RESOURCE LIBRARY Special
Programs

Overview

At every stage of life, where we live is the foundation for our health, education, and economic well-being. The CDA is proud to assist some of our most vulnerable populations through rental assistance vouchers designated for special populations. Funding for the following programs is made possible through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) or Minnesota Housing and is administered by the CDA with the support of Scott County Health and Human Services.

Bring It Home Rental Assistance Program

The Bring It Home Rental Assistance Program, also referred to as “Bring It Home”, is a program aimed to provide rental assistance for low-income families across Minnesota. This program is funded by state appropriations and the metro sales tax for housing, the program will provide grants to eligible Program Administrators who will administer the program as direct tenant and/or project based rental assistance for cost burdened households at 50% area median income (AMI) or less. Priority for rental assistance shall be given to households earning under 30% AMI that include children.
Scott County CDA received up to 80 Bring it Home rental assistance vouchers, with 13 being project based vouchers for the Prairie Pointe Development. The remaining up to 67 vouchers (estimate based on projected HAP) are tenant based vouchers where households can find an eligible unit in the market.

Project Based Bring It Home Program

The Scott County CDA has 13 project based vouchers in the Prairie Pointe apartment complex located in Shakopee, MN. The vouchers are for 2-bedroom units, with 9 of them preferencing High-Priority Homeless Households directly referred to the Prairie Pointe project from the Scott County Continuum of Care entity called, Housing Hub. The other 4 vouchers preference households meeting the Minnesota State definition of Persons with Disabilities (PWD). Households must meet MN residency requirements, income, cost burden, and other preference criteria to be eligible. There are waiting lists to apply for for households meeting those required preferences and other program eligibility.

Tenant Based Bring It Home Program

The Scott County CDA has 67 tenant-based vouchers (estimate based on projected HAP) that helps people pay rent each month for privately owned rental housing. No different than our HCV program, participants will typically pay 30% of their income on rent with the Bring it Home voucher covering the difference. Households must meet MN residency requirements, income, cost burden, and other preference criteria to be eligible. There is a waiting list to apply for for households meeting those required preferences and other program eligibility.

To check whether a project based or our tenant based Bring it Home waiting list is open or closed, please go to the waiting list section of the Scott County CDA website. 

Questions? Contact Bring it Home Program Staff:
info@scottcda.org or 952-402-9022
Evgenia (Manager)
Kim (Housing Specialist)
Jamie (Admissions)

Bridges

The Bridges Rental Assistance Program provides housing assistance for people with very low incomes and mental illness. Bridges is designed to help people with high needs by providing a housing subsidy linked with community mental health services.

Housing Trust Fund

The Housing Trust Fund is a short-term rental assistance program that serves households experiencing long-term homelessness in our community. The short-term rent subsidy helps stabilize housing while giving households the time to work with community services to transition to more long-term, affordable housing.

Family Unification Program

The Family Unification Program are special vouchers that assist families involved in the child protection system stay together or reunite families by providing safe and stable housing. These vouchers can also assist youth at least 18 and not more than 24 years old coming out of foster care at risk of homeless or currently homeless.

Referrals for these programs are through Scott County Health and Human Services or Coordinated Entry.