Supportive Housing
Our Supportive Housing team works in partnership with residents transitioning from homelessness into independent, stable housing.
Supportive housing combines quality affordable housing with voluntary, but extensive, support services designed to help individuals with higher barriers to access and maintain housing. Barriers can include mental health, substance abuse disorder, a criminal background, or history of homelessness.
“When I was handed the keys to the apartment, I was proud. I was proud I made this choice to come here and I just felt like my life was better. It immediately changed my whole life.”
- Kenneth, CommonBond resident
“When I was handed the keys to the apartment, I was proud. I was proud I made this choice to come here and I just felt like my life was better. It immediately changed my whole life.”
- Kenneth, CommonBond resident
Once the foundational need of housing is met, Supportive Housing Coordinators are there to help residents define and achieve their goals.
Those in Supportive Housing units still receive the same array of Advantage Services offerings that all CommonBond residents do – such as employment resources, financial coaching, food or transportation aid, and more – but with more intensive support. Staff engage in intensive, on-the-ground work. When people move into a supportive housing unit, our team makes intentional efforts to provide education around being a resident and their responsibilities with keeping and managing a home.
Research shows that supportive housing:
Improves Lives:
Research has shown that supportive housing has far-reaching effects on residents, including: employment, mental and physical health, and school attendance for youth.
Benefits Communities:
Evidence shows that supportive housing enriches our communities. It makes our neighborhoods safer, enhances the beauty of our streets with new or improved properties, and contributes to the long-term well-being and stability of the area.
Generates Significant Cost Savings to Public Systems:
Cost studies in six different states and cities found that supportive housing results in residents’ decreased use of shelters, hospitals, emergency rooms, jails and prisons.
