Housing Resources

This section of the website is designed to provide additional educational resources and planning guidance in order to expand housing knowledge and housing options for persons with mental illness.

Housing Resources includes:

This includes an explanation of Local Housing Options Teams (LHOT), as well as the contact person in each county.

This section includes a monograph designed to assist service-based and housing agencies in expanding housing options by developing relationships with private landlords. This is especially critical in communities that lack access to a wide range of affordable housing options, or are looking to private landlords to provide housing to individuals who may not qualify for housing assistance through their local public housing authority.

This includes an introduction into developing housing programs that target homeless persons, eligible populations, and homeless population data.

This section provides a matrix of resources for financing the development of new housing options.

This section provides information about Pennsylvania’s successful Prepared Renter’s Program (PREP).