Housing Materials

Direct Client Assistance Programs

Eligibility based on income for individuals experiencing shelter-based or street homelessness in Franklin County.

DCA Application Documents

• DCA Application FY18 - DCA and Rapid Re-Housing for Single Adults
• DCA Application FY18- Stable Families
• DCA Application FY17- Family Diversion Fund
• DCA Application FY17- Direct Housing
• DCA Appeal Request
• W-9
• Rent Reasonableness
• TSA-HFF-VOA Family Inspection Request Template

DCA Reference Documents

• Landlord Property Management & W-9 Info

Job2Housing Leasing

• J2H Leasing Forms

Unified Supportive Housing System (USHS)

USHS General Information

• Rebuilding Lives and Chronic Homelessness Eligibility Criteria
• Unified Supportive Housing System Vacancy Management and Lease Up Narrative Manual and Policies and Procedures 2017
• Annual HUD PSH Provider Assessment of Service Needs and Utilization Review (HEARTH Requirement)
• Rebuilding Lives and Chronic Homelessness Eligibility Criteria
• USHS Appeal Request

USHS Permanent Supportive Housing

Eligibility based on income for individuals with disabilities experiencing shelter-based or street homelessness in Franklin County.

• USHS Prospective Applicant File for Homeless/Disabled
• Length of Stay (LOS) Calculator
• USHS Prospective Transfer Form

  Required when initiating a tenant’s transfer to another permanent supportive housing unit within the system.

• Verification of Street Homelessness

Tips on Housing, Employment & Benefits

Employment

• Goodwill Industries
• Center of Vocational Alternatives (COVA)
• Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
• Alvis House Employment/Re-Entry Services
• Obtaining Important Life Documents
• Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation

Access to Benefits

• Ohio Benefits Bank
• Obtaining Important Life Documents

Housing Resources and Housing Rights

• Low Income Housing

  List of low income / affordable apartments: Properties include HUD low income housing (non-Section 8 and based on 30% of household income), public housing offered by housing authorities, along with non-profit organizations that help with low income housing needs.

• Obtaining Important Life Documents
• Utility Allowance Chart
• Legal Rights/Benefits Guide for Clients
• Ohio Housing Locator
• Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority List
• Columbus Urban League
• Legal Aid Society of Columbus
• Community Mediation Services of Central Ohio
• Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging
• Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services PRC Program
• Cookbook - Good and Cheap, Eat Well on $4/Day