Housing Department announces innovative HOPE Housing Program

09/08/2014

The Housing Department of the Mohawk Council of Kahnaw�:ke is pleased to announce an innovative program aimed at  Kahnaw�:ke single parents with children, which are a vulnerable sector of the community. The Home Ownership Program Enhancement (HOPE) is designed to help those community members achieve a better life for themselves and their children through a four year job readiness program featuring affordable housing, training/education and a home ownership savings plan.

HOPE is geared to individuals willing to work with Social Development Case Management; a collaboration between the Housing Department, Social Assistance Department, a Mentor chosen by the applicant and other partner organizations in order to identify a long term case plan toward achieving success.

Eligible applicants must:

• Be twenty one (21) years of age or older, registered on the Kahnaw�:ke Mohawk Registry
• Be a single parent and have children under the age of eighteen (18)
• Not already own a house or have owned a house
• Be unemployed, or under employed
• Be willing to take an academic assessment and follow a comprehensive case management plan
• Be willing to enter a 2 year educational or vocational program
• Not have current criminal proceedings