Housing Choices

Overview
Headquarters: 
San Jose, CA, United States
Website: 
housingchoices.org
Size: 
11-50 employees
Founded: 
1997
Annual Budget : 
$1-5M
Areas of Focus: 
Diseases / Disorders
Housing / Shelter
Human Services
Populations Served: 
Disabled
Low Income
About Us
Mission: 

Housing Choices Coalition seeks to enhance the lives of people with developmental disabilities by creating quality, affordable living options. By engaging the entire community, we look to build a strong foundation that supports individuals in their housing searches and connects them to new options for quality living. We are proud to be part of a community that has demonstrated integrity and creativity that has resulted in new housing opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Programs: 

1) Housing Coordination: 

Helping our clients – individuals with developmental disabilities – find housing that suits their specific situations is the backbone of our work.

Each client has unique needs and preferences with regards to housing, and we help them identify, apply for, and transition into their new homes. 

2) Homeless program: 

Through the many years of work we’ve done through Housing Coordination, we discovered that a significant number of our clients were currently homeless, and that serving them required a greater time commitment and more resources. In response, Housing Choice’s homeless program was born, meeting the demand for these clients in greater need of support. We focus first on helping them with short-term housing options, and then with getting them into a consistent and long-term housing situation.

3) Resident Coordination And Housing Model

Through the many years of work we’ve done through Housing Coordination, we discovered that a significant number of our clients were currently homeless, and that serving them required a greater time commitment and more resources. In response, Housing Choice’s homeless program was born, meeting the demand for these clients in greater need of support. We focus first on helping them with short-term housing options, and then with getting them into a consistent and long-term housing situation.

4) Constant development of new partnerships with developers to create new set aside units.

Why Work For Us?: 

Housing Choices is an organization that helps the less fortunate have stable and permanent housing. Our agency is devoted in helping the populations we served. We all work as a team and Housing Choices understands that it is not an easy task, so we encourage team work and highly encourage self care. We want our employees to have the tools necessary to do their work. And encourage to let their supervisor know when things should change. As a nonprofit that is growing, things must change and it is harder to see once you have been working here for some time, so we encourage the new staff to bring ideas to the table to better support staff and our clients.

industry: 
Nonprofit