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<br />Page | 43 <br /> <br /> Elements of Housing Stability Planning <br /> All Housing Stability Plans should have key characteristics: <br />✓ Attainable goals <br />✓ Action steps to achieve goals which are clear, measurable, and can be accomplished within a <br />relatively short period of time <br />✓ Case manager and/or household responsibility is designated for each action step <br />✓ Target dates for completion or review of steps and overall plan <br />✓ Assistance, including rent assistance and flexible funding, provided on behalf of the household <br />should be tied to the Housing Stability Plan <br /> Stages of Housing Stability Planning <br />The following stages may be used as a general guide for planning. All households may not need plans <br />that address all stages, and planning will depend on household circumstances and program design. <br /> <br />✓ Crisis Resolution Plan: Initial goals focus on resolving immediate crises that jeopardize <br />household safety (e.g. living in vehicle during dangerously cold weather). <br /> <br />✓ Short Term Stability Plan: Focuses on intermediate objectives necessary to obtain or maintain <br />permanent housing. Planning in this stage will be revised and adjusted as household needs or <br />circumstances change throughout program enrollment. <br /> <br />During this stage, reassessments should consider: <br />• The length of subsidy to date <br />• Household income and household rent to income ratio <br />• Household compliance with lease <br />• Progress made on housing stability and income goals <br />• Changes in household circumstances impacting housing stability <br />• Resources and supports still needed to retain housing without rental assistance <br /> <br />✓ Post-Program Plan: At program exit, plans may include a continuation of lighter-touch services <br />to be delivered post-enrollment to help ensure housing retention. 11 <br /> <br />Staff-to-client ratios which allow for implementing progressive engagement and personalized and <br />ongoing housing stability planning should be considered in program planning. <br />7.6 Nondiscrimination <br />Lead/subgrantees must comply with all federal, state and local nondiscrimination laws, regulations and <br />policies, including the Washington State Law against Discrimination, RCW 49.60, as it now reads or as it <br />may be amended. RCW 49.60 currently prohibits discrimination or unfair practices because of race, <br />creed, color, national origin, families with children, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, <br />honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical <br />disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. <br /> <br />Lead/subgrantees must comply with the Federal Fair Housing Act and its amendments as it now reads <br /> <br />11 CHG allows for 6 months of continued case management after a household is over income at re -certification. HEN funds may not <br />be used to provide case management when a household is no longer HEN eligible. See Sections 3.7.1, 4.7.1, and 5.8.