Programs for People who are Homeless or at Risk of Becoming Homeless

Several programs are available to help people with mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless find and keep housing. Read descriptions of these programs below, and learn more by visiting the Adult Mental Health Housing page.

Permanent Supportive Housing helps find safe, affordable housing for people 18 and older who are at high risk of becoming homeless. It also helps them learn skills to keep housing and live independently.

The Supported Housing Rental Assistance Program can provide temporary rent subsidies and help with utility payments and move-in costs for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

The Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program, a voucher program overseen by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, helps coordinate services and rental assistance for people with very low incomes who also have a disability.

The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program to help people with mental illness or a co-occurring substance use disorder and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

The Healthy Community Collaborative helps people get out of unstable situations and back into housing by providing them with all available community resources.

Project Access, a voucher program overseen by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, provides housing rental assistance to people who were previously admitted to a nursing facility, intermediate care facility, Texas state psychiatric hospital or a board and care facility.

Learn more about housing choice vouchers on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development website.

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