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This resource is designed to support homeless response system (HRS) leaders in understanding, engaging, and
integrating recovery housing and recovery-oriented frameworks into local homeless response efforts.

This guide was developed by the Homeless and Housing Resource Center to strengthen
the support for individuals and families who are homeless and have serious mental illness (SMI),
substance use disorders (SUDs), or co-occurring disorders (CODs) by engaging faith-based and
civic organizations in homeless response systems.

Shared housing is recognized as a best practice for ending homelessness in
unaffordable housing markets. It also offers unique advantages as a housing intervention for people
with mental illness (MI), helping them quickly achieve stability and develop opportunities for long-term
recovery and personal growth.

This workbook defines and describes master leasing as a strategy for programs to support housing stability for people with serious mental illness. It outlines core program components and the types of housing models that are conducive to master leasing strategies. The workbook discusses the benefits, challenges, and strategies for success, and concludes with tips for people exiting the program and...

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. The guide also describes best practices for supporting tenants experiencing a mental health crisis and how to connect them with support.

This new issue brief examines the intersection of homelessness and substance use disorders (SUDs) and provides practical, relationship-centered strategies to build trust and navigate systems of care.

This brief provides practical strategies to help providers of homeless services prepare for behavioral health crises, coordinate with crisis providers for effective on-scene responses, and support individuals after behavioral health crises.

This toolkit provides professionals with information about the importance of work and a practical approach to connecting the Veterans they serve with employment services.

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.

With the appropriate support and treatment, people who are homeless and psychosis can recover to live full and productive lives. This fact sheet provides an overview of psychosis and its treatment options, strategies for outreach and engagement, including tips for de-escalation, and strategies for supporting people with psychotic symptoms in achieving and maintaining housing.

This guide is designed to help supervisors identify approaches for the prevention and intervention of secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout among staff; enhance staff resiliency; support and celebrate health and well-being; and explore policies, procedures, and activities to promote organizational wellness and well-being.

This fact sheet provides an overview of Contingency Management and information about managing a rewards system, measuring success, and funding the program.

This guide outlines questions that homelessness response programs should answer as they plan for and respond to natural disasters. The guide places a focus on the needs of people who are homeless with serious mental illness (SMI), serious emotional disturbance (SED), substance use disorder (SUD), or co-occurring disorders (CODs).

Outreach teams observe a wide range of behavioral health conditions. This guide provides tips for nonclinical staff when engaging with individuals living in encampment settings to support their behavioral health needs.

This fact sheet describes available data sources for identifying service gaps and provides guidance for engaging in resource mapping to address those unmet needs.

This issue brief covers identifying service providers’ strengths and resources that will appeal to property management, developing an agency “pitch," identifying existing rental industry networks or initiating a network where none exists, and formalizing the property management-provider partnership.

This document describes how individuals with disabilities can leverage federal laws to protect themselves from this type of discrimination and ensure equal access and opportunity to enjoy housing that suits their needs.

HHRC Newsletter: Transition of Care Resources, New Webinars, and more!

This microlearning video from the Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC) explores why transitions from institutions, such as hospitals, psychiatric settings, and incarceration, can be especially hard for people who are homeless. It shares practical ways providers can support continuity of care.