Disability Housing Network's Mission
Disability Housing Network (DHN) was established to promote and support education and best practices in the development and management of rental housing for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities by member nonprofit housing development corporations.
DHN UPDATE - June 2009
This month’s DHN Update (also viewable on the main page of the DHN website) includes many of the materials from the Spring 2009 Conference, sample CEO evaluation procedure and other personnel policies, links to stories about the group home fire in northwest Ohio, and one more sample pet policy.
MATERIALS FROM DHN'S SPRING 2009 CONFERENCE
Below are some of the materials distributed during DHN's Spring 2009 Conference. These items will be available on this webpage for the month of June, and will then be moved to the "Member Resources" section of the website.
Service Provider and Housing Corporation Forum
North Coast Community Homes CEO Steve McPeake led a panel of housing corporation and service provider executives in a very involved conversation about the issues surrounding the relationships between Housing Corporations and Service Providers. This session was the highest-rated session in the evaluations completed by participants. Because of this and the high level of interest in the topic, DHN has committed to having additional sessions will be held in the future.
The PowerPoint presentation is too large a file to include on this webpage. Go to the "Member Resources/Recently Added" page to access the document.
2009 Housing Report
Steve Farrell, DHN Executive Director, shared the results of the first-ever statewide census of housing corporations at the Spring Conference. Conference participants provided many insights into the research, and offered many suggestions on what the implications of the data might be.
Click here to view the executive summary of the results.
Both the PowerPoint presentation and the May 27 issue of Pipeline's article on the research are too big to include on this webpage. Go to the "Member Resources/Recently Added" page to access those documents.
Maintenance Departments
The maintenance and building directors of three housing corporations presented on a variety of topics related to running maintenance departments.
The PowerPoint presentation is too large a file to include on this webpage. Go to the "Member Resources/Recently Added" page to access the document.
SAMPLE PERSONNEL POLICIES
DHN members Creative Housing and Delaware Creative Housing recently shared their CEO performance evaluation procedure, whistle blower policy, incident reporting policy, and leave policy.
Click here for Creative Housing's performance evaluation procedure.
Click here for Creative Housing's whistle blower policy.
Click here for Delaware Creative Housing's whistle blower policy.
Click here for Delaware Creative Housing's incident reporting policy.
Click here for Delaware Creative Housing's leave policy.
HOUSE FIRE IN NORTHWEST OHIO
A house fire in a group home in late April in Warren highlights the role of staff and safety in homes for people with disabilities. In this case, the fire appeared to have been set deliberately, and the police officer who assisted with the staff and residents' evacuation.
The case is currently under investigation.
Click here to view the initial story from April 29. Click here to view a follow-up story on the investigation into the fire.
PETS, PETS, AND MORE PETS!!
Click here to access another sample pet agreement, this one shared by Homecroft, Inc., in Greene County.
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