Working as part of a dynamic, co-deployment team, the HRS provides added support to housing staff and tenants by improving apartment conditions, strengthening housing retention, increasing tenant engagement, enhancing inspection readiness, building independent living skills, and assisting residents with benefit and entitlement navigation that supports long-term housing stability. DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs, 19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.