Audio Trainings

Using Legal Services for Homeless Prevention (September 23, 2009)

This webinar describes how the federal Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) provides an important opportunity to integrate legal services into homelessness prevention activities and build new collaborative efforts that can result in better client outcomes.

Audio Recording

• Powerpoint Presentation: Overview
• Powerpoint Presentation: Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing by Legal Services of Northern California
• LA City Homeless Prevention Program
• LA city example attachment
• HPRP and HEARTH language comparison
• Southeast LA Legal Services example

New Legal Protections for Renters in Foreclosed Properties (June 10, 2009)

NLCHP, the National Housing Law Project, and the National Low Income Housing Coalition presented this webinar on the recently enacted Tenants in Foreclosure Act. 

• Powerpoint Presentation
• Foreclosure Statutes
• Audio Recording

        Sample Letters & Notices Related to Renters in Foreclosure

These letters and notices are based on samples created by the National Housing Law Project.

• Sample Letter for Section 8 Tenant to Send to the New Owner
• Sample Letter for Non-Section 8 Tenant to Send to New Owner
• Sample Letter to Judges Who Handle Landlord-Tenant Cases
• Sample Letter to Send to Public Housing and Section 8 HCV Administrators
• Sample Notice for All Tenants
• Sample Notice that a PHA Could Send to Section 8 Voucher Holders

Obtaining Stimulus Funds for Nonprofits (April 1, 2009)

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty provided this webinar training together with the National Alliance to End Homelessness and a representative of HUD to help advocates, service providers, and local government officials understand the requirements and opportunities under the homeless prevention funding authorized by the 2009 economic recovery legislation. Powerpoint presentations are available below:

• Audio Recording   Note: This recording is missing the presentation from HUD on Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Funding.  The first 20 minutes of this recording offers the same information.
• Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, by Mark Johnston, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  
• Obtaining and Utilizing HUD Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Funding, by Peggy Bailey, National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Comparison and Coordination of HPRP with Other Federal, State, and Local Homeless Prevention Programs , By Laurel Weir, NLCHP

NIMBY

Does your organization provide or plan to provide housing or services for homeless or formerly homeless people?  Are you facing (or concerned about facing) community opposition related to the location of the program?

This audio training discusses examples of successful efforts to create housing or services despite NIMBY opposition, federal laws that can be used to combat barriers that result from NIMBY opposition, and methods for increasing community support for housing and services for homeless and formerly homeless people.

Click here to listen to the audio training.