Households: Apply for Re-Housing Assistance

The Re-Housing program assists households experiencing homelessness with acquiring and maintaining stable housing. 

• Households who are experiencing homelessness
  • A household experiencing homelessness is defined as an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes a living situation where you are temporarily doubled up with another household or transitioning out of a treatment or corrections facility.
• Households who have experienced a financial hardship during the pandemic
• Must be at or below income limit of 30% Area Median Income (AMI)
• Must spend majority of nights in North Dakota

NDRH Housing Stabilization offers re-housing assistance to those experiencing homelessness. Assistance includes:

• Letter of Commitment with intent to pay a housing provider for an approved residence within the rent limits for an applicant's household size and county. This includes:
  • Security deposit
  • Application fees
  • Up to 6 months of assistance 
• Trainings on Letter of Commitment, being a New Renter, and Understanding a Lease

• Create an account on the portal. (View a user guide for this process.)
• Save your login credentials, you will use these to be able to update your application and view your application status.

• To see if you qualify for assistance, you will need to submit a Housing Stabilization Application
  • See the user guide for step-by-step instructions.
• Your application will be reviewed by eligibility. Should your application be approved, you will receive an approval email and be assigned a Housing Stability Coach or Housing Facilitator.

• If you are assigned a Housing Stability Coach, your coach will reach out to you to set up an appointment. When you meet with your coach you will review the following training materials:
  • Letter of Commitment Training
  • Understanding a Lease Training
• Once you have completed training, you will log into your portal and complete the Applicant Acknowledgement and download your Letter of Commitment.
• If you are assigned a housing facilitator with a community partner, the facilitator will reach out to you.

• Once you have your Letter of Commitment, you will be able to start searching for housing in your selected county under the rent limits set by the program.
• If you need to change your designated county, add or delete household members, you will need to contact dhserb@nd.gov or 701- 328-1907 to get a new Letter of Commitment issued.

• After you have found stable housing, you will need to submit a housed application.
  • See the user guide for step-by-step instructions.
• Your application will be reviewed. Should your application be approved, you will receive an approval email and payment will be sent to your housing provider.
• In rare circumstances, payment may be sent to renters directly.
• You will meet with your Housing Stability Coach again to review the New Renter training.