In this workshop, panelists will discuss the ways that Permanent Supportive Housing in the City and County of San Francisco is “broken.” Considered an essential part of the homelessness and housing continuum, current Permanent Supportive Housing (“PSH”) projects are struggling to survive. Many issues are contributing to this failure, including rising costs of insurance and building repair, huge rent losses post-pandemic, and inability to hire and keep quality staff due to cost of living, commuting, and parking in SF. Therefore, PSH properties put financial strain on nonprofit organizations that end up paying deficits from general funds. Meanwhile, the City’s Housing Services Department and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development continue to create requests for proposals for new buildings. Can some of those funds be re-directed to maintain and improve current housing, and make it the housing of choice for unhoused people? We will discuss the reasons that PSH is failing its residents, making nonprofits broke, and solutions to the problems.