Tips and Techniques for Successful Housing Placement

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Tips and Techniques for Successful Housing
Placement

• Weingart Family Solutions Center
• Housing Locator Team

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Housing Stock

• How to increase Housing Stock
• Cruising Neighborhoods.
• Social Serve
• Current Landlord Referrals
• Keep Consistent Contact with Landlord Partners
• Dont Wait Anticipate!
• Have at Least Two Landlords Who are WILLING AND
  ABLE to Work with High Barrier Families.

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Landlord Relations

• Explain Program
• What We Do
• Who We Serve (good, bad and hardest to serve)
• What We Provide (Case Management, Financial
  Support, Wrap Around Services)
• Foster Honest Communication
• Update Landlord during the process, dont make
  them guess.
• Be honest about client challenges and history,
  delays in process, abilities of the program
• Under promise / Over deliver give yourself a
  successful timeline
• Give clear concise information
• Listen to the Landlords Give them what they ask
  for not what you need
• Be Available
• To work and assist with client challenges
• Most landlords are initially working with you not
  the family

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Prepare The Client

• Understand the Clients Needs, Concerns, Fears and
  Desires.
• Set Realistic Housing Expectations
• Identify barriers and how they may affect client
  rental options. Evictions
• Limited Income
• Be Honest about the unit, area and
  landlord/property owner
• Insure Client Safety, Support and Sustainability
• Develop a Long Term Plan Surrounding Your Housing
  Options
• Empower the Client to Make the Choice
• Always advise client they are not required to
  take your housing option.
• Communicate that agency provided housing options
  have been vetted, and have better established
  support, relationship and lines of communication

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Top 5 Tips for

• Knowing who we are working with
• Clients/
• Landlord
• Teammates
• Keep Your Word TO EVERYONE
• Work Effectively and Efficiently with Your Team
• Promote Effective Communication
• Connect Families to SUSTAINABLE housing
  opportunities.