Housing Retention Project
Listing Date: 03/14/2003 3:19 PM
Text for Website: Housing Retention Project, March 2003 Rental Opportunity Center: 57 N. Champlain Street, Burlington VT 05401
ABOUT THE HOUSING RETENTION PROJECT
The Housing Retention project takes a proactive approach in homeless prevention. It works with families and individuals to ensure a sturdy first step out of shelter and into permanent housing by providing individualized support and early intervention to challenges that arise. Retention services assist participants with: integrating into the community when they are moving from shelter to permanent housing, abiding by the terms of their rental agreement, and responding to conflicts that jeopardize their long-term housing.
- Families and individuals who participate in the program are responsible for creating goals that increase their ability to maintain housing in the future.
- Housing Retention staff provides participants with guidance, assistance and support in setting and meeting these goals.
- Staff is similarly responsive to landlord concerns, working to keep communication open regarding the rental agreement and striving to facilitate interest-based discussion before conflicts escalate.
The Housing Retention Project is a collaborative initiative among the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), the Burlington Housing Authority (BHA), Lake Champlain Housing Development Corporation (LCHDC) and the Burlington Community Land Trust (BCLT).
For more information, or to discuss a referral, please call the Rental Opportunity Center at (802) 862-0268.
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