Housing Services

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

• Housing Consultation: developing a plan for obtaining and maintaining housing.
• Housing Transition: moving to a new home.
• Housing Sustaining: Services that support a person to maintain living in their home in the community.

Housing Stablization services can help with:

• Researching affordable housing options.
• Identfying sources of financial support for moving, maintining housing.
• Developing and maintaining a budget to remain stably housed.
• Communicating with landlords and understanding leases.
• Arranging for assistive technology,environment modifications.
• Obtaining reasonable accomodations.
• A variety of other supports to remove barriers to obtaining and maintaining housing.