ANNUAL REPORT
2016
The number of adults working full-
time increased the longer they were
engaged in the program. Those
participating the longest were most
likely to find full-time work.
The percent of clients who earned $15
per hour (the program objective after
five years) is highest for those who
have participated in the program four
or more years.
Northside Supportive Housing for Families
Evaluation ResultsEnding homelessness and poverty through workAs the Northside Supportive Housing for Families program reached its 4th year, we
decided it was best to evaluate our results to date against program assumptions,
goals and objectives. We were assisted by Kirsten Anderson LLC, a consultant
team chosen based on their evaluation method, experience and their knowledge
of Alliance and its approach. We will use the evaluation results to refine program
operations, influence the dialogue and increase government funding to support
housing programs in the County.
Here are a few things we learned:
Over 50% of participants paid down
debt while in the program, and 37%
paid off more than half of their debt.
100% of participants who have been in
the program for more than three years
have obtained a GED (or high school
diploma).
Keleisha and her three children.
Gala and her children
SURVEY RESULTStability is the greatest success and it has positive effects on
participant’s children.
Participant: “For my daughter there has been so much more stability
. . . she went through a phase in the shelter where she was regressing.
They said it was due to change. Now she’s developmentally
appropriate. I think that’s from peace of mind from a stable place.”
Participant: “My plan is to buy a house. I have kids that look up to
me and I want to do the right thing for them. I want to show them
the right way of living and how to do it. I want to do it for me, too.
It’s something I never had growing up. I never had a stable house. I
want my kids to grow up in a house and in one school district to have
some stability.”
SUCCESS STORY: Keleisha (pictured above) has three kids
and has been in the program for more than two years. While her kids
have always done well in school, her twelve year old’s behavior has
changed for the better since the family has been in the program. “My
older son, he used to act out a lot because we were always moving
around and he would have to switch schools, but since we’ve been
here, I haven’t gotten any calls or anything…he’s been much better.”
Her kids motivate her to continue saving, with a long term goal of
buying a house in the future.
SUCCESS STORY: Gala (pictured at left) has been with the program for two years
and has definitely exhibited a positive “can do” attitude despite the challenges she has
encountered as a single mother of two young children. Upon entering the program, Gala
worked as a part-time Sales Associate for a major retail chain, and made $8.25 per hour. Gala
shared her goal and passion —from day one—of returning back to doing CNA work. Gala
diligently took the necessary steps to obtain the necessary credentials while consistently
pursuing her job search and landed a CNA job opportunity with a senior care facility, earning
$11.77 an hour. After building up time and experience in that position, she applied for and
was hired to a more competitive position at North Memorial Hospital, making $16.04 an hour.
The longer a participant is engaged in the program, the more likely they are to pay rent on
time, and demonstrate that they are a dependable tenant.
2016
Highlights
Purchased 3001 E. Lake Street and submitted $10 million of funding applications for Minnehaha Commons, studio apartments for elderly adults who have experienced homelessness and other barriers to housing.
Completed evaluation of Northside Supportive Housing Program and affirmed operations support achieving goals – supported 46 families in increasing income and housing stability in order to exit generational poverty and homelessness in a sustainable way.
Established a policy agenda, gained traction on calling attention to excessive tenant screening and assisted in advancing Homes 4 All and Make Homes Happen initiatives.
Property management operations gave 120 single adults and 102 families the opportunity to create homes for themselves with rent affordability, relational property management and a second chance.
Increased capital maintenance savings by $46,500 to $217,700, 34% of $650,000 thirty year goal in order to keep our properties “the best on the block.”
Maintained 3 months of operating reserves.
