O‘ahu Housing Now (OHN)
Utilizing the CARES Act funding, the O‘ahu Housing Now (OHN) program has set a target to rehouse a minimum of 300 households currently experiencing homelessness. OHN will accomplish this through a Rapid Rehousing (RRH) approach, which provides short-term rental assistance and supportive services to assist people in obtaining housing quickly, increasing self-sufficiency, and maintain housing.
OHN is a collaborative partnership supported by:
City & County of Honolulu: providing the funding for the OHN program
Partners in Care (PIC): lead agency providing capacity building support and technical assistance to the service providers and unit acquisition through the Landlord Engagement Program (LEP).
Housing Solutions Inc. (HSI): leads the rental payment side of the operation.
Family Promise Hawai’i (FPH) & Alternative Structures International (ASI): provides the supportive services to all households being served in our streets and prevent homelessness for those most at risk
Program Goals:
Address the public health crisis of COVID-19 in the community by achieving social distancing through permanent housing
Improve the rental history of those housed, to increase housing opportunities after households exit the program.
How it works:
Households are assessed and referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES)
Prioritization for this project will align with CES’s RRH medium-term matching criteria of individuals with a VI-SPDAT score of 4-10, and families with a VI-SPDAT score of 4-8. The households being served will be experiencing literal homelessness
Households will work alongside a case manager to achieve stable and safe housing
Mahalo to our hard-working volunteers!
