96 Pageviews Read Stories
- EIN 16-0991179
- (585) 546-3700
- 75 College Avenue 4th Floor Rochester NY 14607 USA
- www.thehousingcouncil.org
- Add to Favorites
Promote This Nonprofit
Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Homeless & Housing, Housing Development, Construction & Management
Mission: The organization serves to increase successful home ownership and tenancy experiences for low to moderate income residents of monroe county and the new york area. It also administers grant programs on behalf of local municipalities, new york state and federal programs. Provides counseling and intervention services for tenants, home owners and the homeless provides comprehensive assistance and direct training for landlords. In addition, the organization maintains a hotline, publishes a rental registry and provides inspection services for rental programs.
Target demographics: low to moderate income families
Direct beneficiaries per year: 8,000 individuals and families
Geographic areas served: Rochester NY and surrounding area
Programs: Increase successful home ownership and tenancy experiences for low and moderate income residents of monroe county and the surrounding area. Administer grant programs on behalf of local municipalities, provide counseling and intervention services for tenants, home owners and the homeless. Provide comprehensive assistance and direct training for landlords, maintain a hotline and publish a rental registry. In the year ended september 30, 2017 the organization assisted over 787 households with foreclosure prevention counseling and other homeownership services. 90% of households counseled are current on their mortgage one year after receiving foreclosure prevention counseling. The organization also distributed printed fair housing information to over 2,500 households, provided business development assistance and rental property management services to over 1569 landlords, supplied emergency rental assistance to over 303 households at risk of homelessness and delivered fair housing education in-person to over 721 low income tenants. A total of 6,665 landlord, tenants, homeowners and individuals with housing related issues received services through the housing hotline and 609 landlord tenant service agreement inspections were completed. The monroe county first time homeownership program counseled and educated approximately 508 potential first time home buyers and 169 households closed on a home for fiscal year ending september 2017.