Barbara Jeanetta, Executive Director
Troy Kester and Bob Bono, Property
Managers
Sue Roedl, Supportive Service Coordinator
Jessica Donahue, JVC Policy and
Communications Coordinator
Audrey Preston, Tenant Service Coordinator
Greg Lough, Maintenance Tech
Michael Bobick, Maintenance Assistant/Caretaker
Richard Love, Janitor/Caretaker
Erica Pizarro, Christo Rey Work Study Student
Marv Welk, Contract Accountant
Thanks to Mary Deaner, Tenant Service Coordinator, and Robin Wonsley,
Administrative and Communications Coordinator, who left Alliance’s
employment at the end of 2015 to accept other opportunities. Thanks to
Melanie Williams, Supportive Services Coordinator, who left Alliance in
May 2016 to pursue a career in human resource staffing
Staff
Board members
Mike Brown
Lisa
Buckhalton
Gail Dorfman
Kelly Elkin
Dean LeDoux
Jarett Lettner
Greg Mure
Fran Neir
Rick Nelson
Ben Olk III
Marcy Shapiro
Kimberly
Spates
Miranda
Walker
Nancy L Rodgers
Mary Ann Andreason
Ruth Naughton
Melanie Paradise
Alice Richardson
Mark Richardson
Pat Helin
Bob Marshall
MaryJo and Marty
Malecha
Jim Fournier
Stacy Becker
David Jeffries
Jim Fournier
Matthew Ayers
Tamuno Imbu
Luther Frank
Ron Price
Chuck Reisenberg
Tanner Quie
Tree Trust
Susie Borlaug
Lauren Jenkins
Thank you to Peter Sarafolean III who relinquished his tenant
representative board seat in December after 3½ years of
service. Peter moved onto market rate housing. Peter says, “I
enjoyed my 3+ years on the Alliance board. They were
receptive to the perspective of tenants and I enjoyed playing
a role in housing development and innovative programming.”
SUCCESS STORY: Tricia (pictured above) has
been in the program for almost 3 years. After bouts of
homelessness throughout her youth and young adult
life, she came to the program in search of stability.
“I knew I needed to do something since I wasn’t
ready for college yet, so I decided to take the route of
working full time.” She started at Macy’s, earning only
$8 an hour, and worked in various service jobs until
she was offered a full time position as a lunch monitor
in Richfield. Through her three years in the program,
she’s gone from unemployed to employed full time,
and earns $14.81 an hour in her current position. This
stability has encouraged her to get connected with
counseling services to ensure she continues on this
path to success.
SURVEY RESULTSelf-sufficiency skill building increases self-
efficacy.
Participant: “I have learned that I’m a hard worker. I’m
saving money better, which is giving me options.”
Participant: “I am learning that I can be more reliable,
I can be more consistent. I’m learning that it feels
good to have my own stuff, like my own apartment, I
enjoy having my own place to stay.”
Tricia and
Tyrone with
their son.
Volunteers
HOME4 GOOD
SURVEY RESULT
Case workers are reliable and provide key support.
Participant: “My caseworker is a good advocate for me,
she’s really good at what she does. If I need a resource,
she’ll get me whatever I need. I can call her like for
anything, she’ll help me take care of it or find the people
who could help me with what I’m going through.”
Participant: “[Caseworkers] are a support system – same
person is here every week, that’s a support. . . I like to talk a
lot, [it’s helpful to have] someone to go to talk for resources.”
SUCCESS STORY: LaToya (pictured above) has been
with the program since March 2015. Three weeks into the
program with Alliance, former Support Services Coordinator
Melanie Williams was having a hard time getting ahold of
LaToya, and sensed something was wrong. “I was still living
in fear and didn’t believe I was really safe again,” says
Brown. “It really took the support from Alliance, when I did
finally talk to Melanie, to realize that I no longer needed to
be afraid.” Through Melanie’s persistent approach, LaToya
began to trust again, and started to believe things were
going to be okay. “Since I’ve let go of my fear, I’ve been
doing so much better. Now I can say, ‘let’s figure out what’s
for dinner tonight,’ when a year ago I wasn’t even eating.”
Melanie Williams and LaToya
Finances
Alliance’s Mission and Goals
Alliance Housing was born out of the vision of St. Stephens’ Catholic
Church volunteers and emergency shelter staff and residents who
wanted to create tangible, long term housing solutions for homeless
families and individuals. The nonprofit (not religiously-affiliated)
organization was incorporated in 1991 and took advantage of low-
cost vacant and available properties in South Minneapolis. Alliance
continues to honor its history by developing housing solutions for
the homeless, the poor and for other individuals who lack access to
housing market opportunities.
The Mission:
The mission of Alliance Housing Inc. is to change lives and build
stronger communities by providing housing stability for very low
income individuals and families in Minneapolis and the wider Twin
Cities metropolitan area.
