• Cost Impact Analysis of Two Seattle Supportive Housing Residences, Preliminary Results
• Initial Study Findings from Chicago Housing for Health Partnership
• Cost of Homelessness: Cost Analysis of Permanent Supportive Housing, State of Maine -- Greater Portland
• Denver Housing First Collaborative Cost Benefit Analysis and Program Outcomes Report
• Costs of Serving Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities
• Impact of Permanent Supportive Housing on the Use of Acute Care Health Services by Homeless Adults
• Supportive Housing and its Impact on the Public Health Crisis of Homelessness
• Anishinabe Wakiagun Residents’ Use of Emergency Services in Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Estimated Cost Savings Following Enrollment in the Community Engagement Program

NYC Plan to End Homelessness

• Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter: The Action Plan for New York City

Impact of Supportive Housing on Neighboring Property Values

We Are Neighbours: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Community, Social, Economic and Attitude Changes May 2008

Project H.O.M.E.'s Economic and Fiscal Impact on Philadelphia Neighborhoods November 2007

• The Connecticut Supportive Housing Demonstration Program – 2002 Program Evaluation Report: Executive Summary, Evaluation Highlights and Impact of the Projects on Neighboring Property Values
• Index
• Summary
• High lights
• Chapter 3

Public Interest Research

• Gallup Poll on American Attitudes on Homelessness
• Compassion, Concern and Conflicted Feelings: New Yorkers on Homelessness and Housing

Health

• The Health of Homeless Adults in New York City: A Report from the New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services, December 2005

Innovative Funding

• Using the Housing Credit for Supportive Housing: An Assessment of 2005 State Policies

Affordability

• NLIHC 2007-2008 Out of Reach Report for New York State

Individuals Living with Serious Mental Illness

• Predicting Staying or Leaving Permanent Supportive Housing that Serves Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness

Families

• The Task Force on Housing and Services for Families report Supportive and Service-Enriched Housing for Families
• Housing Plus Services: Supporting Vulnerable Families in Permanent Housing
• Understanding Family Homelessness in New York City: An In-Depth Study of Families' Experience Before and After Shelter
• The Family Housing Fund’s Report on Supportive Housing for Families with Children including:
• Supportive Housing for Families with Children Study
• The Supportive Housing Continuum: A Model for Housing Homeless Families, Homelessness and its Effects on Children
• Financial Implications of Public Interventions on Behalf of a Chronically Homeless Family

Reentry

• Taking Stock: Housing, Homelessness, and Prisoner Reentry
• After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry
• Supportive Housing for Ex-Offenders

Youth

• Intersections between Child Welfare & Homeless Systems: Results from 2 Research Studies

If you have questions or comments, please contact Cynthia Stuart at cstuart@shnny.org.