Affordable Housing Resources
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Affordable Housing Resources.
Affordable Housing Resources is a non-profit in Columbia, SC that rents houses at affordable rates to families who are low-income, homeless, at risk of homelessness, or hold Section 8 vouchers.
By offering affordable housing with access to good schools and services, we hope to improve our tenants’ quality of life and help them rise above poverty.
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Nombre de la organización
Affordable Housing Resources
Sitio web de la organización
País de la organización
Estados Unidos, SC, Columbia, Richland County
Países en donde este proyecto está creando impacto social
Estados Unidos, SC, Columbia, Richland County
Edad del/la innovador/a
18-34
Género del/la innovador/a
Masculino
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OSC/ONG
¿Cuánto tiempo ha estado operando la organización?
Más de 5 años
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Nombre de tu iniciativa
Affordable Housing Resources
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Crecimiento (tu iniciativa piloto ya se está aplicando y se empieza a expandir)
¿Cuánto tiempo se lleva poniendo en práctica tu iniciativa?
Operando más de 5 años
La necesidad: ¿Cuál es el problema que tratas de solucionar?
AHR needs to grow within the community. To date we own and operate four homes, but the need for affordable housing within our city vastly outnumbers the homes available. We want to secure more land or homes to accommodate those families at risk of becoming homeless.
La solución: ¿Cuál es tu solución? Sé específico.
Our solution is not to simply warehouse the poor in low-income neighborhoods, but to diversify them by renting them clean, affordable houses in safe neighborhoods, with access to better education, health resources, and improve their overall quality of life.
El Modelo: Muéstranos a través de un ejemplo específico cómo tu solución hace una diferencia, incluye tus actividades primarias
Our solution makes a huge difference because of the unintended segregation poverty causes in our city. By creating affordable housing in various middle-class neighborhoods, we seek to ethnically diversify our neighborhoods. This diversity will not only positively impact the tenants we serve, but we feel it will also positively impact the community by creating a grassroots movement to decrease the number of homeless, those that are at risk of becoming homeless, and also those who struggle to survive on limited wages and limited access to affordable housing.
El mercado: ¿Quiénes son tus pares y competidores? Identifica a otros que también estén trabajando para dar respuesta a las necesidades que tú abordas y en qué te diferencias de ellos. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos que estos jugadores podrían representar para tu éxito o crecimiento?
AHR believes that while many other Non Profits exist within our city, none of them seeks to address the public policy issue that attempts to warehouse the poor. AHR's mission is quite unique, and believes that instead of seeking to provide immediate housing of low quality, we should focus on providing a high quality home in a safe neighborhood. This home in turn effects not just the tenants need for shelter, but also increases their emotional stability by providing a sense of community relationship.
Impacto social
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Qué tipo de solución/es brinda tu iniciativa para ayudar a emprendedores emergentes y pequeñas empresas a crecer y prosperar en comunidades marginadas? (seleccionar las opciones aplicables.)
Acceso a oportunidades económicas, Cambio de políticas/Defensa de derechos.
¿Cuál ha sido el impacto de la solución hasta la fecha?
As of today, AHR owns and operates four homes in four distinct neighborhoods of Columbia, SC. We provide affordable housing to four families that were previously stuck in poverty-ridden neighborhoods. These families now have access to better schools for their children, better grocery stores, and better community resources.
¿Cuál es tu impacto proyectado para los próximos 1-3 años?
As an AmeriCorp VISTA my goal is to acquire at least one property during my year of service. In an expanded view of our goals would be the acquisition of five properties over the next five years, or one property per year. This would be the accumulation of a minimum of three properties during the 1-3 year period.
Las iniciativas ganadoras presentan un plan fuerte de cómo van a alcanzar y realizar un seguimiento del crecimiento. Identifica tus metas a seis meses para el crecimiento de tu impacto
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a las metas de seis meses.
Tarea 1
Seek out properties in our targeted neighborhoods, and research their availability, price, and statistics.
Tarea 2
Seek out funding for a minimum of three homes in the community.
Tarea 3
Write funding proposals to all of the researched donors who may want to provide support to our project.
¡Ahora piensa en grande! Identifica tu meta de impacto a 12 meses.
Identifica tres grandes tareas que tendrás que completar para llegar a tu meta de impacto a 12 meses
Tarea 1
Have funding secured to purchase at least one home in one of our targeted neighborhoods.
Tarea 2
Purchase, close, and evaluate the property in order to get it ready for move in.
Tarea 3
Have one of the families on our wait list move into the home.
Historia de la fundación: Queremos saber acerca del momento en el que hiciste "¡Ajá!". Comparte la historia de dónde y cuándo el/los fundador(es) vio (vieron) el potencial de esta solución para cambiar el mundo.
In 2004, Shandon Presbyterian Church Outreach Ministry turned its attention toward the availability of affordable housing as a factor contributing to homelessness in Columbia. They found that a lack of affordable housing prevented homeless families and individuals from moving out of shelters and transitional housing into permanent residences. In response, the Housing Team decided to form Shandon Presbyterian Housing Resources (SPHR), a non-profit that would rent houses exclusively to low-income families according to their incomes. SPHR incorporated as a 501(c)3 in 2005 with a Board of Directors to facilitate this mission.
In 2006, SPHR was designated as a Community Housing Development Organization by the City of Columbia. Through the United Way of the Midlands, SPHR was able to hire an AmeriCorps VISTA in 2009 to help grow the organization’s capacity. In 2011 we acquired two more houses and changed the name of the organization to Affordable Housing Resources of Columbia or simply AHR.
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AHR is partnered with the Shandon Presbyterian Church of Columbia, which we grew out of. We are also partners of the United Way of the Midlands, which is the governing body of our AmeriCorp VISTA volunteers. Other partners include the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, The City of Columbia Community Development Organization, and the Richland County Community Development Organization.
Por favor, pon en claro las necesidades u ofertas que hayas mencionado anteriormente y/o sugiere categorías de apoyo que no están especificadas en la lista
As a newly established NPO, we have a framework for our initiative, but we need funding to grow. Investment in our mission is at the forefront of our goals, yet we don't want our investors to be simply a bank. We want them to get involved and share in how we change the community. We encourage anyone who wants to be a part of something special to volunteer or donate any resources or services.