Clarifying Notes

Clarifying Notes

  • Supportive housing vs. permanent supportive housing: 

    • Sometimes these are used as synonyms, but sometimes they are used to mean different things. You may have to ask to clarify which meaning is being used. 
  • People often conflate Housing First and permanent supportive housing. They aren’t the same thing! PSH can operate under a Housing First model, but it does not have to. In practice, many PSH programs that claim to use a Housing First framework do not operate with full fidelity to Housing First principles.