Time-limited housing and support services for individuals and/or families

Description

Provides housing and supportive services to individuals and families who are homeless or in need of safe housing.

Transitional housing helps people live independently, address issues that led to homelessness or kept them homeless, rebuild their support network and transition into permanent housing.

The length of time a person can use the program is limited.

Additional Information

The Rapid Rehousing program assists families that meet the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of literal homelessness to find affordable housing, and provides counseling to them through their rehousing transition.

The program helps families with goals in:

• Education
• Parenting
• Budgeting for up to two years with the hope of attaining permanent housing
• Full-time employment
• Stable family life

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Olmsted County

• Specialization
  • Family
  • Homeless
  • People with low income

Eligibility

Individuals and families may be eligible for transitional housing if they are homeless, in an unstable doubled-up situation, or must move out of current housing and will be homeless.

Fee

Participants in Transitional Housing Programs must pay at least 25% of their income towards rent.