Housing

Housing grantees can use this application as a survey tool that allows service coordinators to get a snapshot of an applicant’s financial situation as he/she begins to research potential housing options.

The Independent Housing Development worksheet presents a series of steps that allow a person to determine whether he/she can consider him/herself eligible for homeownership and provides guidance as he/she embarks on this process.

WV Real Choice worked in collaboration with other agencies and organizations to create improvements in long term support systems so persons with disabilities and/or long term illnesses can make their own choices and have the necessary supports to live and work in their communities. The grant worked on many housing activities. Their products include a housing guide, information briefs, brochures, press release and PSA created by the program to explain and address housing needs.

On October 5, 2006, Secretary of HUD, Alphonso Jackson wrote a \"Dear Executive Director\" letter to each Public Housing Authority regarding how Housing Authorities could implement both the Money Follows the Person legislation and the Presidents' New Freedom Initiative.

This self-study guide is offered as an orientation manual for new transition facilitators. Materials were developed with input from Centers for Independent Living and a variety of other organizations. A facilitator is somebody who aids or assists in the transition process. The manual helps new facilitators understand and apply the principles plus resources found useful by successful transition facilitators.

This site contains many policies and forms used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. Scroll down to DHHS Targeting Plans and Key Program Assistance to download documents: Program Procedures & Requirements, Support Coordinator Contact Information, Targeting Plan Template, Letter of Referral, Checklist for Initial Funding & Move-Ins, Direct Deposit, Authorization, Owner Agreement to Participate, Rent & Subsidy Calculation Worksheet, Payment Requisition, Termination Notice, IRS Form W-9.

As part of their 2004 Real Choice Systems Change Grant: Integrating Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing, North Carolina developed this application for their one-time $1,000 awards. Grants can assist with security deposits, moving expenses, set up fees or health and safety assurances.

The revised Set Up and Completion forms are useful tools for HOME Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) to assist in collecting the required data in order to ease data entry into IDIS. The four forms - one for each HOME tenure type (homebuyer, homeowner rehabilitation, rental, and tenant-based rental assistance) - were recently revised to include the data elements required to be collected and reported on as a result of the performance measurement changes added to IDIS in version 10.0.

Guest speaker Linda Couch, Deputy Director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition presents federal housing policy updates. Topics include: HUD appropriations for the next fiscal year; proposed changes to public housing and the Section 8 voucher program (expanding the Moving to Work demonstration and almost eliminating public housing authority plans); current information on Low Income Housing Tax Credits, HOME, and CDBG; creating a National Housing Trust Fund, and other timely issues.

This report describes grant activities in three major LTC systems areas: Access to Long-Term Care Services and Supports, Services, Supports, and Housing, Administrative and Monitoring Infrastructure. For each of the focus areas the report describes Grantees’ accomplishments, illustrates the challenges and discusses the consumers’ role in the implementation and evaluation of activities. The report uses information provided during the reporting period October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005.