Greensboro Housing Coalition

Healthy homes: this program, formerly known as outreach, does Housing assessments to identify housing-related health hazards such as mold, lead, and pests and helps residents get necessary repairs made. We help homeowners apply for home repair programs and counsel tenants about effective ways to get their landlords to make repairs. Healthy homes collaborates with public and private organizations to expand repair programs and raise public awareness.

Housing counseling: this program provides information to prospective homebuyers about mortgage qualification requirements and homeownership responsibilities. The program provides foreclosure prevention assistance to homeowners. The program also educates homeowners about how to get repairs made by other sources if unable to afford the repairs. Housing counseling also works cooperatively with a wide range of realtors, lenders, and other organizations to promote affordable Housing. In response to the extreme Housing crisis which arose during the covid-19 pandemic, the Housing counselors pivoted to also assist the homeless prevention team's work, preventing evictions and keeping eligible residents in their rental Housing.

Homeless prevention: this program provides Housing counseling services for homeless individuals and renters. It provides services for tenants to find rentals, resolve disputes, and avoid evictions and assists homeless individuals and families in finding Housing. This program encompasses our Housing hotline. Homeless prevention also works cooperatively with a wide range of homeless services, landlords, and other organizations to promote affordable Housing. During the Housing crisis arising from the covid-19 pandemic, the homeless prevention team vetted residents' eligibility and disbursed over $265,000 in rental and utility financial assistance. Ghc was also awarded a grant from the city of Greensboro to provide critical rapid relocation services to a group of displaced residents.