New Avenues to Independence, Inc. Providing services for individuals with disabilities since 1952.
SECTION 8 MAINSTREAM PROGRAM
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Revised: September 13, 2008.
The purpose of the Mainstream program is to provide rental vouchers to enable eligible persons with disabilities to rent affordable
private housing of their choice.
The program assists persons with disabilities who often face difficulties in locating suitable
and accessible housing on the private market. The rent subsidy is paid by New Avenues directly to landlords*.
Services Provided
The
following services are available to program participants:
- Rental subsidy
- Landlord recruitment
- Housing counseling
- Housing search assistance
Are You Eligible?
Eligible program applicants must be very-low income and have a disability. This includes a disabled family or an
individual with a disability. A disabled family is a family whose head, spouse, or sole member is a person with a disability. An individual
with a disability is a person who:
- Has a disability as defined in section 223 of the Social Security Act;
- Is determined to have a physical, mental, or emotional impairment that meet specified criteria;
- Has a developmental disability as defined in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
To be eligible for the program, the individual with the disability must be an
adult. Families with children under 18 years of age who have disabilities are not eligible for assistance under this program. Eligible
units include single family homes and apartment units.
New Avenues’ Mainstream program is open to residents of Cuyahoga, Lake
and Ashtabula counties who meet eligibility requirements.
Application Process
Individuals interested in participating in the Mainstream
program must submit an application when the Mainstream wait list is open. Notification of the opening of the wait list will be published
in local newspapers and will be sent to service providers.
Applicants will be placed on the wait list based on date and time
postmark of application. New Avenues will select applicants in order on the wait list to determine program eligibility. If an applicant
is determined eligible, New Avenues will issue a Housing Choice Voucher to the applicant. If an applicant is determined ineligible,
New Avenues will remove the applicant from the wait list.
All applicants determined eligible must attend an applicant briefing
on program requirements prior to receipt of the Housing Choice Voucher.
17608 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44112
(216) 481-1907
Thomas M. Lewins
Executive Director
2010 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Bruce Sherman, Ph.D.
President
Jonathon
Good, Esq.
Vice President
Bob Angart
Treasurer
Donald Petrash
Secretary
Michael Primrose
Non-Officer Representative
Directors
Edward
A. Boehmer
Joyce Bresler
Ronald Henderson, Esq.
Daniel Koster
Ken Light
Brian Mackert
Joan Potiker
Director
Emeritus