Housing Transition
Our Housing Support Services
We offer services to help you maintain living in your home within the community. Our support ensures you have the resources and assistance needed to remain stable and secure in your housing.
Whether it’s connecting you with ongoing support services, helping manage housing-related challenges, or providing guidance on maintaining your living situation, we are here to ensure long-term stability. Our goal is to help you thrive in your community by preventing housing disruptions and fostering a secure, sustainable home environment.
Our Housing Services
A list of 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.
A list of not covered services:
- Room and Board (including moving expenses).
- Deposits.
- Food.
- Furnishings.
- Rent.
- Utilities.
- No-show appointments.
- Staff travel time with a person not in the vehicle or the person is in the vehicle but Housing Stabilization Services is not discussed.
- Direct or indirect services provision in a group setting.
- Transition services from institutions if a person dies before discharge or transition services exceed 180 days.
- Physically touring housing located outside of Minnesota.
- Housing transition services cannot duplicate other services or assistance available to the person.