Services

Housing Stabilization Services

Housing Stabilization Services represents a Medical Assistance initiative designed to assist individuals with disabilities, encompassing mental health challenges and substance use disorders, as well as seniors, in the quest to secure and sustain their housing. The pursuit of secure, sustainable, and affordable housing holds significant implications for individuals' well-being.

The primary objective of these services is to facilitate an individual's shift towards housing, with an overarching aim of fostering enduring stability within the community's housing landscape, thereby averting potential episodes of homelessness or institutionalization in the future.


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Housing Stabilization Services

  • Housing Consulation

    Covered Services:

    Assisting the person to access documentation required for Housing Stabilization Services eligibility

    Developing a Housing Focused Person-Centered Plan based on assessment outcomes

    Supporting the person in identifying their strengths, needs and wants in housing including cultural requirements and/or preferences

    Supporting the person to make an informed choice in their housing transition or sustaining provider

    Offering resource information for services that support non-housing related goals as identified in the person-centered planning process

    Coordinating with other service providers currently working with the person

    Helping the person understand their rights to privacy and appeal information

    Annually updating the person-centered plan as it relates to housing

  • Housing Transitioning

    Covered Services:

    Developing a housing transition plan*

    Supporting the person in applying for benefits to afford their housing, including helping the person determine which benefits they may be eligible for*

    Assisting the person with the housing search and application process*

    Assisting the person with tenant screening and housing assessments*

    Providing transportation with the person receiving services present and discussing housing related issues

    Helping the person understand and develop a budget

    Helping the person understand and negotiate a lease

    Helping the person meet and build a relationship with a prospective landlord

    Promoting/supporting cultural practice needs and understandings with prospective landlords, property managers*

    Helping the person find funding for deposits*

    Helping the person organize their move*

    Researching possible housing options for the person*

    Contacting possible housing options for the person*

    Identifying resources to pay for deposits or home goods *

    Identifying resources to cover moving expenses*

    Completing housing applications on behalf of the service recipient*

    Working to expunge records or access reasonable accommodations*

    Identifying services and benefits that will support the person with housing instability*

    Ensuring the new living arrangement is safe for the person and ready for move-in*

    Arranging for adaptive house related accommodations required by the person*

    Arranging for assistive technology required by the person*

  • Housing Sustaining

    Covered Services:

    Developing, updating and modifying the housing support and crisis/safety plan on a regular basis*

    Preventing and early identification of behaviors that may jeopardize continued housing

    Educating and training on roles, rights, and responsibilities of the tenant and property manager

    Transportation with the person receiving services present and discussing housing related issues

    Promoting/supporting cultural practice needs and understandings with landlords, property managers and neighbors*

    Coaching to develop and maintain key relationships with property managers and neighbors

    Advocating with community resources to prevent eviction when housing is at risk and maintain person’s safety*

    Assistance with the housing recertification processes*

    Continued training on being a good tenant, lease compliance, and household management

    Supporting the person to apply for benefits to retain housing*

    Supporting the person to understand and maintain/increase income and benefits to retain housing*

    Supporting the building of natural housing supports and resources in the community including building supports and resources related to a person’s culture and identity

    Working with property manager or landlord to promote housing retention*

    Arranging for assistive technology*

    Arranging for adaptive house related accommodations.*