Welcome to The Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC)

This fact sheet helps housing providers better understand and recognize the symptoms of three of the most common serious mental illnesses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.

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This brief explains what recovery housing is, why it is an important resource within a CoC, and how housing and homeless service providers can help people find this type of housing. 

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This Toolkit outlines strategies for supporting people with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders living in community-based low-income housing to prevent eviction.

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This guide provides information on the core components of low-barrier shelters. It provides examples of key policies, procedures to support those policies, and ideas for navigating common challenges in implementation. 

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This fact sheet provides an overview of psychosis and its treatment options, tips for outreach and engagement, including de-escalation techniques, and strategies for supporting people with psychotic symptoms in achieving and maintaining housing. 

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Peer support is a fast-growing occupation in the behavioral health sector and homeless service organizations can also benefit from its value. This toolkit guides organizations looking to strengthen peers' integration into their workforce. 

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This resource provides guidance on helping individuals who are experiencing homelessness obtain identification (ID) documents, including birth certificates, Social Security cards, state-issued IDs, DD214s, and Green Cards. 

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This guide assists providers in onboarding new professionals by providing a compilation of introductory resources to review in their first three months. 

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