Housing Subsidy

The monthly Housing Subsidy is automatically processed by a designated FI Housing Coordinator. Payments can be made to the Individual/Designee or Landlord/Management Company, whichever is preferred.

• To pay the landlord directly a completed W-9 and Direct Deposit form is needed. Payments cannot be made via check. (Note: Yedei Chesed may choose to stop direct payments to a landlord for any reason as determined to be necessary.)

• All monthly payments are processed around the 15th of the preceding month.

  • For example, for the month of Jan, payment would be made around Dec 15th.

• The Individual must reside at the address listed on their Self-Direction budget. If they are not in residence for 30 consecutive days, the FI and DDRO Housing Team must be informed.

Yedei Chesed will process the subsidy monthly in accordance with OPWDD guidelines. If any documentation is missing, incomplete or incorrect, the local DDRO Housing Team will be made aware of the agency’s efforts to obtain complete and correct documentation and the Individual/Designee’s non-compliance. This may result in OPWDD denying, suspending, reducing, terminating, or limiting approvals of Housing Subsidies.