Study finds housing-first model improves overall well-being Community Rebuilders report shows permanent supportive housing worked for 47 households studied. Courtesy Community Rebuilders A nonprofit that provides permanent supportive housing for low-income, physically or mentally disabled, and long-term homeless families in Kent County published a study that shows its programs are improving consumer well-being over time. Grand Rapids-based Community Rebuilders engaged Public Sector Consultants to conduct a Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Evaluation Report, prepared this spring, that evaluated a sample size of 47 households in Kent County that have been served by Community Rebuilders’ PSH programs. As funding for the full evaluation was provided by a grant through Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, most of the households included in the sample size — 35 — were located in Spectrum Health Healthier Communities’ Neighborhoods of Focus (see graphic), which are 17 low-income census tracts on the west and southeast sides of Grand Rapids.