Last Update: July 20th, 2011
You may qualify for residency at Spring Lake Village if your income falls within the allowable limits, you can prove residency in Oakland County (living or working), and meet one of the following criteria as a family or single individual:
· Homeless
· Special Needs
Jamie Christofel from Community Housing Network (CHN) will be accepting applications beginning Tuesday, June 14, 2011. She will be available to determine eligibility and assist eligible individuals with the application process. Please contact Jamie at 248-269-1314 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday to make an appointment or to discuss your eligibility for rental assistance.
Residency Documentation Requirements: You must provide a COPY of proof of residency in Oakland County along with your application. Acceptable documentation includes: A letter from the homeless service provider on their letterhead, a current lease, driver's license, state ID card, utility bill, social security printout, or voter's registration card. If the applicant or household member works, or has been hired to work in Oakland County, please provide a COPY of proof of the work address or a letter from the employer verifying employment.
Other Documents: Copy of birth certificates and security cards for all household members.
Definitions of criteria as specified by the advertisement and program:
Special Needs Populations:
A person/prospective tenant with a physical (including profound deafness and legally blind), mental or emotional impairment that is of long-term duration. At the same time, the tenant must have a substantial and sustained need for supportive services in order to successfully live independently. In order to meet the "special needs definition", tenants must require assistance in at least two life-skill areas, such as:
Ability to independently meet personal care needs; Economic self sufficiency (capacity for sustained and successful functioning in vocational, learning and employment context); Use of language (ability to effectively understand, be understood and handle communication as need on a daily and ongoing basis); Instrumental living skills (managing money, getting around the community, grocery shopping, complying with prescription requirements, meal planning and preparation, mobility, etc.) or
Self direction (making decisions/choices about one's day to day activities and regarding one's future) or
The person is receiving SSI/SSDI.
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