How housing solutions help

How do emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing help?

• provide essential support to individuals in immediate housing crisis
• act as a stepping stone to permanent housing
• reduce reliance on other high-cost services (e.g. emergency rooms)
• bring people indoors, providing an alternative to sleeping in parks (encampments)

Shelters, transitional and supportive housing provide critical services to help individuals experiencing or in threat of experiencing homelessness gain stability as they work toward permanent housing. Many individuals using these services are working but are unable to afford market or even affordable rents.