Bridges Rental Assistance Program - Red Wing Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Bridges Rental Assistance Program
DESCRIPTION: Helps people with mental illness avoid homelessness by providing them with temporary rental assistance in their community. This allows people to have housing while they are on a waiting list for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers or other permanent housing subsidy programs. Housing support services are provided to participants through a local mental health authority. Subsidies are determined by a calculation using gross income. The resident's rent is based on the resident's income. Funding from the program may be used: * To pay rent directly to a landlord * For security and utility deposits * To pay for the full rent, for up to 90 days, during medical or psychiatric crisis
Physical Address
428 W 5th St, Red Wing, MN 55066
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Application process
Referral to the program must be made by a mental health professional. The program is administered to participants by the local housing agency in communities where eligible applicants live. This program may be full or may have a waiting list.
Eligibility
Recipients must: * Be 18 years of age or over * Have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness as defined in the MN Comprehensive Mental Health Act * Have a household income at or below 50 percent of the area median income Since the program will serve as a transition to a permanent subsidy, program recipients and organizations providing housing will need to follow rules for: * Provision of income verification * Leasing procedures * Federal housing quality standards * Payment standards limits to cap program rents Highest priority is given to people residing in an institution (such as a hospital, treatment center, correctional facility, adult foster care or other segregated setting) who will be homeless upon discharge. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Bridges serves: * Red Wing
Agency info
Red Wing Housing and Redevelopment Authority