Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc. - Lakes and Pines Central Office
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
Last Update
10/07/2025
Physical Address
1700 Maple Ave E, Mora, MN 55051
Hours
6:00am - 6:30pm, Monday - Friday
Voice
Voice
Voice
(320) 679-1800
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: Serves Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Isanti, Pine and Chisago counties and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Service area
Kanabec County, MN
Mille Lacs County, MN
Chisago County, MN
Pine County, MN
Isanti County, MN
Agency info
Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc.