Housing Choices

The single largest component of our work is helping individuals with developmental and other disabilities find housing that suits their specific needs and priorities. Every year, our Housing Coordinators help more than 1,800 people with developmental and other disabilities create a housing plan and apply for affordable housing.

Each client has unique housing needs, constraints, and preferences. When a person is referred to Housing Choices, a Housing Coordinator helps to create an individual housing plan with input from the individual with disabilities and everyone in that person’s Circle of Support.

Housing Coordinators help clients with their decision-making by discussing their finances, credit history, supportive service needs, household composition, and other background relevant to their housing choices. We help our clients identify and apply for rental properties for which they can income-qualify and that are in the right location. Depending on each person’s income and existing support network, this could involve applying for multiple waiting lists and monitoring waiting list status for several years.