HOUSING NAVIGATION SUPPORT

Develop new or support existing, Fair Housing trainings and “Housing 101” programs to help community members overcome housing access barriers

BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH AND PROTECT HOUSEHOLDS FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND DISASTER

Housing Navigation Support

Develop new or support and enhance existing, Fair Housing and “Housing 101” trainings to increase community members understanding of the housing system and how to overcome accessing affordable housing barriers. Training should focus on federal and state fair housing laws, particularly tenant rights, and can be offered alongside other promising strategies, such as eviction prevention clinics. Training facilitators can include housing coordinators and ecosystem builders.

An example are the trainings offered through the Fair Housing Project at Legal Aid of NC.

This promising strategy requires investment in:

Labor hours to analyze, improve and/or develop trainings
Labor hours to recruit community members and deliver trainings

Evaluation of Promising Strategy in Initial Target Regions

Learn more about the Investment Map’s selection of Initial Target Regions.

At the statewide level, there are the following assets: NCHousingSearch.org, Basic Fair Housing Trainings, Coordinated Entry into Homeless Service System, and the Landlord Incentive Pilot Program. Additionally, the Back@Home program provides navigation support for North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Much of the training is web-based but many tenants with limited resources do not have reliable internet access.

Assets:

Back at Home

NCCEH – Landlord Incentive Pilot Program

Description: Fair Housing Project

Investment Approach: Back at Home

Fair Housing and Housing 101 training is created or adapted. Metric = training curriculum, materials, and presentation model complete. Metric = # of new programs created/expanded.
Community outreach & recruitment plan is developed and implemented. Metric = plan and materials complete. Metric = % elements of plan completed. Metric = Degree to which enrollment targets are reached.
The target population demonstrates an increased understanding of training topics. Metric = enrollment targets met. Metric = 85% of participants surveyed demonstrate increased understanding of training topics and how to use new information.