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Home Run

Home Run. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~Babe Ruth. Jennifer Cerecedes: Home Run Coordinator Brandy Marsh: Home Run Coach Myca Pearson: Home Run MSW Intern. What Is It?.

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Home Run

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  1. Home Run “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~Babe Ruth Jennifer Cerecedes: Home Run Coordinator Brandy Marsh: Home Run Coach Myca Pearson: Home Run MSW Intern

  2. What Is It? • A population specific housing coaching program which strives to get homeless individuals housed and stabilized.

  3. Who Qualifies? • An individual or family who is homeless or at risk for homelessness. (HUD Definition) • What does “at risk” mean? • Someone who has received an eviction notice or has been asked to leave their current place of residence (must be verifiable).

  4. Who Qualifies? -Must be at 30% Area Median Income (AMI) or below. -Must be paying no more than 30% of income for rent.

  5. Ideal Client #1 • An individual or family who is currently living in Section 8 Project Housing or is on a Section 8 Choice Voucher who has received an eviction notice from their landlord. • Why is this ideal? • This client meets the income requirements and their rent is no more than 30% of their total income.

  6. Ideal Client #2 • An individual/family who has had to take leave without pay and now cannot make rent. For Example: Susy makes $1,000 gross per month, her rent is $250 at Riverwalk. Because she hurt her back, she had to miss her labor intensive job for 2 weeks unpaid. She was not able to pay her rent.

  7. Ideal Client #3 • A family or individual who is close to receiving or has just received their Section 8 Choice Voucher or whose application has come up at a Section 8 Project Housing complex (ex: The Richard Allen).

  8. How Does It Work? • Participants enroll in the responsible renter’s program. • Renter’s Rights and Responsibilities Class • Find a Home Class • Money Management Class • Participant receives coaching to help find appropriate housing • Participant may be eligible for a matched savings program to help with initial housing or re-housing expenses.

  9. Assessment • Self-Identification • Barriers • Criminal History • Credit/Eviction History • “Do you believe a landlord would rent to you?” • “Do you believe you will be able to maintain housing for a minimum of 2 years?”

  10. Orientation • Explanation of Guidelines • Participant Coach Contract • Sign-up for Life Skills Classes • Official Enrollment • Housing Search • Budget • Affordability Calculator • Identification and Income Verification Collected • Housing Stability Plan • Outlines steps/expectations and tracks progress

  11. Coaching • Identification of housing barriers • Frequently Identified: • Criminal History • Evictions • Lack of Rental History • Fear of Landlords • Poor Credit History • Unacquainted with Renter Rights • Disability • Lack of income/inability to effectively budget • Expectations

  12. Coaching in a Nutshell • Coaching participants in effectively communicating with present/future landlords. • Educating participants on how to effectively find permanent housing • Affordability • Landlord-Tenant Law • Nature of Fees and Deposits • Prioritizing

  13. Landlord-Tenant Meeting • Open lines of communication • Clearly identify expectations • Verify housing meets Fair Market Rent standards • Inspect unit (Housing Quality Inspection)

  14. Rental Assistance • Participant Services • $200.00 Participant can access for screening fees, cost of housing search (bus pass or gas), Identification Cards, etc. • Made available after Orientation Appointment • Savings Match • 4:1 (SNAP: Qualified Participant) • $800.00 Cap • $800.00 Can be used towards security deposit, rent, utilities deposit, or any other expense that would help obtain or maintain permanent housing.

  15. Outcomes • 101 Participants Enrolled • Attended Assessment, Orientation and fulfilled a life-skill requirement • 49 Participants obtained Permanent Housing • 45 Participants accessed some or all rental assistance funds through savings match program

  16. Challenges • Restrictive Guidelines (30% AMI and no more than 30% of income going towards rent) • Finding Appropriate Participants! • Struggle to save • Struggle to find housing • Section 8 Voucher Freeze • Efficiency of Process • Amount of Case Management

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