RHLS Executive Director Dina Schlossberg collaborated with the Corporation for Supportive Housing on a Supportive Housing Policy Platform over the past year.
CSH, in partnership with RHLS, conducted numerous listening sessions to engage partners across the commonwealth to develop a supportive housing policy platform for Pennsylvania. In creating this platform, both organizations want to raise awareness of the key policy issues that prevent communities throughout Pennsylvania from creating the supportive housing needed in their communities. The purpose of this platform is to guide statewide policymakers, housing developers, service providers, and housing advocates in the collective goal of ending homelessness and creating thriving communities.
Supportive housing is a critical element for supporting marginalized community members. Through several listening sessions, CSH and RHLS identified more than a dozen recommendations for policy changes in Pennsylvania and kept track of the most commonly occurring recommendations.
A Core Review Coalition was consulted to further identify the policy changes that would have the highest impact on the creation and sustainability of supportive housing in PA, highlighted below. The hope for this platform is to guide statewide policymakers, housing developers, service providers, and housing advocates in the collective goal to end homelessness and create communities that thrive in the Commonwealth.
You can download the Supportive Housing Policy Platform from the CSH website.