Strategies

Purchase the land a home is on to lease to homeowners with low and middle incomes and require homeowners to sell the home back to the trust or to another resident with low income upon moving

Offer debt advice from trained providers to tenants with unpaid, overdue rent to help repay debt and increase financial literacy

Support fathers’ active involvement in child rearing via various father-focused or family-focused interventions

Provide employment-based services for non-custodial fathers who pay child support and experience a job loss or a decrease in income

Provide home visiting services to families who are at risk for adverse childhood experiences, starting prenatally or right after birth and continuing for three to five years

Facilitate mediation between tenants and landlords to resolve conflict and prevent eviction

Acquire, hold, manage, and develop properties such as vacant lots, abandoned buildings, or foreclosures, and transition them to productive uses, often affordable housing developments

Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing

Help men improve their parenting skills and fathering knowledge via a voluntary, comprehensive fatherhood program

Transition families and individuals experiencing homelessness into permanent housing quickly, often with supports such as short-term financial assistance, case management, landlord negotiations, etc.