Transitional Housing
	Permanent Supportive Housing
	Scattered-Site Permanent Housing
	Homeless Youth/Metro
	Youth Life Skills
	Phillips Park Initiative

LSS Housing Services
2414 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612.871.0354
housing@lssmn.org

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) serves all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age.
 

  

Supportive Housing
Supportive Housing Programs assist in the development of housing opportunities and offer services to assist families in maintaining their housing. Programs often involve participation with other agencies in order to make a range of services available to families in housing. Two types of supportive housing are Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) and Scattered-Site Permanent Housing (SSPH). Scattered-Site Permanent Housing units may be located across several buildings, cities and counties. Permanent Supportive Housing is typically located at a single site (“site-based”), but some PSH programs may offer both single and scattered-site housing.

Permanent Supportive Housing

The Road to Permanent Supportive Housing
Serving homeless families for over 12 years has taught LSS Housing Services that Transitional Housing is a great model for some families, but not all of them. We have learned that some families have disabilities or barriers that will prevent them from obtaining permanent housing in the two to twelve months that transitional housing models typically allot. These families, with far more barriers and obstacles to overcome, need permanent housing with support services to help immediately stabilize the family and begin a long-term plan to reduce the barriers, move toward self-sufficiency, and obtain independent affordable housing. These lessons prompted the creation of the Permanent Supportive Housing model.

What is Permanent Supportive Housing?
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is similar to Transitional Housing in that families receive affordable housing and support services. However, the primary difference is that PSH is intended for families with greater needs and who require more intensive and long term services than Transitional Housing offers. In Transitional Housing, families can only stay in the program for a set length of time; however, in PSH, families may stay in the home for as long as they need.

Permanent Supportive Housing connects families to their home and their community. Once a family moves into PSH, a social worker helps each family set and monitor progress of goals, improve decision-making skills, make community connections, and provide crisis intervention. Through this model, families have access to other professionals that include a Case Manager, Mental Health Support Counselor, Parent Educator and Life Skills Worker.

Who is Eligible for Permanent Supportive Housing?
Following are the three basic criteria to be eligible for PSH:

1. Families must be homeless as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
2. The Head of Household must have a documented disability as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
3. Families must need low-cost permanent housing with supportive services

LSS Permanent Supportive Housing
Journey Homes is the site-based Permanent Supportive Housing program of LSS Metro Housing and Homeless Services. This program opened February 2005 and includes twelve housing units for families whose head of household has a documented disability. Families interested in applying for a unit must contact our property management company, Hayes-Gibson, at 612.721.6256.