American Family Housing

Supportive Services – Navigation, Sustainability

All of our housing is affordable, while much of our housing has a component of supportive housing. Most of our existing housing portfolio is larger family units while in recent years AFH has been building more units that target smaller households in alignment with housing needs. In our supportive housing, AFH integrates services into housing, so that people who have exited homelessness receive the support they need. Examples of services in our housing include:  Mental health and healthcare services  Financial Education including money management  Education Services including basic computer skills classes and assistance with going back to school  Employment Services, Peer Advocacy, and Legal Services  Transportation planning and assistance  Social and Recreational Activities  Connection to the community through volunteering and community events AFH is committed to trauma-informed, people-centered, and recovery-oriented philosophies. We ground our decisions in the realities of people who have experienced homelessness in order to design and improve AFH services, housing design, and processes and procedures. AFH trains its staff in trauma-informed care. Following practices proven to work, AFH staff members provide practical support during the critical time of transition from street to home and working with individuals to strengthen their own long-term ties to services, family and friends. When systems of care are fragmented and resources scarce, an individual’s transition to a new apartment and possibly a new community can be difficult to navigate. AFH staff is trained to utilize a strength-based approach to assessing the tenant's established supports and resiliencies and build upon those foundations, providing supportive services and connections in order to retain housing and avoid returning to homelessness. Voluntary proactive supportive services are offered to tenants “where the person is at,” addressing each of the individual’s identified needs and allowing trust and rapport to support human connection, trust, dignity, respect, and a sense of community. On-site staff presence reduces the barrier of connecting to a service provider and cuts lengthy time lapses when connecting to services. AFH’s program design is structured to support organizational readiness, including having policies in place to support staff resilience and well-being, teamwork among staff, and support for crisis interventions. AFH’s management seeks to create inclusive, validating spaces characterized by a sense of belonging and respect.

Property Management

AFH has its own in-housing property management team that includes a Director, Regional Supervisors, Property Managers, and Maintenance team.

Real Estate Development

Our highly experienced real estate development team has decades of experience in financing, designing and building affordable housing. We works closely with our community partners and stakeholders to bring results to the communities we serve, in the face of a housing and homelessness crisis that needs practical, proven solutions.

Social Impact Investment Fund

AFH’s social impact investment fund buys naturally occurring affordable housing and converts it into supportive housing by using private equity capital. We are always seeking investors who wish to join us in supporting the “double bottom line” with both a social impact and also a very low-risk return on their investment funds.

Homekey

AFH is converting three motels into supportive housing. Two are operated as interim /bridge housing while the motels go through the process of getting approvals and funding to be turned into housing. One is in Huntington Beach and the other is in Anaheim.