HHS and HUD will work together to expand accessible and affordable housing, help people exit homelessness, improve home and community-based services, and address the institutional bias in America's long-term care system. A joint fact sheet highlights opportunities for state and local partnerships to use American Rescue Plan Act funding to help people with disabilities and older adults transition to the community and have stable housing. 
 
In the coming months, the aging and disability networks, health systems, and housing sector can anticipate an increased emphasis on state and local cross-sector partnerships. Within HHS, the Administration for Community Living, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration will assist their networks in building partnerships with the housing providers, homelessness continuums of care, and community development sector.