Predicting Staying in Or Leaving Permanent Supportive Housing That Serves Homeless People With Serious Mental Illness
Description:
This study focuses on the questions: why people leave permanent housing and what happens to them. It examines the experience of some 943 residents of permanent supportive housing in Philadelphia during the period from 2001 to 2005. The study shows that it is not necessarily a “bad thing” that some people leave “permanent” supportive housing. This study contributes to the understanding of how the structure of permanent supportive housing and the use of various means of stabilization at critical junctures in a resident’s stay can promote more stability and, thereby, greater health and independence, among those living there, whether they stay or subsequently leave. (Authors)
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication Date:
2006
Location:
Washington, D.C.