Housing crisis basics
How referrals and the waiting list actually work, what we can and cannot do today, and the questions people ask most.
- How referring someone works
- How supported homes are paid for
- Common questions
- Find help by your situation
- Who we take (placement criteria)
- What we can’t do (plainly)
- What to say (exact words for each call)
- How long housing actually takes
- Keep a record of your search
- Your housing rights (disability & special needs)
Leaving an unsafe situation
If you need somewhere safe soon, start here — including the numbers to call today.
After a hospital, treatment, or jail
Being discharged or released with nowhere stable to go — the steps that help, and how a referral holds a place.
Youth and families
For families choosing a home for someone they love, and for young people ageing out of care.
For professionals and advocates
For case managers, discharge planners, probation, shelter and school staff, and advocates — how to refer and what we accept.
Answers & funding, explained
Plain, sourced answers to what families and case managers search most — who pays, what things cost, and how the options compare.
- Does Medicaid pay for supported homes?
- Does Medicare pay for supported homes?
- Which Medicaid waiver pays, by state
- Does Medicaid pay for assisted living?
- Does Medicaid pay for home modifications?
- How much does a supported home cost?
- What is supported living?
- Assisted living vs supported home
- Supported home vs nursing home
- Foster care vs supported home
- How to get into a supported home
- Find a supported home that takes Medicaid
- How supported home waiting lists work
- Housing for adults with autism or I/DD
- Long-term housing for serious mental illness
- Housing when no placement will accept
- Housing after jail or prison (reentry)
- Housing for youth aging out of foster care
- How homeless veterans get housing
- When a hospital refuses a safe discharge
- Discharge Planner Cheat Sheet (printable)
- What happens after you refer someone
- How is housing for veterans paid for?
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