MTW

Since October 1, 2000, the Housing Authority of New Haven has been one of thirty-two participants nationwide in the Moving to Work Demonstration Program (MTW), created by an act of Congress in 1996.  HANH's designation will continue for a seven-year period. As an MTW agency, HANH has been given substantial budget flexibility and regulatory relief in order to facilitate accomplishment of national and locally determined MTW goals.

The national MTW goals established by Congress include providing Public Housing Authorities with the ability to:

  • Design and test various approaches for providing and administering housing assistance that reduce cost and achieve greater cost effectiveness in federal expenditures;
  • Give incentives to families with children whose heads of household are either working, seeking work, or are participating in job training, educational or other programs that assist in obtaining employment and becoming economically self-sufficient; and
  • Increase housing choices for low-income families.

HANH has adapted and modified these national goals to meet the unique local circumstances and needs of the City of New Haven.  The broad local goals established for the seven-year MTW program in New Haven include the following:

  1. Transform HANH's existing public housing portfolio
  2. Expand housing choice in all areas of New Haven as well as areas surrounding the city while maintaining New Haven's level of subsidized, affordable housing at 30% of rental units.
  3. Increase operating efficiency while improving marketability of HANH units.
  4. Strengthen cooperative efforts with area service providers to address resident needs through assessment, service matching and intervention.
  5. Create opportunities for economic development for HANH program participants.
  6. Expand resident involvement initiatives to promote community input, resident and agency accountability.
  7. Enhance HANH's management systems to ensure high performing agency status.

     

Contact Noemi Santana, MTW-HOPE VI Director, for more information.

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