Home & Healthy for Good provides flexible funding for low-barrier, permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness who struggle with mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex health conditions. Home & Healthy for Good also funds critical systems change work to advance the creation of supportive housing and solutions to homelessness. The…
Massachusetts Alliance for Supportive Housing (MASH) seeks to expand permanent supportive housing (PSH) development for unaccompanied adults with complex, disabling medical conditions who are experiencing homelessness. The initiative is funded with $15 million appropriated by the Massachusetts State Legislature as part of a $150 million reserve to expand supportive housing across the Commonwealth. Of the…
Home & Healthy for Good provides flexible funding for low-barrier, permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness who struggle with mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex health conditions. Home & Healthy for Good also funds critical systems change work to advance the creation of supportive housing and solutions to homelessness. The…
MHSA’s Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report has been released. Thank you to everyone who supported our work and partnered with us to further address homelessness in Massachusetts. To download a copy, click the image above. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy of the Annual Report, please contact us at development@mhsa.net.
MHSA recently released the July 2023 Home & Healthy for Good Progress Report. Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) provides low-threshold permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness who have complex medical and behavioral health challenges. HHG funds are flexible, which means they can be used for housing operations, supportive services, and…
Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance releases, “Siting Permanent Supportive Housing: Recommendations for Social, Economic, and Political Engagement” Written and researched by Antonio Serna, Master in Public Policy Student, University of New Hampshire and Project Siting Intern at MHSA. Executive Summary Massachusetts is facing a housing crisis. High rental costs and low vacancy rates are making…
Home & Healthy for Good: Ending chronic and long-term homelessness for unaccompanied adults in Massachusetts The History: In Fiscal Year 2007, the Massachusetts Legislature included funding in the state budget for a statewide Housing First program for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. This program became known as Home & Healthy for Good (HHG), and presented an…
Today, MHSA and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley (UWMB) release a report and executive summary detailing the importance and impact of funding received for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) COVID-19 Relief. During the pandemic, tenants in PSH settings were at greater risk of becoming infected due to their complex health conditions and faced…
MHSA recently completed a series of listening sessions with current tenants of permanent supportive housing. We gathered 21 tenants, mainly in the Greater Boston Area, and asked about their experiences in their current housing and what they would seek in new housing development. Our findings are in the attached report. We intend to use these…
MHSA’s Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report has been released. Thank you to everyone who supported our work and partnered with us to further address homelessness in Massachusetts. To download a copy, click the image above. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy of the Annual Report, please contact us at development@mhsa.net.
