This guide lists the documentation required to enroll participants in homeless housing and services, broken down by funding source. It clarifies the requirements for common Chicago homelessness programs and can be used to eliminate unnecessary requests, easing administrative burden for both applicants and staff members and improving performance in the homelessness system.
Document Category: Intake Assessments
Homeless Documentation from an Auditing Perspective FAQ
This FAQ clarifies why proper homelessness documentation is important from an auditing perspective.
Tips on Documenting Homeless Status or Length of Time Homeless for CoC Participant Files
Document provides tips on what should be present in verification of homelessness documentation.
Sample Reasonable Accommodation Request Notices and Forms
This resource contains sample notices and accompanying sample forms that could be made available to any tenant requesting a reasonable accommodation.
Sample Policy – Reasonable Accommodation Forms
Sample policy and procedure for reasonable accommodation, including requestion and verification forms and reasonable accommodation log
Rent Payment Checklist for Rental Assistance BLI
Rent Payment checklist for CoC Projects with rental assistance budget line items (BLI) for
Rent Calculation for Rental Assistance
Resource on rent calulation for rental assistance, including regulations from the CoC Program Interim Rule
Rent Calculation – What to Include and What to Exclude from Income
Rent calculation chart showing what to include and what to exclude from annual income
Reasonable Accommodations in Tenant Selection Processes
This resource provides guidelines for the tenant selection process and information on reasonable accommodation in tenant selection
Participant Rent Payment for CoC Rental Assistance Projects
This resource discusses whether agencies should collect the participant portion of rent directly or if rent payment should go to the landlord for CoC rental assistance. The document also covers rent payment regulations based on leasing arrangements.
