Integrated housing models provide affordable housing for a swath of income levels and supportive housing for clients with mental or physical health disabilities. This workshop will examine several model types for integrated housing. Speakers will also discuss the funding and development on this type of housing model.

1. Integrated Housing
Models
Holly Denniston
Senior Program Manager
Corporation for Supportive Housing
July 13, 2010
www.csh.org

2. Our Mission
The Corporation for Supportive Housing is a national
nonprofit organization and community development
financial institution that helps communities create
permanent housing with services to prevent and end
homelessness.
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3. CSH Products and Services
Project-Specific Financing and Expertise
to help create supportive housing.
Capacity Building
to strengthen and expand the supportive
housing industry.
Public Policy Reform
to build an efficient system for producing and
financing supportive housing.
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4. Housing Models

5. Spectrum of Models
• Single Purpose: 100% of units for special needs
or formerly homeless tenants at or below about 30%
AMI with coordinated supportive services.
• Integrated Housing: A mix of supportive housing
units with affordable or market rate units in one
development.
• Affordable Housing: 100% of units for tenants
typically at or below 60% AMI and often some light
services are offered.
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6. Building Upon Success
• Specialized Financing
• Isolated Public Administration
• Limited Pool of Project Sponsors and Providers
• Physical Design and Structure
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7. Adapting Existing Models
• Greater Mixing of Tenant Populations
• Accessing Mainstream Affordable Housing
Financing
• New Project Sponsors and Partnerships
• New Approaches to Service Delivery
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8. Advancing Integrated Supportive
Housing
• Facilitate Access to and Use of Mainstream
Affordable Housing Finance Programs for
Integrated Supportive Housing
• Adopt Underwriting Practices that Account for
Supportive Housing Financing Structures
• Ensure Flexibility of Supportive Services
Funding to Allow for Use in Integrated
Supportive Housing Settings
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9. Advancing Integrated Supportive
Housing, continued
• Implement Processes to Ensure and Improve the
Quality of Integrated Supportive Housing
• Create Opportunities for Networking and
Partnership Formation Between Affordable
Housing Developers and Supportive Housing or
Services Providers
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10. Partnerships

11. Development Team Roles
• Owner
• Developer
• Property Manager
• Service Provider
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12. Two Key Project Goals:
• Need to reach homeless tenants
– Tenant Selection plan must stipulate how potential
tenants will be recruited to ensure that homeless
households are reached.
• Must embrace goal of housing stability
– Property management plan must recognize
partnership of property manager and service
provider to meet the goal of housing stability.
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13. Service Provider Options
• Turnkey
• Co-developer
• Services contract
• Master leaser

14. Holly Denniston
Senior Program Manger
holly.denniston@csh.org