The mission of the Housing Task Force is to be the catalyst to create safe, affordable, permanent supportive housing for individuals living with serious mental illness.

The recovery model, using the principal of Housing First, works. Treatment is looked at as a journey of healing and transformation enabling a person with mental illness to live a meaningful life in a community while striving to achieve his or her full potential. A large body of research shows that mental illness is a treatable disease. With recovery-based treatment, the vast majority of individuals with mental illness will see significant alleviation of their symptoms. Many will recover to the point where they are able to return to a life in the community, and to live normal, self-supporting, productive lives.