Meyers Memorial Trust Grant Application
Housing For All has the opportunity to apply to Meyer Memorial Trust for a grant (up to two years) in their Housing Opportunity program area. This program area covers:
- efforts to preserve and increase the number of affordable housing rental units;
- to support the housing stability and success of priority populations;
- and to foster stronger, more equitable and more effective affordable housing systems and strategies.
Intended outcomes within this last category include
- increased coordination and alignment among a broad range of organizations and systems that impact residents’ lives and lead to better outcomes;
- increased affordable and equitable housing opportunities and reduced housing disparities through changes in public policy, systems, and institutional practices;
- and an equity focus that results in increased equity commitment among affordable housing organizations and improved understanding of how to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion through their work.
Unfortunately, efforts surrounding homelessness services are not eligible for this grant. However, the intended outcomes of this program area align very closely with the goals of the Housing Campaign that Housing For All had intended to kick-off in the Spring of 2020. This grant would allow us to fulfill our commitment to our members for the Housing Campaign and move us forward towards meaningful, measureable work. Additionally, this grant allows for the ability to provide pass-through funds to our partners to capitalize upon the increased momentum that the Housing Campaign would generate, and allow them to work in parallel to achieve the goals of both Housing For All and Meyer Memorial Trust.
This campaign would identify the nature of the problem, share personal stories that illustrate the impact of the housing crisis in our region, and bring H4A members and partner agencies together to build strategic solutions through a set of workshops. The workshop series is central to the H4A mission of responding to Central Oregon’s housing crisis through coordinating efforts, improving inter-agency mutual understanding and networks, and supporting the implementation of solutions that address the full complexity of the problem.
The goal of the workshops and regional housing campaign is to expand upon the work done in the Regional Housing Needs Assessment by 1) promoting creative, cross-sector collaboration across the region that addresses the gaps in the housing continuum identified in the RHNA; and 2) creating digestible media and an overarching communications strategy to improve decision-maker and general public awareness of the housing crisis in Central Oregon, and the steps that can be taken to meaningfully and equitably expand housing access.
We would love to hear how the idea of the housing campaign aligns with the goals of our members. Would this effort support and supplement work that is already underway? How could the housing campaign be amended and modified in order to best serve work towards these objectives across the region? Please let us know - email Morgan @ MGreenwood@coic.org with your feedback!
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