SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DW Jones Management manages properties in cities that provide a variety of supportive housing for households experiencing homelessness. Those properties are shown in white boxes rather than yellow within the city listings. The following cities offer supportive housing: Bemidji Duluth Ogema Moorhead Tower What is homelessness? A household lacking a permanent place to live that is fit for human habitation. Types of Minnesota Homeless Programs: Transitional Housing: Means a project that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless individuals and families to permanent housing within a reasonable amount of time (usually 24 months). Long-Term Homelessness: Persons including individuals, unaccompanied youth, or families with children who lack a permanent place to live continuously for a year or more or at least four times in the past three years. Any period of institutionalization or incarceration shall be excluded when determining the length of time a household has been homeless. NOTE: Minnesota's definition does not require that the person have a disabling condition. Permanent Supportive Housing: Permanent rental housing affordable to the population served where support services are available to residents. Permanent supportive housing is available to individuals and families with multiple barriers to obtaining and maintaining housing, including those who are formerly homeless or at risk of homelessness and those with mental illness, substance abuse disorders, and/or HIV/AIDS.