MY SISTERS' PLACE INC

AFFORDABLE HOUSING: 1. MARY SEYMOUR PLACE APARTMENTS, LOCATED IN HARTFORD,PROVIDES SINGLE MEN OR WOMEN AFFORDABLE RENTAL APARTMENTS. TENANTS HOLD THEIR OWN LEASES. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS. THERE ARE 30 ONEBEDROOM APARTMENTS ONSITE,AS WELL AS VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. 2. THE SUE ANN SHAY PLACE APARTMENTS CONSIST OF 34 AFFORDABLE ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM RENTAL APARTMENTS FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES LOCATED IN HARTFORD, CT. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS. TENANTS HOLD THEIR OWN LEASES. VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONSITE. 3. THE BEAUMONT LOFTS, A 24 -UNIT APARTMENT AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMPLEX FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDES VOLUNTARY CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL/ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. UNITS ARE LEASED TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME TENANTS.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS: MY SISTERS' PLACE PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS AND UNABLE TO HOLD THEIR OWN LEASE. THROUGH THE MARY SEYMOUR PLACE APARTMENTS AND SUE ANN SHAY PLACE APARTMENTS AND THE BEAUMONT LOFTS, MSP PROVIDES HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: LOW INCOME, LIVING WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, AND/OR CURRENTLY HOMELESS. SECURITY DEPOSIT PROGRAMS - MSP OPERATES A FEW DIFFERENT PROGRAMS PROVIDING LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SUCH AS SECURITY DEPOSITS, FIRST MONTH'S RENT, SECURITY DEPOSIT GUARANTEES AND SOMETIMES SMALL RENTAL ARREARS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. AVAILABLE FUNDING VARIES AND SPECIFIES WHAT HOUSEHOLDS MAY BE SERVED AND WHAT EXPENSES CAN BE COVERED. THE HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING, THE HARTFORD AND THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERNON HAVE BEEN LONG-TIME SUPPORTERS OF THESE PROGRAMS. LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 220 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. HOUSING MOBILITY PROGRAM - ASSISTS 100 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH HOUSING SUBSIDIES TO MOVE FROM AREAS OF LOW OPPORTUNITY (USUALLY IN CITIES) TO AREAS OF HIGHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE HARTFORD REGION. HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS ARE THOSE WITH BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, LOW CRIME RATES, BETTER TRANSPORTATION AND BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF PROVIDE TENANT EDUCATION, MOBILITY COUNSELING, AND HOUSING SEARCH ASSISTANCE BY MEETING WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS, LANDLORDS, AND PROGRAM STAFF TO MATCH PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES. TO QUALIFY, CLIENTS MUST HAVE A SECTION 8 OR RAP HOUSING VOUCHER ALONG WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD 13 OR YOUNGER LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 466 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE HOUSING MOBILITY COUNSELING PROGRAM.