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PANELISTS
• MODERATOR - Lyn Kirshenbaum, HUD Regional Homeless Coordinator, Region III
• Emily Camp-Landis, Assistant Director of Philadelphia’s Permanent Supportive Housing Clearinghouse, Office of Supportive Housing
• Michael B. Simmons, CPM, President & Chief Executive Officer of Community Realty Management
• Corey Burkholder, Lycoming County Children and Youth Outreach Caseworker and Community Coordinator/Assistant Manager of Williamsport NSA Assoc.
• Eric Ryder, Director, Schindlers Inc. Management Company
• Presentations followed by Questions, Discussion & Sign-Ups
2013 ACTIVITIES• STRATEGIC PLANNING GUIDE
• PARTNERSHIPS• GROUP MEETINGS• ONE ON ONE MEETINGS• POSITIVE RESULTS
WHO IS HOMELESS?
• DO ANY OF YOU LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK?……….and then have an unexpected expense? Homeless are:
• Those who had a medical emergency and not all expenses were covered
• Those who had a home foreclosure, job loss, or job downgrade
• Those who had a challenge with alcohol or behavioral health
• Those experiencing domestic violence
• Returning veterans without the support they had before they left
• Youth aging out of foster care
• Someone whose income is not high enough for a market rate apt. and is on several waiting lists
• Someone without family supports
• Do you have any acquaintances or family members in these categories?
2014 ACTIVITIES
• GIVING WHAT OWNERS WANT
• MAKING IT EZ FOR MANAGEMENT AGENTS
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME AS A PROPERTY MANAGER ?
When you design a preference at your developments you ......
• Tap into a coordinated system of service providers who can provide resident referrals and complete applications.
• Receive access to supportive services to ensure residents thrive in their new home
and maintain occupancy. • Have lower vacancy rates with a consistent referral source for vacant units. • Have the flexibility to choose the preference rate. • Assist the HUD Regional Office’s efforts to end homelessness – accelerate the
success of our local plan by increasing access to HUD-assisted housing.
Name of Property______________
1. The definition we will use for homeless is :
2. Type(s) of Preference:
3. Implementation to be defined in detail in Tenant Selection Plan. Preference can be for entire or percentage of building (No units can be set-aside or held off-line) :______ Preference until reach maximum threshold of _____% or _____# of units_______ Will alternate filling vacancies from existing project waiting list and the referring agency waiting list of eligible applicants. We will accept a referral for every _______ unit vacancy
Signature of Management Agent ___________________Signature of Owner _____________________________Date_________________Date_______________
MOVING BEYOND PHILADELPHIA
• EXPANDED TO OTHER PA COUNTIES
• OTHER STATES – We trained: DE, VA, MD, CO,NJ on our model
• OTHER MODELS – Chicago, LA, Phoenix, NOLA, Boston, Fresno, Houston
• Now HQ toolkit
SUCCESSES• Number of properties
participating
• Leases signed
• Additional spin-offs
• KEY MESSAGESReferrals, Services, Relationships
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EASTERN PA MULTIFAMILY CURRENT SUCCESSES AS OF
11-11-157 Management Companies signed on to a preference though HUD and
PHFA (Mercy Douglas, CRM, Presby Inspired, IRM, CPM, Ingerman and Altman)
5 Management Companies on the verge of signing on (Beacon, Federation, AIMCO, and Catholic Human Services, Presby Senior)
36 Projects with a preference
48 units with a preference committed
38 referrals housed so far through the preference.
Additional 5 companies committed to house the homeless through rent-up, high vacancies and no waiting list, or from the waiting list only (HELP USA, Williamsport NSA, Republic First, SBG, and Prudent plus IRM)
100+ Additional units offered
49 homeless housed through ongoing vacancies, the waiting list or rent-up.
This is a total of 87 housed through both preferences and the waiting list so far.
When new vacancies occur, we will place additional through referrals.
HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL GREAT NEED IN OUR REGION.
K. LYN
KIRSHENBAUM
FIELD POLICY & MANAGEMEN
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215 – 430-6695
RITA DEMARCO
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
215 – 861-7554
MULTIFAMILY HOMELESS PLACEMENT HUD LEADS
Emily Camp-Landis
Philadelphia CoC
City of Philadelphia Office of Supportive
Housing (OSH)
215-686-7108
Nancy TwymanPennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)
Norristown Office
610-270-3585
MULTIFAMILY HOMELESS PLACEMENT PARTNER TEAM LEADS
VETERANS MULTISERVIC
E CENTER (VMC)
Kathy Salerno
VA VASH TEAM
Rob Greco
(267)-815-1033
ADDITIONAL PARTNERS
LET’S HEAR FROM OUR SUCCESS STORIES:
*PHILADELPHIA AS THE FIRST MODEL FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PLACEMENTS
*MANAGEMENT AGENT WHO HOUSED HOMELESS VETERANS
* MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN WILLIAMSPORT WHO HOUSED HOMELESS FAMILIES