Alliance’s work makes it possible for individuals and families to
create homes for themselves.
Having stable housing allows participants to get their kids to school
each day, manage their medications and health and get and keep jobs.
Why:
Stable housing is the foundation of accomplishing just about anything
in one’s life. Everyone deserves stable housing.
What:
Alliance builds and manages quality and affordable housing for
people with very low incomes or who need a second chance.
How:
We’re in the business of housing people, not screening them out.
We give everyone a second chance, regardless of prior housing or
credit problems or a past criminal record.
We use hands-on, relational property management to keep our
buildings an asset for the tenants and neighbors.
We keep our rents as low as possible so low wage workers and
people on a fixed income can afford to pay.
Our board includes some of our tenants and makes decisions that
consider our tenants’ perspectives.
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets
for the 12 months ending June 30, 2016
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
1 Contributions $163,336
2 Government Grants $335,037
3 Partnership management fees $6,311
4 Rental revenue $1,659,574
5 Miscellaneous income $7,309
TOTAL $2,171,567
OPERATING EXPENSES
1 Administrative + mgmt. $127,951
2 Fundraising $33,693
3 Basic needs housing mgmt. $972,796
4 Workforce housing mgmt. $1,511,855
5 Program services $374,563
TOTAL $3,020,858
Net income after debt forgiveness and other changes in net assets -$417,392
Statement of Financial Position As of June 30, 2016
Assets Cash - operations $483,051Cash - restricted $1,817,675Other receivables $55,634Prepaid expenses $108,044Rental properties, net $21,893,160Other assets, net $255,338TOTAL $24,612,902
Liabilities: Accounts payable $107,865Accrued payroll and related $25,866Accrued real estate taxes $120,342Security deposits $117,829Debt $10,289,490Deferred notes payable $3,202,908Accrued interest - short/long term $546,249TOTAL $14,410,549
Net assets: Unrestricted $8,670,617Temporarily restricted $1,531,736TOTAL $10,202,353
Total liabilities and net assets: $24,612,902
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Donors
Tom is 75 years old. He has lived at our
rooming house at 2011 Pillsbury Avenue
since January of 2015 (in April, Tom moved
to one of Alliance’s duplexes). Before
finding a place with Alliance, Tom spent
three years living in his car after five years
of camping out in the Minnesota cold. With
a 30-year-old felony staining his record,
finding affordable housing was nearly
impossible. Having spent many years
in prison, Tom only has seven years of
work experience, which provide him with
just enough in social security and other
benefits to make ends meet. On top of rent,
Tom has regular medical expenses that
come along with the health conditions he
faces as he ages.
If it wasn’t for Alliance Housing, Tom
would be one of many aging adults who
live day-to-day, not sure where they will
sleep that night. He would be left entering
weekly lotteries for a shelter bed,
only to end up in a crowded
room, on a cot or a mat on the
floor. 2011 Pillsbury provides
people who are screened out
elsewhere with a room to call
home. Whether it’s just a tem-
porary transition or a permanent
residence, our rooming houses and
shared duplexes provide housing affordably
and safely, regardless of what happened last
month or last year.
The city of Minneapolis needs more places
like 2011 Pillsbury. A room at Alliance cost
less than the monetary cost of a bed at a
shelter, a night in jail, or a stay in the hospital,
and provides stability to help those who have
struggled with homelessness for too long to
ignore. Single room occupancy (SRO) models
provide the hard-to-house population with a
place to sleep, getting them out of shelters
and off the street, where they are risk arrest
or hospitalization. With month-to-month
leases and no requirement for length of stay,
many tenants use the room as a stepping
stone between homelessness and a larger
place of their own. For others, Alliance pro-
vides all that they need—a private room of
their own, a shared kitchen to cook their own
meals, and a sense of community with other
residents.
Tom’s story highlights the challenges faced
by high-barrier aging adults. Just like the rest
of the housing market, stringent screening
procedures at senior properties lock out
individuals with criminal records and poor
financial histories.
Alliance purchased 3001 E. Lake Street
in 2016 to increase housing availability for
aging adults like Thomas.
TENANT PROFILE Tom McDaniels
Alliance Housing Incorporated
2309 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
PHONE: 612-870-2267
EMAIL: [email protected]
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TWIN CITIES, MN
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