Konswella is Program Director at Community Friendship and works to provide social and health services at Phoenix House in Atlanta, GA. She shares how supportive services at affordable housing communities are critical, and how they are a catalyst for many residents' growth and success.

Shortly after her mother's death, Denise found herself homeless and in a world she was unfamiliar with. After an evaluation, her mentor told her about Phoenix House, where she currently lives today.

A grant from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's EmPOWER Multifamily Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability program helped fund energy efficiency upgrades at the Bradford Apartments, saving the residents a total of $56,000 per year.

A large and rapidly expanding population of low-income older adults faces the dual challenges of finding affordable, safe housing that can accommodate changing needs as they grow older. The Section 202 program provides funding for housing with services so this population can age in place longer and with positive health repercussions. These cuts reduce the availability of affordable housing for vulnerable, older adults.

Kathy is an army veteran, an nurse, a mother and a grandmother who worked her entire life to provide for her family. She knew nothing about affordable housing until she was nearly homeless after facing financial burdens, the foreclosure of her home, and the death of her husband.