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, 2001
• Effect of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults, JAMA, May 2009
• Supportive Housing in Illinois: A Wise Investment, 2009
• Health Care and Public Service Use and Costs Before and After Provision of Housing for Chronically Homeless Persons with Severe Alcohol Problems, 2009
• Home and Healthy for Good: A Statewide Housing First Program, Progress Report, March 2009
• Effect of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults, 2009
• Rhode Island's Housing First Program Evaluation, 2008
• The New York/New York Agreement Cost Study: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Services Use for Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals. 2001
• Minnesota Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot Evaluation Summary, 2009
• Cost Impact Analysis of Two Seattle Supportive Housing Residences, Preliminary Results, 2008
• Initial Study Findings from Chicago Housing for Health Partnership, 2008
• Cost of Homelessness: Cost Analysis of Permanent Supportive Housing, State of Maine -- Greater Portland, 2007
• Costs of Homelessness: A Study of Current and Formerly Chronically Homeless Individuals on Cape Cod, Massachussetts, 2007
• Denver Housing First Collaborative Cost Benefit Analysis and Program Outcomes Report, 2006
• Estimated Cost Savings Following Enrollment in the Community Engagement Program: Findings from a Pilot Study of Homeless Dually Diagnosed Adults in Portland, Oregon, 2006
• Costs of Serving Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities, 2004
• Impact of Permanent Supportive Housing on the Use of Acute Care Health Services by Homeless Adults, 2006
• Supportive Housing and its Impact on the Public Health Crisis of Homelessness, 2000
• Anishinabe Wakiagun Residents’ Use of Emergency Services in Hennepin County, Minnesota, 2001

Impact of Supportive Housing on Neighboring Property Values

• The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City NYU Furman Center November 2008
• Our Neighbors, Our Neighborhoods: The Impact of Permanent Supportive Housing on Neighborhoods in Fort Worth, Texas 2009
• The Connecticut Supportive Housing Demonstration Program – 2002 Program Evaluation Report
• Project H.O.M.E.'s Economic and Fiscal Impact on Philadelphia Neighborhoods November 2007
• We Are Neighbours: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Community, Social, Economic and Attitude Changes May 2008

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

Affordability

• NLIHC2009 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.