ANNUAL REPORT

2016

The number of adults working full-

time increased the longer they were

engaged in the program. Those

participating the longest were most

likely to find full-time work.

The percent of clients who earned $15

per hour (the program objective after

five years) is highest for those who

have participated in the program four

or more years.

Northside Supportive Housing for Families

Evaluation ResultsEnding homelessness and poverty through workAs the Northside Supportive Housing for Families program reached its 4th year, we

decided it was best to evaluate our results to date against program assumptions,

goals and objectives. We were assisted by Kirsten Anderson LLC, a consultant

team chosen based on their evaluation method, experience and their knowledge

of Alliance and its approach. We will use the evaluation results to refine program

operations, influence the dialogue and increase government funding to support

housing programs in the County.

Here are a few things we learned:

Over 50% of participants paid down

debt while in the program, and 37%

paid off more than half of their debt.

100% of participants who have been in

the program for more than three years

have obtained a GED (or high school

diploma).

Keleisha and her three children.

Gala and her children

SURVEY RESULTStability is the greatest success and it has positive effects on

participant’s children.

Participant: “For my daughter there has been so much more stability

. . . she went through a phase in the shelter where she was regressing.

They said it was due to change. Now she’s developmentally

appropriate. I think that’s from peace of mind from a stable place.”

Participant: “My plan is to buy a house. I have kids that look up to

me and I want to do the right thing for them. I want to show them

the right way of living and how to do it. I want to do it for me, too.

It’s something I never had growing up. I never had a stable house. I

want my kids to grow up in a house and in one school district to have

some stability.”

SUCCESS STORY: Keleisha (pictured above) has three kids

and has been in the program for more than two years. While her kids

have always done well in school, her twelve year old’s behavior has

changed for the better since the family has been in the program. “My

older son, he used to act out a lot because we were always moving

around and he would have to switch schools, but since we’ve been

here, I haven’t gotten any calls or anything…he’s been much better.”

Her kids motivate her to continue saving, with a long term goal of

buying a house in the future.

SUCCESS STORY: Gala (pictured at left) has been with the program for two years

and has definitely exhibited a positive “can do” attitude despite the challenges she has

encountered as a single mother of two young children. Upon entering the program, Gala

worked as a part-time Sales Associate for a major retail chain, and made $8.25 per hour. Gala

shared her goal and passion —from day one—of returning back to doing CNA work. Gala

diligently took the necessary steps to obtain the necessary credentials while consistently

pursuing her job search and landed a CNA job opportunity with a senior care facility, earning

$11.77 an hour. After building up time and experience in that position, she applied for and

was hired to a more competitive position at North Memorial Hospital, making $16.04 an hour.

The longer a participant is engaged in the program, the more likely they are to pay rent on

time, and demonstrate that they are a dependable tenant.

2016

Highlights

Purchased 3001 E. Lake Street and submitted $10 million of funding applications for Minnehaha Commons, studio apartments for elderly adults who have experienced homelessness and other barriers to housing.

Completed evaluation of Northside Supportive Housing Program and affirmed operations support achieving goals – supported 46 families in increasing income and housing stability in order to exit generational poverty and homelessness in a sustainable way.

Established a policy agenda, gained traction on calling attention to excessive tenant screening and assisted in advancing Homes 4 All and Make Homes Happen initiatives.

Property management operations gave 120 single adults and 102 families the opportunity to create homes for themselves with rent affordability, relational property management and a second chance.

Increased capital maintenance savings by $46,500 to $217,700, 34% of $650,000 thirty year goal in order to keep our properties “the best on the block.”

Maintained 3 months of operating reserves.

