Community Housing Network Inc

PROVIDING HOMES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ASSOCIATED ECONOMIC CHALLENGES HAS CONTINUED TO GREATLY IMPACT MANY OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST AT-RISK RESIDENTS. AS A RESULT, CHN ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FUNDERS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE SERVICE TO PEOPLE IN NEED AS WELL AS DOING OUR PART TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE CONTINUED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES CAUSED BY COVID-19. COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK, ALONG WITH THREE OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES MANAGED NEARLY $95 MILLION IN COVID EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE (CERA). THE CERA PROGRAM PROVIDED FUNDS FOR HOUSEHOLDS FACING EVICTION AND OTHER HOUSING CRISES DUE TO COVID-19 RELATED HARDSHIPS. THROUGH CERA, CHN COULD PAY FOR UP TO 15 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PROVIDE HELP WITH UTILITIES INCLUDING INTERNET SERVICE. THE PROGRAM ALSO HELPS ENSURE THAT LOCAL LANDLORDS RECEIVE FUNDS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN LOCAL RENTAL HOUSING STOCK, A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK ASSISTED 3,514 HOUSEHOLDS WITH EVICTION PREVENTION AND OTHER HOUSING CRISES.IN ADDITION TO OUR WORK SUPPORTING EVICTION PREVENTION THROUGH THE CERA PROGRAM, COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK ALSO PROVIDED COVID-19 RESPONSE AID FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS TO 1,197 INDIVIDUALS

COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK HAS DEVELOPED 9 HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN PROVIDING 263 UNITS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IN THIS HOUSING, 715 PEOPLE WERE SERVED; 56% WERE CHILDREN AND 55% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS WERE HEADED BY SINGLE MOTHERS.IN ADDITION, COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK OVERSEES THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF 681 LEASES FOR 437 PROPERTIES AT SCATTERED SITES IN OAKLAND, MACOMB, WAYNE, AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

COMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK REMAINED THE LARGEST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) PROVIDER IN OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING PSH IN WAYNE COUNTY. PSH PROVIDES LONG-TERM HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND WHO HAVE A DISABILITY. DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR, CHN SERVED 545 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 164 CHILDREN, IN LEASING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND SHELTER PLUS CARE.

CRISIS RESPONSEHOUSING RESOURCE CENTERCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK'S HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER (HRC) RECEIVED 26,672 CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS IN NEED - MORE THAN DOUBLE OF THE PRIOR YEAR. THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL 18,710 COVID-19 RELATED CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR EVICTION PREVENTION AND OTHER HOUSING CRISES.THE HRC FUNCTIONS AS A "ONE-STOP SHOP" (FOR THOSE SEEKING RESOURCES RELATED TO HOUSING OR HOMELESSNESS). THIS VITAL PROGRAM ENABLES FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS SERVICES THAT WOULD BEST ASSIST THEM IN GETTING HOUSED OR STAYING HOUSED, WITHOUT HAVING TO NAVIGATE THE "SYSTEM" ON THEIR OWN. STREET OUTREACHTHE PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS (PATH) PROGRAM SERVES THE MOST VULNERABLE AND HARD TO REACH PEOPLE IN OAKLAND AND MACOMB COUNTIES WHO ARE HOMELESS AND LIVING ON THE STREETS. THE PATH OUTREACH TEAM CONNECTED WITH 265 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS; OF WHICH 169 ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND NOW HAVE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES VIA THE PATH PROGRAM.HOUSING PROGRAMSHOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAMTHE HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM PROVIDED A SHORT-TERM SAFETY NET TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM LOSING THEIR EXISTING HOUSING AND REMAIN HOUSED. IN 2022, 101 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED; 52% WERE CHILDREN 18 YEARS OR YOUNGER. RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAMTHE RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM HELPS VULNERABLE FAMILIES COMING FROM HOMELESSNESS WITH A RENTAL SUBSIDY FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS. DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR, 402 INDIVIDUALS WERE HELPED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM; 34% WERE CHILDREN.HOMEBUYER & FINANCIAL EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK IS COMMITTED TO HELPING FAMILIES ACHIEVE FINANCIAL GOALS AND DREAMS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP. OUR HOMEBUYER AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH TAKING THE NEXT STEP TOWARD HOUSING STABILITY AND ASSET BUILDING. IN 2022, 345 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED THROUGH HOMEBUYER AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENTCOMMUNITY HOUSING NETWORK OFFERS A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENT INTERNS. DURING 2022, 193 VOLUNTEERS AND INTERNS PROVIDED 3,172 HOURS OF SERVICE TO THE ORGANIZATION.