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Housing
Information
& Guidance
Individuals with disabilities are provided an opportunity to define their own needs and learn to advocate for themselves in securing and maintaining suitable housing that will allow them to live as independently as possible. We can assign you a specialist that provides information on housing rights and applying for available subsidized programs.
For more information, call 631-730-3737
Housing Programs
contracted with SILO
For additional information on RTHP or OHS,
please contact:
Housing Program Director:
Taciana Cheriel
631-880-7929 ext. 121
*Please note, neither program is emergency housing and the process is not immediate.*
The Rapid Transition Housing Program (RTHP)
provides a rental subsidy and supportive housing services for high-need Medicaid beneficiaries. The program is a Medicaid Redesign Team initiative funded by the Department of Health and administered by the New York Association on Independent Living, and is available in four areas of the state: Long Island, Syracuse, New York City, and Rochester.
Housing Specialists are staffed to assist eligible individuals in locating and securing safe and affordable housing within program guidelines. Individuals sign their own leases and arrange for utilities to be setup under their name. Once determined eligible for the program, they are then assigned to an Independent Living Specialist to devise individualized service plans and assist in linking the participant to community resources for maintaining independence.
Eligible participants of the program are those individuals who are either currently enrolled in the program or individuals with one or more documented chronic physical disabilities and two or more chronic conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes, hypertension, etc.). Participants in the program must be identified as homeless high-utilizes of Medicaid (within most recent 12 months: or 5 Emergency Department visits; or 2 inpatient hospital stays; or 4 Emergency Department visits and 1 inpatient stay; or currently residing in a skilled nursing facility). Referrals must be made to the program by a formal support within the community such as a hospital, skilled nursing facility, case manager, medical professional and/or shelter staff.
The RTHP subsidy is modeled after the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Olmstead Housing Subsidy program in that the individual is required to pay 30% of their monthly income, less allowances, as their portion of rent so long as the unit remains within the Fair Market Rent guidelines. There is additional funding available for community transition services which includes security deposits, moving expenses, and the purchase of household necessities.
Olmstead Housing Subsidy
(OHS)
is a statewide rental subsidy for high-need Medicaid beneficiaries. The funding was made available as part of the Medicaid Redesign Team’s Supportive Housing Work-group initiative to help address the needs of eligible Medicaid participants in transitioning from nursing home settings or preventing nursing home placement by providing access to private housing within the community. Housing Specialists assist eligible individuals in locating and securing safe and affordable housing within program guidelines. Individuals sign their own leases and arrange for utilities to be setup under their name. Once transitioned into their home, participants in the program are then linked to community resources to maintain their independence.
Eligible participants of the program are those enrolled in Medicaid who have skilled nursing needs determined by an assessment, homeless or unstably housed, have the ability to live safely in the community, and have spent at least one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days in a nursing home over the most recent two-year period.
The program is modeled after the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) waiver subsidy programs in that the individual is required to pay 30% of their monthly income, less allowances, as their portion of rent so long as the unit remains within the Fair Market Rent guidelines. There is additional funding available for community transition services which includes security deposits, moving expenses, and the purchase of household necessities.
