For many people, the idea of ending homelessness starts and ends with housing. But for people with disabilities, serious health conditions, or long histories of being unhoused, housing alone is often not enough.
That’s why Permanent Supportive Housing pairs stable housing with support services like case management, help navigating health care, and connections to community resources. These services are what help people stay housed over time.
Across Fulton County, hundreds of people who were once unhoused are now living in stable homes because of this approach. It works, and it works because the full system, housing and services together, has been funded and sustained.
In 2019, Fulton County made a long-term commitment to fund the supportive services that make this housing possible. That commitment allowed housing developments to move forward, partnerships to form, and people to move out of homelessness and into stability. It also allowed the community to plan ahead, including more than 200 additional housing units expected to come online in 2026
Today Fulton County’s FY26 budget, does not yet include full funding for those services.
This is not a new request. It is about following through on a 30-year commitment that has already delivered results for people and for taxpayers. Supportive services cost far less than repeated emergency room visits and crisis responses. Funding what works is both the responsible and humane choice.
Most importantly, this is about people. Without these services, people who are housed today could lose stability and return to homelessness. We know how to prevent that, and we already agreed to do so.
What You Can Do
If you care about keeping people housed and ensuring public commitments are honored, here are three ways to take action.
- Sign our petition and share it with your networks. You’re adding your name. Adding your name and spreading the word help show broad public support for housing stability.
- Contact the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Let your commissioners know you expect Fulton County to honor its long-term commitment and fully fund Permanent Supportive Housing services and the FY26 budget.
- Attend the January 21 Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting and make a public comment. Sign up to make a public comment and urge the commissioners to honor their commitment to Permanent Supportive Housing and protect housing stability for people who were once unhoused. You can register for the meeting on the county’s website.
Progress happens when commitments are kept together. We can help ensure that people remain housed and that Fulton County follows through on what it promised.