Barbara Jeanetta, Executive Director

Troy Kester and Bob Bono, Property

Managers

Sue Roedl, Supportive Service Coordinator

Jessica Donahue, JVC Policy and

Communications Coordinator

Audrey Preston, Tenant Service Coordinator

Greg Lough, Maintenance Tech

Michael Bobick, Maintenance Assistant/Caretaker

Richard Love, Janitor/Caretaker

Erica Pizarro, Christo Rey Work Study Student

Marv Welk, Contract Accountant

Thanks to Mary Deaner, Tenant Service Coordinator, and Robin Wonsley,

Administrative and Communications Coordinator, who left Alliance’s

employment at the end of 2015 to accept other opportunities. Thanks to

Melanie Williams, Supportive Services Coordinator, who left Alliance in

May 2016 to pursue a career in human resource staffing

Staff

Board members

Mike Brown

Lisa

Buckhalton

Gail Dorfman

Kelly Elkin

Dean LeDoux

Jarett Lettner

Greg Mure

Fran Neir

Rick Nelson

Ben Olk III

Marcy Shapiro

Kimberly

Spates

Miranda

Walker

Nancy L Rodgers

Mary Ann Andreason

Ruth Naughton

Melanie Paradise

Alice Richardson

Mark Richardson

Pat Helin

Bob Marshall

MaryJo and Marty

Malecha

Jim Fournier

Stacy Becker

David Jeffries

Jim Fournier

Matthew Ayers

Tamuno Imbu

Luther Frank

Ron Price

Chuck Reisenberg

Tanner Quie

Tree Trust

Susie Borlaug

Lauren Jenkins

Thank you to Peter Sarafolean III who relinquished his tenant

representative board seat in December after 3½ years of

service. Peter moved onto market rate housing. Peter says, “I

enjoyed my 3+ years on the Alliance board. They were

receptive to the perspective of tenants and I enjoyed playing

a role in housing development and innovative programming.”

SUCCESS STORY: Tricia (pictured above) has

been in the program for almost 3 years. After bouts of

homelessness throughout her youth and young adult

life, she came to the program in search of stability.

“I knew I needed to do something since I wasn’t

ready for college yet, so I decided to take the route of

working full time.” She started at Macy’s, earning only

$8 an hour, and worked in various service jobs until

she was offered a full time position as a lunch monitor

in Richfield. Through her three years in the program,

she’s gone from unemployed to employed full time,

and earns $14.81 an hour in her current position. This

stability has encouraged her to get connected with

counseling services to ensure she continues on this

path to success.

SURVEY RESULTSelf-sufficiency skill building increases self-

efficacy.

Participant: “I have learned that I’m a hard worker. I’m

saving money better, which is giving me options.”

Participant: “I am learning that I can be more reliable,

I can be more consistent. I’m learning that it feels

good to have my own stuff, like my own apartment, I

enjoy having my own place to stay.”

Tricia and

Tyrone with

their son.

Volunteers

HOME4 GOOD

SURVEY RESULT

Case workers are reliable and provide key support.

Participant: “My caseworker is a good advocate for me,

she’s really good at what she does. If I need a resource,

she’ll get me whatever I need. I can call her like for

anything, she’ll help me take care of it or find the people

who could help me with what I’m going through.”

Participant: “[Caseworkers] are a support system – same

person is here every week, that’s a support. . . I like to talk a

lot, [it’s helpful to have] someone to go to talk for resources.”

SUCCESS STORY: LaToya (pictured above) has been

with the program since March 2015. Three weeks into the

program with Alliance, former Support Services Coordinator

Melanie Williams was having a hard time getting ahold of

LaToya, and sensed something was wrong. “I was still living

in fear and didn’t believe I was really safe again,” says

Brown. “It really took the support from Alliance, when I did

finally talk to Melanie, to realize that I no longer needed to

be afraid.” Through Melanie’s persistent approach, LaToya

began to trust again, and started to believe things were

going to be okay. “Since I’ve let go of my fear, I’ve been

doing so much better. Now I can say, ‘let’s figure out what’s

for dinner tonight,’ when a year ago I wasn’t even eating.”

Melanie Williams and LaToya

Finances

Alliance’s Mission and Goals

Alliance Housing was born out of the vision of St. Stephens’ Catholic

Church volunteers and emergency shelter staff and residents who

wanted to create tangible, long term housing solutions for homeless

families and individuals. The nonprofit (not religiously-affiliated)

organization was incorporated in 1991 and took advantage of low-

cost vacant and available properties in South Minneapolis. Alliance

continues to honor its history by developing housing solutions for

the homeless, the poor and for other individuals who lack access to

housing market opportunities.

The Mission:

The mission of Alliance Housing Inc. is to change lives and build

stronger communities by providing housing stability for very low

income individuals and families in Minneapolis and the wider Twin

Cities metropolitan area.

