Partnership for Permanent Housing

The Partnership for Permanent Housing (PPH) in Montgomery County, Maryland is a collaborative initiative providing permanent housing for families using project-based housing vouchers and intensive case management. The program began in spring 2003. Consistent with a "housing first" model, PPH moves families from motels or emergency shelters into permanent housing. The Housing Opportunities Commission, the local public housing authority, awards Housing Choice Vouchers to a community-based nonprofit organization. The nonprofit organization, the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless, administers the program and provides additional case management and housing placement assistance.

The goal of this program is to end homelessness for families by combining the case management component of transitional programs with quicker access to permanent housing.

PPH is currently serving 26 families. The 50 vouchers available to the program should be utilized by the fall of 2004.