THE IMPACT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON NEIGHBORHOODS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS
On August 26 I attended a public meeting on Permanent and Supportive Housing for the homeless. I wanted to share with you the presentation as well as a little background…FYI, at this time the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Homelessness has no plans to FORCE neighborhoods to integrate permanent and supportive housing into their communities; it remains an option that they have asked all of us to consider as we work together as a city to end homelessness. Additionally, from what I gather this program is still in the process of planning/development within the City of Fort Worth. I will provide more information as it becomes available.
With broad public support, in the summer of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth, Texas adopted a ten‐year plan to end chronic homelessness. The vision of the Directions Home plan is to make all homelessness rare, short‐term and non‐recurring in Fort Worth, Texas by the year 2018.
Based on positive, local experience and national best practices, a cornerstone of the Directions Home plan is increasing the supply of permanent supportive housing for chronic and vulnerable homeless people. Supportive housing is defined by the Corporation for Supportive Housing as, “a successful, cost‐effective combination of affordable housing with services that helps people live more stable, productive lives.”
To view the most recent presentation on Permanent and Supportive Housing for the Homeless, please click on the following link: THE IMPACT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON NEIGHBORHOODS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Also there was John Hunter, Managing Director for Region II for the Corporation of Supportive Housing. For information on that organization, please visit: http://www.csh.org/
To view the Tarrant County Access for the Homeless HMIS Report for the Month of July 2009, click: HMIS.REPORT.July2009