Supportive Housing

HFAs are very involved in developing supportive housing. HFA supportive services staff work to provide housing for persons with physical disabilities, mental illness, substance abuse, and addictions, as well as homeless families, the elderly, and anyone else who can benefit from supportive services. Members of an HFA supportive housing working group, with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, have developed the NCSHA-CSH e-Manual for Supportive Housing Funders: A Guide to Tools and Resources for State Housing Agencies and Other Public Funders of Supportive Housing.

Useful Link: HUD’s Supportive Housing Program Webpage

NCSHA Blog Posts

Departments of HUD and Veterans Affairs Launch Veteran Homelessness Program
July 26, 2010
On July 22, the Departments of HUD and Veterans Affairs announced their commitment to battling veterans’ homelessness by investing in the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Program (VHPD). HUD and the VA will invest a combined $15 million, in three-year grants, to five selected communities near military installations; selected communities can be found in HUD’s press release.
US Interagency Council on Homelessness Unveils its Plan to End Homelessness
June 23, 2010
On June 22, the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness to the President and Congress. USICH has been working on developing this Plan since the passing of the HEARTH Act, which mandated that it develop a national strategic plan to end homelessness.

Massachusetts HFA Awards $180,000 for Sober Housing and Services for Women
May 12, 2010
MassHousing has awarded $180,000 in funding to help create new units of affordable sober housing for women in Roxbury and New Bedford and housing stabilization services for women in Tewksbury. The MassHousing grants will come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations, Inc. (CCRI), a nonprofit subsidiary corporation of MassHousing that creates and preserves affordable sober housing in Massachusetts for recovering substance abusers.
Alaska HFC to Finance Military Housing in Interior Alaska and Anchorage Apartment Complex
May 6, 2010
The Board of Directors for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation meeting in Fairbanks Tuesday approved financing for two multi-family rental housing projects that differ substantially in size, scope and complexity. Campbell View Apartments LLC, a subsidiary of Anchorage Neighborhood Housing, was approved for a $1.8 million AHFC loan with an interest rate of 7.875 percent to be repaid over 30 years.