The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) center for homeless and housing resources provided the recording for their August 7 webinar, “Public Housing and Serious Mental: Practical Recommendations for Housing Providers.”

The webinar provided an overview of serious mental illness for affordable housing communities, including an overview of symptoms and medications, a review of effective policies and programs, a discussion of applied scenarios and recommendations, and a Q&A with experts.

The webinar was intended for public housing authorities (PHAs) and HUD Multifamily Housing providers, as well as for other types of housing and services providers; the webinar also provided discussions of scenarios at housing communities and how housing staff can use trauma-informed approaches for various representations of mental illness.