DHS' Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi wrote a letter Friday to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting to end the program.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Friday that it would be terminating the Housing Stabilization Services Program.

DHS Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi on Friday made a request of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take the "unprecedented step" to end the program, which uses Medicaid funding to locate and maintain homes for Minnesotans with disabilities, mental illnesses, and substance abuse disorders.