Housing Transition Services
We provide services to help you plan, find, and move into a home within the community. Our team supports you through every step of the process, ensuring a smooth and successful transition to stable housing. From assessing your unique housing needs to coordinating moving arrangements, we are dedicated to making the transition as seamless as possible.
Our goal is to empower you to navigate the challenges of finding and settling into a new home, fostering a sense of belonging and stability in your community. With our comprehensive support, you can confidently take the next steps toward a brighter future.
Services List
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.