No unit should sit vacant while there are people in need of a home.
The Dayton Housing Connector is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to housing for individuals most in need. We achieve this by offering innovative solutions to financial and resident challenges faced by property owners, enabling them to provide housing to more people. Additionally, we streamline the housing search experience for case managers, making it easier to connect individuals with suitable housing options. By working together, we can help both properties and residents achieve successful outcomes.
Our goal is to reduce the length of time people in our community experience homelessness by developing a pool of interested housing providers and available housing units for persons who are exiting the homeless system, including those with a rental subsidy.
What is the housing problem in our community?
Housing
At any given time, there are over ~1000 vacant rental properties in Montgomery county in Ohio. At the same time, there are up to 700 people who are unhoused and seeking homes.
Searching
While it’s easy to search for rental properties, it’s not easy to find affordable housing options.
A Desire to Help
Many property owners are willing to provide affordable housing options to those in need, but they don’t know where to start.
Community Resources
Many community resources are available to make sure that housing providers receive rent, but housing providers aren’t always aware of all their options.
How can we help with the housing problem?
How does it work?
Property Partners, who are properties and management companies, agree to rent properties to individuals in need and to provide reduced screening criteria. These properties are then entered into the Dayton Housing Connector Search platform.
Community Partners will then search the Dayton Housing Connector Search for available properties, and will work with Property Partners to get their rental units filled!
Community Partner
A Community Partner is an organization that currently provides housing services for vulnerable populations that has officially partnered with Housing Connector to increase housing access for individuals most in need.
Community Partners are supporting members in the community to locate safe and stable housing. Using our housing search platform, Community Partners can easily help potential residents in their housing search. Property Partners agree to lower screening criteria in the application process for Housing Connector residents.
Property Partner
Property Partners are property and management companies who have joined us in our mission and enjoy access to our customer service and incentives that reduces risk and vacancies in certain circumstances.
Property Partners receive free referrals to their units by advertising to our search platform. In exchange, Dayton Housing Connector can share resources that provides rent guarantees and damage mitigation funds for residents in certain cases. We also can act as a liaison for properties when behavioral or financial issues arise so that we can effectively triage and address stability issues in tandem with Community Partner case management support. We invite you to join today!
Housing Connector
As the single point of contact for Community Partners and Property Partners, Housing Connector aims to solve financial and behavioral challenges for properties, while increasing internal capacity of Community Partners.
What is the face of homelessness?
More than at any other time, there is a lack of housing that low income people can afford. Without housing options, people face eviction, instability and homelessness. People who are homeless aren’t just standing on corners asking for money. In many cases, they are good people who fell into bad circumstances, and they need help to climb out.
At the Dayton Housing Connector, we aim to inspire housing providers to take bold action and house people in need of a home. Join us in our mission and enjoy access to our customer service and a financial options that reduces risk and vacancies. You can help to make a difference in our community.
Today more than ever, there is a shortage of housing units that low income people can afford. And as the gap between income and housing costs grows, more people face homelessness.
HOUSING IS THE KEY
What areas do we cover?
Our services are are targeted to all of the residents of Montgomery County in Ohio.
Other resources available
Housing Provider Incentive Programs
In certain cases, new Property Partners are able to receive up to $2000 per new placement! To learn more, contact us!
Housing Provider Mitigation Programs
In certain cases, Property Partners will be eligible for the landlord mitigation program to cover certain expenses up to $5000 per claim. To learn more, contact us!
What is affordable?
How do you know if the rent that you charge is affordable? Visit the Fair Market Rent Documentation System to see rates for Montgomery County in Ohio.