Advocacy Task Force Session 4
This webinar is the fourth of the 2024 Advocacy Task Force sessions. However, anyone is welcome to join at any time.
For this session, we will hear from:
- Stefanie Kompathoum and Crystal Watkins of Housing Assistance Corporation (Henderson County, North Carolina) on their mission and impact with addressing critical home repairs including utilizing USDA's Section 504 home repair program targeted at providing services to low-income homeowners in rural areas.
- Beth Overton of Southeastern Housing & Community Development (rural South Carolina) on framing the unique housing needs of rural communities and how her organization helps in addressing that via owner-occupied home repair/rehab.
The Advocacy Task Force will meet on a regular, bi-monthly basis (12 sessions over 24 months). This group will collaborate, strategize, and exchange ideas and information as it relates to developing and advancing the coalition's advocacy platform goals. Moreover, these sessions will include opportunities to hear from and learn from others engaged in housing preservation efforts.
Mark your calendars! The Advocacy Task Force will continue meet on the following days and times:
- Thursday, October 10 at 11am eastern time/8 am pacific time
- Thursday, December 12 at 11am eastern time/8 am pacific time
Why is home repair important for preserving affordable housing?
Many people consider affordable housing in the form of vouchers, rental assistance, tax credits, or newly constructed homes with low-interest loans. Yet, we seek to demonstrate through evidence-based practices that home repair/rehabilitation are integral solutions to the housing crises for low and moderate-income households. Home repair and modification programs can:
- proactively reduce homelessness
- protect generational assets
- stabilize neighborhoods and communities at large
- prevent illness and injury
We must invest sufficient resources into keeping affordable homes in conditions that are livable, safe, and healthy.
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