PRINTER'S NO. 2069
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
229
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, PROBST, HANBIDGE, SCHLOSSBERG, T. DAVIS,
KHAN, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER, HOWARD, CIRESI,
BOROWSKI, GREEN AND KRAJEWSKI, OCTOBER 2, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
OCTOBER 2, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study on the availability, type and demand for supportive
housing.
WHEREAS, Supportive housing is a cost-effective combination
of affordable housing with services that helps provide
individuals with stability and a path toward recovery; and
WHEREAS, Supportive housing can benefit vulnerable
individuals and families struggling with very low incomes,
chronic health conditions, issues with substance abuse, mental
illness, homelessness or at risk of homelessness; and
WHEREAS, In 2021, 12.1% of Pennsylvania's population lived
below the poverty line; and
WHEREAS, There were 447,000 adults in Pennsylvania with a
serious mental illness in 2021; and
WHEREAS, As of 2022, an estimated 13,375 individuals are
experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, In 2020, there were 5,168 overdose deaths in
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Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, As of 2023, six in ten Americans live with at least
one chronic disease; and
WHEREAS, Research shows that supportive housing has positive
effects on housing stability, incarceration rates, mental and
physical health and health care savings; and
WHEREAS, It is important for the Commonwealth to assess
supportive housing as an option for those in Pennsylvania
struggling and living in unstable conditions; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
State Government Commission to study supportive housing options,
including both temporary and permanent supportive housing, the
availability of supportive housing and the demand for both
temporary and permanent supportive housing; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission provide
policy recommendations and objectives for medium and long-term
needs of supportive housing in this Commonwealth to enable the
General Assembly to plan for future supportive housing demand;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Joint State Government Commission issue a
report with its findings and recommendations no later than 18
months after the adoption of this resolution to the President
pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
Senate and the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives.
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