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Lawmakers hear requests to expand Michigan supportive housing after pilots show high retention and cost offsets
Summary
Providers and state officials told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services that supportive housing pairs affordable units with case management, reduces emergency service use and jail stays, and that providers seek a $25 million FY26 appropriation to scale services statewide.
Lansing — The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services heard testimony from supportive-housing providers, a regional coalition and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on efforts to expand permanent supportive housing and a request for a $25 million appropriation in fiscal 2026.
Catherine Distel Delrath, director with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, told the committee that “supportive housing at its core is really affordable housing paired with supportive services,” and said the model is aimed at people who are chronically homeless and have disabling conditions such as severe mental illness or substance use disorders.
Distel Delrath and regional providers cited several outcomes associated with supportive housing: high housing retention, income gains for participants and reduced use of emergency services. “We really see a lot of very positive outcomes with supportive housing as well. Housing stability, of course, is 1 of those things,” she told the committee, and referenced a prior rigorous…
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