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About
Allied Housing
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Mission |
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Allied
Housing, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
whose mission is to provide affordable housing
linked to job training, employment opportunities,
and supportive services for low-income families.
The
purpose of Allied Housing is to house low-income
families and individuals so that they can achieve
stability and self-sufficiency. This purpose is
accomplished by developing affordable housing,
securing affordable rents, and providing housing-related
services (e.g. master leasing, property management,
and case management) linked with collaborative
networks of agencies in the fields of job training,
employment opportunities, and supportive services.
Allied
Housing was incorporated in 1994, and is a Community
Housing Development Organization (CHDO)
as defined by HUD.
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Allied
has Two Major Goals:
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To raise the socioeconomic, educational and
employability levels of the residents of Alameda
County and,
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To expand opportunities available to individuals
and families to obtain adequate affordable
housing by construction, rehabilitating, and
providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing
for low and moderate income person
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Housing Scholarship Program |
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Allied
Housing manages The Housing Scholarship Program
(HSP) in the Tri-Valley region of Alameda County.
HSP provides housing
support to low-income individuals and families
that are enrolled in job training programs and
will secure employment at the end of that training.
Different
from Linkages, HSP works with a community Advisory
Board that reviews the viability of an applicants
plan leading to self-sufficiency. Supporting documents
such as transcripts, budget information and credit
history challenges, childcare and transportation
plans, are taken into consideration prior to the
approval of rental subsidy. The clarity of planning,
program accountability, and supportive case-management
services make this program a demonstrated success.
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HSP
is in its fifth year of operation in the Tri-Valley
region of Alameda County. Eighty percent of
the
graduates from 2002-2003 have maintained stable
housing and secured employment. When in operation,
the HSP in the
City of Alameda achieved 80% of its enrollment
goals within less than six months of program
implementation.
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Allied
Housing increases the supply of affordable
housing specifically in multifamily housing
developments for small scale and special needs
housing in Mid-, Eastern, and Southern Alameda
County. This commitment has enabled Allied
Housing to increase its development staff,
expertise and overall capacity as an affordable
and supportive housing developer.
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Since
this time, Allied Housing has developed a
9 unit affordable housing development for
low-income families in Livermore, and is currently
in the process of developing 28 units of new
construction, affordable and supportive housing
in Castro Valley, in addition to partnering
with TCHC on the development of 18 units of
affordable housing and supportive space in
Fremont.
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Allied
Housing provides leasing and service coordination
for the Alameda County Housing/Jobs Linkages
Program, which is currently in its 6th year
of operation. Beginning this year, Allied
Housing will expand its role by providing
the overall coordination for the Linkages
Program.
The
Linkages Program provides rent subsidy, case
management, and employment services to individuals
coming out of homeless shelters as they begin
their path to self-sufficiency. To date, 260
clients have been placed in subsidized housing.
Ongoing case management and training is also
provided as individuals continue on their
path to self-sufficiency.
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The
Linkages Program obtains transitional housing
for homeless families through the leasing
of up to 50 units per year from private sector
landlords. This activity includes working
with the five area housing authorities to
access public and Section 8 (FSS) housing,
working with area nonprofit housing developers
to access units for clients in exchange for
support services, working with private sector
units of affordable housing through Eden I&R's
computerized rental housing data base, creation
of shared and co-housing, and working with
landlord associations and the real estate
industry.
In
1999, the Linkages program was honored with
a National Best Practices Nomination by HUD.
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