Resources for community living
Page updated: 5/15/25
Resources to help find housing
The following websites can help people with their housing search:
Transition services options if a person is not qualified for MHM
Relocation service coordination targeted case management (RSC-TCM) provides coordination of activities to help a person who resides in an eligible institution gain access to medical, social, educational, financial, housing and other services and supports that are necessary to move to the community.
Transitional services (disability waivers) and transitional services (Alternative Care [AC] and Elderly Waiver [EW]) are waiver services that provide items and expenses necessary and reasonable for a person to transition from an eligible setting to their own home.
Additional resources
Bridges Rental Assistance supports people and families that include at least one adult with a serious mental illness to pay for privately owned rental housing. This support can continue until the person/family becomes eligible for another housing program (e.g., Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers), or until the person/family moves into another type of housing.
Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) is an interactive tool that supports people with disabilities to learn how income and benefits interact.
Emergency Assistance is a cash-grant program that provides emergency help for families who are facing evictions, foreclosures, utility shut-offs or other household emergencies.
Emergency General Assistance is a cash-grant program that provides emergency help for adults without children who are facing evictions, foreclosures, utility shut-offs or other household emergencies.
Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) provides supportive services and/or financial assistance to families, youth and singles who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
General Assistance (GA) supports Minnesotans with little or no income to meet their basic needs. It offers a small monthly cash grant to people with serious illnesses, disabilities or other circumstances that limit their ability to work. GA is interim aid to help until the person finds another source of income.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) is a resource for people with low income who are HIV-positive or living with a family member who is HIV-positive. The person and family might be able to get help from HOPWA through:
HOPWA helps in different ways, depending on the person’s needs and the local agency running the HOPWA program in the person’s area.
Housing Support (formerly Group Residential Housing) is a state-funded income supplement that pays up to a certain amount per month for housing and food costs.
HUD Section 811 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PRA) Program for Supportive Housing is a DHS partnership with Minnesota Housing that subsidizes rental units for people younger than age 62 who meet certain eligibility rules.
Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) supports people with disabilities who pay more than 40% of their income toward housing costs so they can have a choice about where they live.
Property Owners Mitigation Fund (POM) can provide up to $5,000 in mitigation funds for unpaid rent, damages or legal fees to property owners when renting to people who use MHM or who live in Section 811 PRA funded units. Property owners can submit claims within 24 months of the lease signing, at the time of lease termination.
Rural housing is a resource about housing in rural areas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development provides loans, grants and rent help to make rural housing affordable and safe. A person may qualify for:
For a list of qualifying rural locations, refer to USDA income and property eligibility site.
Section 8 Family Unification Program (FUP) helps two different populations:
The federal government funds this program, and local public housing authorities administer it. If a family or young adult qualifies, they will receive help paying for rent in any privately owned housing that will accept FUP as payment.
Social Security Benefits Advocacy and The SOAR program can help people apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.
Tribal housing is a resource available to American Indians. There are multiple types of housing benefits (e.g., help with rent or home loans, low-cost housing projects, Section 184 Indian Home Loans). Some types of help might be available to a member of any tribal nation (i.e., not just a member of a tribal nation located in Minnesota). This resource provides contact information for the 11 tribal nations in Minnesota. Contact the tribal nation directly for information about what programs are available to a person.
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Voucher program is for homeless veterans. It pairs Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance with case management and supportive services. A housing authority provides the rental assistance, and the local VA offers supportive services.
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