Experiencing homelessness is different for everyone. Supportive housing services help increase housing stability.
Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) provides leasing or rental assistance and services for people who have experienced homelessness. This type of home can allow people to live with the support and care they need.
Supportive Housing Improves Lives
Experiencing homelessness often has a relationship to harm or trauma. Supportive services address symptoms that affect homelessness.
Supportive services include:
- healthcare
- food
- therapy
- transportation
- community
Research shows supportive housing has positive effects.
Supportive services include:
- housing stability
- employment
- mental and physical health
- school attendance
Funding Permanent Supportive Housing
In 2022, San Antonio voters supported an Affordable Housing Bond. This bond includes $25 million to build and preserve PSH in San Antonio. The Neighborhood and Housing Services Department distributes the funding.
The Strategic Housing Implementation Plan has a goal to build 1,000 PSH homes by 2032. Over 450 PSH homes are under construction or will be completed by early 2025. These homes are managed by various local organizations in San Antonio.
Impact
Creating PSH homes is a community investment. Every person is different and their needs are unique. Homelessness is addressed in various ways through different programs—PSH is one such intervention. The impact of PSH is often measured by how individuals are able to sustain housing and their commitment to care services and programs.
Eligibility
Every PSH community is different in San Antonio. Organizations who host PSH homes have different requirements that vary on funding, age, time spent unhoused, disabilities, mobility and other factors.
To recommend or become a candidate for permanent supportive housing, a Coordinated Entry Homeless Assessment can be completed by calling the Community Connections Hotline at 210-207-1799.