Housing Stabilization Services

Housing Stabilization Services is a new Minnesota Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities, including mental illness and substance use disorder, and seniors find and keep housing.

Services we provide include:

Consultation Services

Services include:

• 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/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 reassessing the person-centered plan as it relates to housing.

Housing Transition Services

Services include:

• 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 and 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 Services

Services include:

• 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 a 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 a property manager or landlord to promote housing retention*
• Arranging for assistive technology*
• Arranging for adaptive house-related accommodations.*

We accept MA and all MCOs

• BCBS
• HealthPartners
• Medica
• UCare
• Hennepin Health