Housing GSO: HRA Greensboro Affordable Housing Plan

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY

NOTES | Community Engagement Meetings

• Land trust models = top of list, would work for everyone in the room o Stabilize families, etc. • Shared housing – housing authority to allow leases with 2+ people • Contractors that understand the population, you have more options • Reasonable accommodation – expand to serve people with backgrounds • Tiny houses – run risk of creating a shanty town, the current model lacks scaffolding to be effective and keep from turning into a shanty town • Convert out some existing hotels: help with aging in place, help increase safety for survivors of domestic violence • Most homeless populations concentrate on the East side • Discrimination by target pop o Institutional – credit, income, references, need to be able to check boxes, no way to fix and are systematically excluded o Discrimination of information and of opportunity – don’t have information on programs, information isn’t getting to people, no help in applying or becoming eligible o Mental health + substance abuse stigma

Where City funds are currently going

• Salvation Army w/ the city – rapid rehousing, rebuilt from zero o Funding for 10+ years o Funding from HUD, ESG + private $$ • Servant Center – SOAR and rapid rehousing for veterans • Family Center Piedmont – emergency shelter, some rapid rehousing funds • Central Carolina – HOPWA services – rent and utilizes help, TBRA • City doesn’t give any money for sheltering – mandate for people to come off the street but no money to pay for it when it gets cold • Invest in manpower for case management services to build capacity • City funds start July 1 but don’t get that money until Oct to Jan • Carolina Network – challenge that people can’t get through to the Housing Authority • Communication with clients – people don’t want the voucher anymore because don’t want to deal with the Housing Authority

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