Pro Guides

HB101 Pro Guides help professionals learn how specific HB101 articles and Vault activities can help their clients achieve their housing goals.

updated December 4, 2024

How to Use Pro Guides

To access all the features of HB101 Pro Guides, professionals and their clients must use Vault accounts. Vault accounts are free, private, and secure.

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To use Pro Guides with your client:

  • Use your free Vault account to do activities in Pro Sessions.
  • Have your client use their own Vault account (they should not use Pro Sessions!). If your client doesn’t already have a Vault account, show them how to get one.
  • Ask your client to Make a Communication Profile in their Vault and share it with you. They can skip the questions they don’t want to answer. If your client does not have a Vault account, you can do this in a Pro Session.
  • Help your client Build a Housing Team in the Vault. It is best for your client to do this activity in their own account, because it is based on their Vault contacts. Then, ask them to share their team with you.

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Article

Finding Home

Article: Finding Home

Issues people should think about as they explore their housing.

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My Vault

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Planning Path

I Get to Decide

Planning Path: I Get to Decide

This Vault path teaches people about their right to choose the place they want to live.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

Types of Housing

Article: Types of Housing

A person’s needs, wishes, and situation impacts the types of housing they should look at.

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Article

People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing

Article: People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing

Identify who can help someone find, move into, and keep housing.

Read Article

My Vault

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Planning Path

Housing Needs & Wants

Planning Path: Housing Needs & Wants

See what things a person should look for when deciding where to live.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

My Vault

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Planning Path

Live with Someone

Planning Path: Live with Someone

A Vault path with a series of short activities to help you figure out if living in the community will be easier with another person.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

Paying for Housing

Article: Paying for Housing

Different programs help make housing more affordable.

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Resource Guide

Ways to Pay for Rent and Housing

See federal and state programs that help people pay for housing, how they help, and how to apply.

Go to Guide

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Article

Paying for Housing

Article: Paying for Housing

Different programs help make housing more affordable.

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Planning Path

Housing Budget

Planning Path: Housing Budget

Tools that help people see how they get their money and how much they might spend to live in their own place.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Resource Guide

MN DHS Housing Programs that Help People with Disabilities

See which DHS housing programs help people with disabilities, how they help, and how to apply.

Go to Guide

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Video

MSA Housing Assistance

Video: MSA Housing Assistance

Get an introduction to MSA's Housing Assistance program.

Watch Video

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Related Resources

Disability Benefits 101 (DB101)

Related Resources: Disability Benefits 101 (DB101)

Understand your disability benefits and see how work can increase your income.

Visit Site

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Article

Keeping Your Housing

Article: Keeping Your Housing

Get ideas on how to help people stay in their current place.

Read Article

My Vault

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Planning Path

Write a Letter

Planning Path: Write a Letter

Tools that help people write a letter to solve specific types of problems related to housing.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

Finding Home: What Might Limit Your Options?

Article: Finding Home: What Might Limit Your Options?

See ways to overcome barriers that might restrict where a person can live.

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My Vault

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Planning Path

Present Myself

Planning Path: Present Myself

Strategies that help people present themselves in a positive way.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

Housing

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Video

How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds

Video: How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds

See how HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds help people get housing.

Watch Video

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Related Resources

Beyond Backgrounds

Related Resources: Beyond Backgrounds

Beyond Backgrounds helps people who have been denied housing in Minnesota due to past problems.

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Related Resources

LawHelpMN

Related Resources: LawHelpMN

LawHelpMN helps people find lawyers, learn more about their rights, and solve legal problems.

Visit Site

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Related Resources

Volunteer Lawyers Network

Related Resources: Volunteer Lawyers Network

Free legal help for Minnesotans with low income.

Visit Site

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Resource Guide

Housing Search Tools

Find vacancies in different types of housing settings and programs.

Go to Guide

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Article

MA Housing Stabilization Services

Article: MA Housing Stabilization Services

See if a person can qualify for these services that help with finding and keeping housing.

Read Article

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Directory

Homeless Services in Minnesota

Directory: Homeless Services in Minnesota

Use this map to help someone find Coordinated Entry access points in their area.

Open Directory

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Article

Types of Housing

Article: Types of Housing

A person’s needs, wishes, and situation impacts the types of housing they should look at.

Read Article

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Article

People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing

Article: People Who Can Help You Find and Keep Housing

Identify who can help someone find, move into, and keep housing.

Read Article

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Directory

HB101 Places

Directory: HB101 Places

Help somebody find the right Housing Support program for them.

Open Directory

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Video

How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds

Video: How to Use HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds

See how HousingLink and Beyond Backgrounds help people get housing.

Watch Video

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Related Resources

HousingLink

Related Resources: HousingLink

Find affordable rental housing vacancies and waiting list openings in Minnesota.

Visit Site

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Related Resources

HousingLink Streams

Related Resources: HousingLink Streams

Lists publicly funded rental housing in Minnesota.

Visit Site

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Related Resources

HUD Resource Locator

Related Resources: HUD Resource Locator

Affordable housing in Minnesota funded by HUD.

Visit Site

My Vault

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Planning Path

I Get to Decide

Planning Path: I Get to Decide

This Vault path teaches people about their right to choose the place they want to live.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

Moving Into the Community

Article: Moving Into the Community

See ways and programs that help a person move into their own place and get services.

Read Article

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Resource Guide

MN DHS Housing Programs that Help People with Disabilities

See which DHS housing programs help people with disabilities, how they help, and how to apply.

Go to Guide

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Article

MA-Waiver Programs

Article: MA-Waiver Programs

Learn about MA-Waivers that help people with disabilities live in the community.

Read Article

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Article

Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program

Article: Personal Care Assistance (PCA) Program

Learn about a program that pays for personal assistants to help people with disabilities.

Read Article

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Article

Moving Home Minnesota

Article: Moving Home Minnesota

Learn about a program that helps people with disabilities move out of facilities.

Read Article

My Vault

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Planning Path

Housing Needs & Wants

Planning Path: Housing Needs & Wants

See what things a person should look for when deciding where to live.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

My Vault

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Planning Path

My Day, My Life

Planning Path: My Day, My Life

Tools that help people describe things they do, and how they might use help when they do them.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

My Vault

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Planning Path

Live with Someone

Planning Path: Live with Someone

A Vault path with a series of short activities to help you figure out if living in the community will be easier with another person.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

Keeping Your Housing

Article: Keeping Your Housing

Get ideas on how to help people stay in their current place.

Read Article

My Vault

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Planning Path

Write a Letter

Planning Path: Write a Letter

Tools that help people write a letter to solve specific types of problems related to housing.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

My Vault

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Planning Path

My Day, My Life

Planning Path: My Day, My Life

Tools that help people describe things they do, and how they might use help when they do them.

Watch tutorial

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Go To Path

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Article

MA Housing Stabilization Services

Article: MA Housing Stabilization Services

See if a person can qualify for these services that help with finding and keeping housing.

Read Article

My Vault

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Activity

Housing Sustaining Services Plan

Activity: Housing Sustaining Services Plan

Help somebody make a plan of action steps they can take to keep living in their current place.

Go To Activity

Housing

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Video

Housing Stabilization Services

Video: Housing Stabilization Services

Get an introduction to Housing Stabilization Services.

Watch Video

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Brochure

MA Housing Stabilization Services

Brochure: MA Housing Stabilization Services

This short brochure explains who can get Housing Stabilization Services and how to get them.

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