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Austin officials describe funding, services and outcomes for permanent supportive housing to Nashville council committee
Summary
City of Austin staff and local partners told Nashville committee members how Austin funds and operates site-based permanent supportive housing, detailing capital, services and rental-assistance components and reporting high retention rates for program participants.
City of Austin officials and nonprofit partners described Austin’s investments in site-based permanent supportive housing and the wraparound services that support it during a Nashville Metropolitan Council committee meeting.
Andrew Willard, senior planner in Austin’s Homeless Strategy Office, told the committee that site-based permanent supportive housing (PSH) requires three funding pieces: capital to build or convert buildings, ongoing wraparound services and rental assistance. “Site based PSH kind of requires three funding sources to work,” Willard said.
The visitors said Austin has expanded PSH in recent years with a mix of hotel conversions and new construction financed through local gap financing, voter-approved bonds and other tools. Willard said the city provided about $122,500,000 in gap financing for a portfolio of projects that together represent 1,345…
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