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Housing Stabilization Services

Breaking down barriers for housing!

How we help you find HOME

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Various challenges and barriers can make it hard to find housing, budget, interact with landlords and neighbors, and understand the rules of a lease. Finding and keeping stable affordable housing is important to the health of Minnesotans. Housing Stabilization Services is a new Medical Assistance benefit designed to help people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing. 

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The purpose of these services is to:

  • Support an individual’s transition into housing,

  • Increase long-term stability in housing in the community, and

  • Avoid future periods of homelessness or institutionalization.

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Housing Transition

Services that assist a person to plan for, find, and move to a home in the community.

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

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Not Covered Services:

  • Room and Board (including moving expenses)

  • Deposits

  • Food

  • Rent

  • 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

Housing Sustaining

Services that assist a person to plan for, find, and move to a home in the community.

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 the 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

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

  • Direct or indirect services provision in a group setting

  • Services provided outside of Minnesota

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New Home Owners

Fill out E-referral form

We are Accepting New referrals for Housing Stabilization Services

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