Housing Stabilization Services

Housing Stabilization Services is a Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing. Housing stabilization services are state plan (not waiver) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).

Eligible

A member is eligible for housing stabilization services if they meet all of the following needs-based criteria:

Be on Medical Assistance (MA)
Be 18 years old or older
Have a documented disability or disabling condition, defined as one of the following:

A person who is aged, blind or has a disability as described
under Title II of the Social Security Act.
A person who is aged, blind or has a disability as described under Title II of the Social Security Act.
A person with a developmental disability (or related condition) or mental illness.
A person with a mental health condition, substance use disorder or physical injury that required a residential level of care and who is now in the process of transitioning to the community.
A person who is determined to have a learning disability according to policy adopted by Department of Human Services (DHS); or
A person with a substance use disorder and is enrolled in a treatment program or is on a waiting list for a treatment program.

Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing

Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities and seniors
find and keep housing

Support to help reduce barriers for people with disabilities or disabling conditions (and their families) and seniors to find and keep housing.
Provides three types of services that may include housing transition, sustaining and/or consultation services:

Housing Transition Services helps a person plan for, find, and move into housing and may include: Helping the person think about preferred housing, Helping with the housing search and application process, Developing a budget, Understanding a lease.
Housing Sustaining Services helps a person keep their housing after they have moved in and may include: Education on tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities, Coaching to develop relationships with property managers and neighbors, Training on how to be a good tenant; lease compliance, Problem-solving to maintain housing stability.
Housing Consultation Services helps a person who does not have Medical Assistance (MA) case management develop a person-centered plan that addresses their needs, wants, and goals for living in the community and may include:

Developing a housing focused person-centered plan based on the person’s needs, wants, and goals for housing.
Helping a person make an informed choice in their housing transition or sustaining services provider.
Offering resources related to non-housing goals.
Coordinating with other service providers already working with the person.

To learn more, see the Housing Benefits 101 Medical Assistance (MA) Housing Stabilization Service website.

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