Housing Locators Solutions Panel

Carolyn GordonFamily Promise of Northern New Castle County

Victor FelicianoValley Interfaith Promise

Barbara CogginsFamily Promise of Las Vegas

Diverse Housing Solutions

Agency/Board Commitment

Establishing the Need/Locating the Funding

Join networking groups, learn about issues facing landlords- how can you be value-added?

Diverse Housing Solutions Build Relationships

Visit Apartment complexes that your affiliate is interested in

Host an Open House for Landlords/invite them to your day center

Connect with realtors that can help spread the word

Look within current supporters/volunteers for possible sources

Diverse Housing Solutions Lead with results; how

effective is FP in your community?

Market agency’s value to the landlord and community

Share success stories Former Family success

stories

Previous Landlord success stories

What contributes to the success: Think like a landlord…

why should they partner with you?

What is in it for them?

Has to be win-win

Independent landlords vs. property management companies

What contributes to the success:

Honesty: don’t oversell, don’t over commit Clearly define program & services and its impact on

successful tenancy Combination of financial assistance WITH case

management

Thinking like a landlord:Why Partner with Family Promise?

Intensive Case Management Support for 6mo-1yr; staff works with family, landlords, and employers

Support includes budgeting

Mission-focused on Families: help homeless children remain with their families, stay on track with school

Thinking like a landlord:Why Partner with Family Promise?

Good Tenants: many of our families have positive rental history before unforeseen circumstances occurred

Financial Support: loan the security deposit to families, subsidize rent, cover other expenses such as transportation, etc.

Learn What is Helpful to Landlords?

Security Deposit-revolving loan fund?

Furnishing apartments- supplying families with necessities?

Shortened leases? “Test phase”? Long-term commitment?

What is Helpful to landlords

Ongoing graduate (case management) services for families; communication with landlords

“Master Leasing” Family Promise as the tenant and subleases to a family Ability to work with landlord to transition lease over to family Family Promise helps with apartment turnover

Renovation of (vacant) property by licensed contractor volunteers(?)

Housing Solutions…Las Vegas Mentoring Programs

CPOD (Community Partnership for Opening Doors)

Joint Partnership with families Family is tenant/Agency still

provides case management/aftercare support

Highlight Program in action…recruitment for other landlords

Housing Solutions…Delaware

Pathways Program Pathway to Housing Apartment Partnership Program: Family Promise

NNCC as a master leaseholder

Grant Assistance Program: Closing the GAP on your new home!

These are initiatives we have piloted in past year with success. Aim to utilize the GAP program where possible; shorter financial investment

Joined the Housing Networking Association

Housing Solutions…Columbus, GA Almost Home Program

Housing support for families with full-time employment

6-month bonding program

Partnering with other agencies within community Habitat for Humanity

Congregations with rental property

Landlords

What is Helpful to Our Families: Flexibility with the application

process: Credit Report Length of employment history Gross Income Ratio- families

struggle to keep rent at 50% let alone 25-30%

Flexibility with the rent- $50 or $100 less a month can be the difference between “impossible” and “lasting independence” for our families

Appreciating occupancy needs: children sharing a room; one bedroom with den used for a baby