Housing First Homeless Housing Syracuse
Helio Housing First (49 units) serves chronically homeless individuals with a qualifying disabling condition such as: substance use disorder, mental illness or physical limitations.
- Guidelines established by HUD and NY-505
- Individuals must meet the HUD definition of chronic homelessness
- Individuals must have a VI-SPDAT completed
- VI-SPDATS are done at shelters and homeless outreach teams
Individuals must be placed on HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Coordinated Entry list. All homeless providers in the community have access to this list, and individuals entering this program are selected from this list.