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Housing Coordinated with Services
Welcome! This resource provides information for individuals and grantees interested in topics related to housing coordinated with services. It is our hope that this will a useful page and that you bookmark the site so that you may stay up-to-date with events, articles and answers to your frequently asked questions. In addition this page provides CMS System Change Grantees with contact information for technical assistance providers.
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How can states develop an MFP Housing Strategy?
This presentation reviews the current housing market and challenges to creating new affordable, accessible, and integrated housing units. Also provided is a case study from Maryland and the key areas of housing strategy: assessment of finance and policy; partnerships; and short- and long-term goals.
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Understanding Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA)
Similar to a voucher, TBRA covers the gab between fair market rent and a percentage of a recipient’s income. TBRA is tied directly to a MFP recipient’s income level, thereby overcoming limitations of other strategies such as development subsidies and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8). Review an Illinois case study on this affordable housing funding strategy.
New Housing Issue Briefs
The series is meant to provide information to MIG grantees and help them create linkages with agencies providing direct housing services.
- Affordable Housing Financing and Subsidies: Resources for Programs Serving Workers with Disabilities
- Making the Connection: Building Cross Agency Partnerships
Frequently Asked Questions
This section is organized by category, with examples featured below.
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Community Plans
How do I find the consolidated plan for the Housing agency in my community?
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Funding
How can I find out more about the priorities and allocation for my state and local under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and how these will work to expand housing opportunities for individuals with disabilities?
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Housing and Service Coordination
What state agencies should be working together to expand affordable housing choices coordinated with services?
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Highlighted Articles
(Please note: Below is a portion of the housing documents available on the Clearinghouse. To view all Housing related documents, click the link below)
What Does It Take? Improving Housing Choices for Medicaid-Eligible Mississippians Needing Long-Term Care
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Choose, Get, Keep Integrated Housing
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The Green House: A New Model of Care – Audio
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Affordable Assisted Living and Community Based Care: An Interactive Feasibility Tool
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Opportunities for Creating Livable Communities
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Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive Technology Policy and Practice Across the States
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Inclusive Livable Communities for People with Psychiatric Disabilities
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The Coming Home Project Demonstration Case Study Series
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Assisted Living in Rural Markets
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Promising Practices in HCBS: South Carolina - Home Modifications Specialist
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Service Documentation Workshop
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HUD Public Housing Authority Executive Director Letter: How Housing Authorities can implement the Money Follows the Person Initiative
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