In partnership with our donors, we keep people housed!
Our name says it all: We prevent homelessness. We pay up to a one-time payment of $1500 for rent for people who:
- have paid rent in the Oxnard area (zip codes 93030, 93031, 93032, 93033, 93034, 93035 and 93036);
- had a temporary problem that prevents them from paying rent this one time; and
- have fixed the problem and so can pay their own rent again going forward.
It works!
- Last year, we helped twenty-two families to avoid eviction including 32 adults and 28 children.
- A similar program in Ventura has prevented homelessness for over 2,200 Ventura residents, on average 120 people per year (⅓ of them children), and they expect to exceed that average this year.
- Case managers work on budgeting and finding additional help, so 90% of those we have helped are still housed one year later.
For more information, check out our Executive Summary.
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