The Housing Authority of the City of Nevada, MO is committed to building strong communities by providing quality housing and empowerment opportunities to eligible families in partnership with community resource providers.

 

The Housing Authority Values:

  • Housing is a basic right and a foundation for success in life.  All of us benefit when we have a safe place to call home.
  • Housing is a foundation which enables us to support the lives of residents with excellent programs for their individual growth and welfare.
  • We manage housing that is safe and well maintained.
  • We collaborate to create and maintain nurturing communities.
  • Individuals and families should be able to choose the housing that best fits their needs.
  • We deserve the public’s support and the resources they entrust to our agency.  We understand that the resources are finite and that our programs and services must be efficient, sustainable and economically viable.
  • We respect and celebrate all people.  Our work culture responds to the individual’s needs and the benefit of the whole.  We are fair.  We listen to everyone associated with our efforts.

 

 

CORE FOCUS

We at the Housing Authority of the City of Nevada, MO work to meet the individual needs of everyone that comes through our doors.  We are more than just an agency to provide rental assistance.  Our Team has a passion to serve others and to help those individuals discover their purpose.  We help them identify personal goals and the building blocks to achieve those goals.  We are focused on the future not the past with our program participants and work to help them break the cycle which has caused their challenges.  The program participants need structure and accountability which we can provide.

We offer on-call emergency maintenance for call outs 24 hours/day/7days week/365 days a year.  This not only gives a sense of security for our participants but also keeps our units up.

We are a great resource and clearinghouse for community resources for individuals that have needs.  We pride ourselves with the credibility and integrity of our agency and programs to be a community resource.

 

10 YEAR TARGET

 

  • Develop a change in our portfolio that is less dependent on Federal Tax Dollars.
  • Update units to be competitive in the market with amenities. 
  • Develop a Not For Profit to establish non-federal funds to diversify operations.
  • Public Housing Units to have an occupancy rate of 95-98%.
  • Develop a center for services in the administration building through partnerships with community service providers that serve our participants on site.
  • Have a communication system with tenants that can be done by text since most all have a smart phone.

 

 

MARKETING STRATEGY

 

Due to the Federal Regulations that we must follow, we market to low and very low income families.  As the portfolio changes, our market could be different with any defederalized dollars.

Websites and social media we are finding will need to be ways to better market our services.

Offer more programs for program participants to achieve self sufficiency.

 

3 – YEAR PICTURE

Revenue

 

Our programs are funded completely by federalized dollars that are appropriated annually and rental income.  Unfortunately, Congress does not always fund at 100% so reserves are used to supplement the budget needed.

Currently we are being encouraged to consider repositioning because we are a small housing agency with only 200 public housing units.  HUD has been working for years to do away with public housing as it has been in the past and transition to a different housing model.

Over the next three years it will be imperative for this agency to stay abreast and be prepared with a sustainability plan for our agency to continue to provide some of the best rental stock in our community.