For Supportive Housing, Creativity Required

Housing is an integral element in the social determinants of health (see Public Health = Population Health and Is Housing Health Care?). Permanent supportive housing (PSH) for the most at-risk populations is a combination of housing, health care, and supportive services. But funding for PSH can be confusing – there is no single funding stream that can be used to cover all of these components of supportive housing.

So what is a state to do? A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the housing component of PSH is funded (see A Question Of Permanent Supportive Housing) – a combination of . . .