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109 <br />MA-30 Homeless Facilities and Services <br />Introduction <br />Regionally, there are numerous facilities and services to support residents at-risk of <br />becoming homeless and experiencing homelessness. These include a range of emergency <br />shelters, transitional shelters, and permanent supportive housing options. HUD uses the <br />following definitions for these three facility types: <br />-Emergency Shelter (ES): Any facility with the primary purpose of providing a <br />temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the <br />homeless and which does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy <br />agreements. <br />-Transitional Housing: Transitional housing (TH) is designed to provide homeless <br />individuals and families with interim stability and support to successfully move to <br />and maintain permanent housing. Transitional housing may be used to cover the <br />costs of up to 24 months of housing with accompanying supportive services. <br />Program participants must have a lease (or sublease) or occupancy agreement in <br />place when residing in transitional housing. <br />-Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) is designed to quickly move individuals and families out of <br />homelessness and into permanent housing through the provision of up to 24 <br />months of rental assistance and supportive services. <br />-Permanent Supportive Housing: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is defined as <br />community-based housing paired with supportive services to serve households in <br />which at least one member has a disability. Housing does not have a designated <br />length of stay in which formerly homeless individuals and families live as <br />independently as possible. Under PSH, a program participant must be the tenant on <br />a lease (or sublease) for an initial term of at least one year that is renewable and is <br />terminable only for cause. <br />Table 32 - Facilities and Housing Targeted to Homeless Households <br />Facilities and Housing <br />Targeted to Homeless <br />Households <br />Emergency Shelter Beds Transitional <br />Housing Beds <br />Permanent Supportive <br />Housing Beds <br />Year-Round <br />Beds <br />(Current & <br />New) <br />Voucher / <br />Seasonal / <br />Overflow <br />Beds <br />Current & New Current <br />& New <br />Under <br />Development <br />Adults and Children 645 <br />0 <br />624 1,313 <br />N/A <br />Only Adults 2,365 217 1,677 <br />Chronically Homeless N/A N/A 795 <br />Veterans 2 81 1,186 <br />Unaccompanied Youth 45 63 14 <br />Data Source: 2024 Housing Inventory Count <br />EXHIBIT 1