HR 105 — A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the availability, type and demand for supportive housing.

PRINTER'S NO.   887

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 105
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN, HILL-EVANS,
        MADDEN, HOWARD AND MALAGARI, MARCH 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
        MARCH 10, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
 2      study on the availability, type and demand for supportive
 3      housing.
 4         WHEREAS, Supportive housing is a cost-effective combination
 5   of affordable housing with services that helps provide
 6   individuals with stability and a path toward recovery; and
 7         WHEREAS, Supportive housing can benefit vulnerable
 8   individuals and families struggling with very low incomes,
 9   chronic health conditions, issues with substance abuse, mental
10   illness, homelessness or at risk of homelessness; and
11         WHEREAS, In 2023, 12% of this Commonwealth's population lived
12   below the poverty line; and
13         WHEREAS, There were 447,000 adults in this Commonwealth with
14   a serious mental illness in 2021; and
15         WHEREAS, In 2023, an estimated 12,556 individuals in this
16   Commonwealth were experiencing homelessness on any given night;
17   and
18         WHEREAS, In 2023, there were 4,721 overdose deaths in this
 1   Commonwealth; and
 2      WHEREAS, As of 2024, six in ten Americans live with at least
 3   one chronic disease; and
 4      WHEREAS, Research shows that supportive housing has positive
 5   effects on housing stability, incarceration rates, mental and
 6   physical health and health care savings; and
 7      WHEREAS, It is important for the Commonwealth to assess
 8   supportive housing as an option for those in this Commonwealth
 9   struggling and living in unstable conditions; therefore be it
10      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
11   State Government Commission to study supportive housing options,
12   including both temporary and permanent supportive housing, the
13   availability of supportive housing and the demand for both
14   temporary and permanent supportive housing; and be it further
15      RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission provide
16   policy recommendations and objectives for medium-term and long-
17   term needs of supportive housing in this Commonwealth to enable
18   the General Assembly to plan for future supportive housing
19   demand; and be it further
20      RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission issue a
21   report with its findings and recommendations no later than 18
22   months after the adoption of this resolution to the President
23   pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
24   Representatives, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
25   Senate and the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
26   of Representatives.




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