What is Supportive Housing?
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Housing Support Services Team Members
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Supportive housing is the
combination of non-profit affordable housing operation
and the availability of flexible, individualized support
services for tenants with special needs. Across the
country, supportive housing is proving to be the single
most effective solution to homelessness for individuals
and families who, in addition to being homeless, are
working to manage mental and physical disabilities,
including recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. |
In Avalon's supportive housing model, Avalon acts as developer,
owner and manager of the housing units, and contracts with
another nonprofit organization, Catholic Social Services of
Washtenaw County, to provide support services for Avalon tenants.
Avalon and Catholic Social Services work together in a true
partnership where the success of each agency is tied to the
effective work of the other. Both organizations share a common
mission of reducing homelessness, building community, and
helping the community's most vulnerable and disenfranchised
residents to achieve self-determination.
For more information on the supportive housing movement,
click here.
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