It takes more than temporary shelters to provide the stability for building complete and productive lives. Front Steps' housing programs help end the string of short-term solutions.
Garden Terrace Residences
First Steps Housing
It is less expensive to provide housing than it is to provide shelter-and more humane. The benefits of supportive housing include:
- 50% increase in tenants' earned income
- 40% higher employment when employment services are provided in supportive housing
- $1,448 per tenant decrease per year in dependence on entitlements
- 50% decrease in tenants' emergency room visits and inpatient days
- 80% decrease in tenants' use of emergency detoxification services
- 64% increase in tenants' ability to remain sober compared to residents in half way houses
Terry Blackwell,
Client Services Specialist