Housing Deposits assist with identifying, coordinating, securing, funding one-time services necessary to enable a person to establish a basic household such as:

1. Security deposits required to obtain a lease on an apartment or home.
2. Set-up fees/deposits for utilities or service access and utility arrearages.
3. First month coverage of utilities, including but not limited to telephone, gas, electricity, heating, and water.
4. First month’s and last month’s rent as required by landlord for occupancy.
5. Services necessary for the individual’s health and safety, such as pest eradication and one-time cleaning prior to occupancy.
6. Goods such as an air conditioner or heater, and other medically-necessary services, designed to
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   preserve an individuals’ health and safety in the home

Service do not include:

• Provision of room and board
• Payment of ongoing rent
• Past due/ unpaid Rent

Eligibility Requirements

• Any individual who received Housing Transition/Navigation Services Community Support in counties that offer Housing Transition/Navigation Services.
• Individuals who are prioritized for a permanent supportive housing unit or rental subsidy resource through the local homeless Coordinated Entry System or similar system designed to use information to identify highly vulnerable individuals with disabilities and/or one or more serious chronic conditions and/or serious mental illness, institutionalization or requiring residential services because of a substance use disorder and/or is exiting incarceration; or
• Individuals who meet the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) definition of homeless as defined in Section 91.5 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations (including those exiting institutions but not including any limits on the number of days in the institution) and who are receiving enhanced care management, or who have one or more serious chronic conditions and/or serious mental illness and/or is at risk of institutionalization or requiring residential services as a result of a substance use disorder. For this service, qualifying institutions include hospitals, correctional facilities, mental health residential treatment facility, substance use disorder residential treatment facility, recovery residences, Institution for Mental Disease and State Hospitals.
• MCPs may accept an attestation of the need for housing to satisfy any documentation requirements regarding the Member’s housing status.