Recommendations for Designing High Quality Permanent Supportive Housing
Description:
The report prepared by CSH is meant to serve as an introductory reference guide for anyone with an interest in the design of supportive housing projects, most especially for designers and developers of permanent supportive housing. (Authors).
Content:
“Designing affordable housing requires imagining clear solutions to often conflicting ideas and input; it is the artful resolution of the multiple goals, aspirations, and expectations of many people,” writes Sam Davis in The Architecture of Affordable Housing. The same is true of designing permanent supportive housing. This document is meant to serve as an introductory reference guide for anyone with an interest in the design of supportive housing projects, most especially for designers and developers of permanent supportive housing.
The recommendations within this document are based upon the collective experience of many different providers of supportive housing, as well as upon the suggestions of people in related industries. The recommendations address strategies for both enhancing the design process, as well as design features that can help improve the final “product” and result in higher-quality supportive housing projects. These recommendations should not, however, be treated as a checklist or a rating system regarding the quality of a design of a supportive housing project. (Authors).
Type of Resource:
Report
Publication Date:
2009
Location:
Chicago, IL
Phone:
(312) 332-6690