Housing for the Homeless 

HOUSING PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS PERSONS.

LIVELIHOOD NGO housing program is two parts:

1. The transitional/temporary.

2. Permanent low cost/low rental housing.

1.         The transitional/temporary.

The transitional/temporary housing program provide a solution for individuals and families who find themselves homeless and need a place to restructure themselves before moving forward.  The program is aimed at making single and shared rooms available for individuals and families who are homeless and/or who may have been diagnosed with mild mental health challenges. Individuals are offered the opportunity to voluntarily take up and pay for space in a single or share rooms in one of our facilities for a duration of 20 days renewable once. everyone or family seeking to be housed in any of our facilities must be accompanied to the facility by a sponsor who will sign and take responsibility of his/her/their stay at LIVELIHOOD facility. Therefore all Individuals or families admitted in any of our facilities must be referred to by another institution and shall be able to function independently without assistance (High performance) and obey the regulations set by the facility.

In some case where the individual or family may not have a financial sponsor, and considering that our program does not have any financial support for people in need of the services, we will expect that such individuals or families pay for the space during the duration of their stay in the facility.  The money paid shall be used to pay for utilities and rents of the premises. facilities will not charge extra fees from what is stipulated in each facility internal regulations.

2.        Shared Permanent low cost/low rental housing.

The shared permanent low cost/low rental housing provides beneficiaries with low income the opportunity to share a home either by taking up a rental space in a shared room or families to take a room in a shared housing facility.  LIVELIHOOD will work with other institutions to determine the poverty level of needy persons or families. The stay of persons or families in permanent shared facilities is reevaluated every six months. After each evaluation the stay of the person or family may be renewed or discharged from the facility as determined by the results.  Persons admitted in permanent facilities must be able to get a job and be live independently.   During the permanent stay individuals or each family builds their capacity to enter the workforce that can sustainability continue to pay the rents.  persons living in a permanent facility may choose to move out anytime before the next evaluation if they feel that they can live on their own independently in their own home elsewhere.