Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs)

DCHA's Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) Program is temporarily not accepting/processing new referrals as we work to process existing applicants. Please check back on DCHA's website for future news on when we will resume accepting & processing referrals. [04/20/2022]

Dane County Housing Authority (DCHA) received an allocation of forty-five (45) Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs). EHVs are to assist individuals and families who are:
- Experiencing homelessness
- At risk of experiencing homelessness
- Fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking
- Were recently homeless and for whom providing rental assistance will prevent the family’s homelessness or having high risk of housing instability

These EHVs must be issued to families that have been directly referred from the Continuum of Care (CoC) Coordinated Entry (CE) system. DCHA and the Madison CDA have jointly entered into an MOU with Homeless Services Consortium of Dane County (HSC). See the full MOU here.

The MOU clarifies that when referring families to DCHA, the CoC will be prioritizing the following groups:

15-20 will target households with children
- Eligibility:
  - Currently experiencing homelessness and on the Coordinated Entry housing priority list AND/OR currently fleeing domestic violence with a child under the age of 5
  - Will prioritize those with the longest length of time homeless
- Case management support provided by The Road Home (10-15 households) and Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (up to 5 households)
25-30 will be used for households with children for a move-on strategy from Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH), Rapid Rehousing (RRH), and Transitional Housing (TH) (program must be identified on the 2021 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) excluding VASH, Fair Oaks, Tree Lane & Rethke as tenants in these projects have access to vouchers)
- Order of priority
  - Participants in PSH programs that are closing
  - Participants in PSH programs
  - Participants in TH or RRH, where the head of household has a documented disability verified by receipt of SSI, form completed by professional licensed to diagnose, or written verification from case manager
- Eligibility for PSH participants
  - Currently housed and in PSH program for at least 6 months
  - No rent owed to current landlord
  - No repeat lease violations in the past 3 months
- Eligibility for TH or RRH participants
  - Currently housed and in RRH program for at least 3 months
  - No rent owed to current landlord
  - No repeat lease violations in the past 3 months
  - Head of household has a documented disability verified by receipt of SSI, form completed by professional licensed to diagnose, or written verification from case manager

If you believe you qualify under one of the priority categories outlined in the MOU and therefore may qualify for an EHV at this time, you will need to be referred to DCHA by the CoC. Residents in PSH, RRH, or TH programs should contact their Case Manager. Families currently experiencing homelessness should be entered onto the Coordinated Entry housing priority list. For more information about the Homeless Services Consortium and Coordinated Entry system, you can visit the HSC website here: https://www.danecountyhomeless.org/.

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