Housing Choices assists people with developmental and other disabilities in the counties of Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and San Mateo. Many of the people we serve are referred by the Regional Center because the nature of their disability requires our hands-on assistance in finding, applying for and retaining affordable housing.
If you are not a client of a Regional Center but have a disability creating a similar need for our housing support services, we may be able to assist you by referring you to other community resources as well as to specific properties with units set-aside for people with different types of disabilities. In addition, you can search for housing using the community resources at 211 Bay Area www.211bayarea.org
After learning more about who we serve, the next step in the process to start our services is to send a completed interest form to Housing Choices. The interest form can be completed using the button below.
If you are in the middle of a housing emergency or have an immediate housing deadline, you should state this clearly. In that case, we will request additional information that lets Housing Choices know of the situation. When this happens, we will prioritize the request. All other referrals will be date-stamped and served in the order in which they were received.
Once Housing Choices has received the completed interest form, we will check our database to see if there is a history of prior work. We will also contact the primary contact identified on the interest form to learn more about the context of the request. After getting some basic information and determining your eligibility for our services, Housing Choices will schedule an initial intake meeting to help identify your housing needs and goals.
Housing Choices then will prepare an individualized housing plan and identify housing choices of the household, taking into account their preferences, income constraints, geographic needs, household size, and housing history. We will work with you to submit completed housing applications for the properties you are interested in.
Housing Choices also works with you so you are prepared for the longer term process of being called for housing interviews or being called from a wait list for an affordable housing rental. If you have a Housing Choice Voucher, we will also help you demonstrate your efforts to apply for housing within the available time.