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LSS Housing Services
2414 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612.871.0354
housing@lssmn.org

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (LSS) serves all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age.
 

  

About Us
LSS Housing Services has a rich history of providing support and assistance to adults and families in need. We give dignity and respect to everyone we serve, regardless of their immediate situation.

According to Heading Home Hennepin: The 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County,* “The most critical issue facing all people experiencing homelessness is the lack of safe and stable housing.” The plan proposes developing new housing opportunities. These opportunities could include both production of new units and access to units in the existing market. Through supportive housing [link] programs, affordable housing is linked with services that help people live more stable, productive lives. These programs can be either project-based [Journey Homes] or scattered-site housing [It’s All About the Kids, Rental Subsidy Program, Family Roots Alliance].

LSS Supportive Housing Programs assist in the development of housing opportunities, which is one of the eight goals in the 10 Year Plan. The It’s All About the Kids Collaborative, Rental Subsidy Program, and Family Roots Alliance are three LSS housing programs that meet a portion of the unmet affordable housing need by providing rental subsidy vouchers for families. With rental subsidies, previously unaffordable housing becomes affordable. Our permanent supportive housing program, Journey Homes, provides 12 units of project based Section 8.

In addition to providing a variety of affordable housing options for families, we offer services to assist them in maintaining their housing. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s study, Family Homelessness In Our Nation And Community: A Problem With A Solution:

“For those families for whom affordable housing, alone, is not sufficient, more intensive services are necessary to help them stay stably housed. Housing models such as permanent supportive housing and service-enriched housing combine housing and services so that families can maximize their potential.”

All LSS Supportive Housing programs follow the “Housing First” philosophy of getting families out of homelessness as quickly as possible and into safe, affordable housing, then providing supportive services so families can maintain that housing.

*http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/homelessness/docs/HENNEPINS_WAY_HOME.PDF