Supported Housing. Consistent with its Ten-Year Plan, the State will develop and implement the measures below to ensure that supported housing meets individuals’ needs: (a) supported housing will be permanent housing with tenancy rights, where obtaining tenancy rights is not conditioned on individuals’ participation in treatment or compliance with mandatory programmatic criteria; supported housing includes support services to enable individuals to attain and maintain integrated affordable housing, and includes support services that are flexible and available as needed and desired; (b) all new supported housing created pursuant to this Settlement Agreement will be scattered-site supported housing, with no more than two units or 10 percent of the units in a multi-unit building with 10 or more units, whichever is greater, and no more than two units in any building with fewer than 10 units known by the State to be occupied by individuals in the Target Population; (c) all new supported housing created pursuant to this Settlement Agreement will be single occupancy or single family housing unless the individual prefers to live with a roommate; if the individual chooses to live with a roommate, there will be a private bedroom for each person; the individual will be able to select his or her roommate; (d) “supported housing,” as used in this Settlement Agreement, includes housing supported by subsidies from any source, including State-funded rental subsidies through the State’s Bridge Subsidy Program or funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), coupled with other ongoing mental health and tenancy support services provided by ACT, case management, and/or a housing specialist.
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Samples: Class Action Settlement Agreement, Class Action Settlement Agreement, Class Action Settlement Agreement