Alliance’s work makes it possible for individuals and families to

create homes for themselves.

Having stable housing allows participants to get their kids to school

each day, manage their medications and health and get and keep jobs.

Why:

Stable housing is the foundation of accomplishing just about anything

in one’s life. Everyone deserves stable housing.

What:

Alliance builds and manages quality and affordable housing for

people with very low incomes or who need a second chance.

How:

We’re in the business of housing people, not screening them out.

We give everyone a second chance, regardless of prior housing or

credit problems or a past criminal record.

We use hands-on, relational property management to keep our

buildings an asset for the tenants and neighbors.

We keep our rents as low as possible so low wage workers and

people on a fixed income can afford to pay.

Our board includes some of our tenants and makes decisions that

consider our tenants’ perspectives.

Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets

for the 12 months ending June 30, 2016

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

1 Contributions $163,336

2 Government Grants $335,037

3 Partnership management fees $6,311

4 Rental revenue $1,659,574

5 Miscellaneous income $7,309

TOTAL $2,171,567

OPERATING EXPENSES

1 Administrative + mgmt. $127,951

2 Fundraising $33,693

3 Basic needs housing mgmt. $972,796

4 Workforce housing mgmt. $1,511,855

5 Program services $374,563

TOTAL $3,020,858

Net income after debt forgiveness and other changes in net assets -$417,392

Statement of Financial Position As of June 30, 2016

Assets Cash - operations $483,051Cash - restricted $1,817,675Other receivables $55,634Prepaid expenses $108,044Rental properties, net $21,893,160Other assets, net $255,338TOTAL $24,612,902

Liabilities: Accounts payable $107,865Accrued payroll and related $25,866Accrued real estate taxes $120,342Security deposits $117,829Debt $10,289,490Deferred notes payable $3,202,908Accrued interest - short/long term $546,249TOTAL $14,410,549

Net assets: Unrestricted $8,670,617Temporarily restricted $1,531,736TOTAL $10,202,353

Total liabilities and net assets: $24,612,902

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Donors

Tom is 75 years old. He has lived at our

rooming house at 2011 Pillsbury Avenue

since January of 2015 (in April, Tom moved

to one of Alliance’s duplexes). Before

finding a place with Alliance, Tom spent

three years living in his car after five years

of camping out in the Minnesota cold. With

a 30-year-old felony staining his record,

finding affordable housing was nearly

impossible. Having spent many years

in prison, Tom only has seven years of

work experience, which provide him with

just enough in social security and other

benefits to make ends meet. On top of rent,

Tom has regular medical expenses that

come along with the health conditions he

faces as he ages.

If it wasn’t for Alliance Housing, Tom

would be one of many aging adults who

live day-to-day, not sure where they will

sleep that night. He would be left entering

weekly lotteries for a shelter bed,

only to end up in a crowded

room, on a cot or a mat on the

floor. 2011 Pillsbury provides

people who are screened out

elsewhere with a room to call

home. Whether it’s just a tem-

porary transition or a permanent

residence, our rooming houses and

shared duplexes provide housing affordably

and safely, regardless of what happened last

month or last year.

The city of Minneapolis needs more places

like 2011 Pillsbury. A room at Alliance cost

less than the monetary cost of a bed at a

shelter, a night in jail, or a stay in the hospital,

and provides stability to help those who have

struggled with homelessness for too long to

ignore. Single room occupancy (SRO) models

provide the hard-to-house population with a

place to sleep, getting them out of shelters

and off the street, where they are risk arrest

or hospitalization. With month-to-month

leases and no requirement for length of stay,

many tenants use the room as a stepping

stone between homelessness and a larger

place of their own. For others, Alliance pro-

vides all that they need—a private room of

their own, a shared kitchen to cook their own

meals, and a sense of community with other

residents.

Tom’s story highlights the challenges faced

by high-barrier aging adults. Just like the rest

of the housing market, stringent screening

procedures at senior properties lock out

individuals with criminal records and poor

financial histories.

Alliance purchased 3001 E. Lake Street

in 2016 to increase housing availability for

aging adults like Thomas.

TENANT PROFILE Tom McDaniels

Alliance Housing Incorporated

2309 Nicollet Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55404

PHONE: 612-870-2267

EMAIL: info@alliancehousinginc.org

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