Want to learn more?
On the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, you can join Crystal
at one of the local Copper Rock locations to discuss the vision and
future of Housing Partnership, local housing issues, or the latest
movie you've seen!
Second Thursday: Copper Rock, Downton Appleton, 7:30am
Fourth Thursday: Copper Rock, North Side Appleton, 7:30am
The staff and board of the Housing Partnership began a
comprehensive strategic planning process with consultant James
Purtell in 2009, supported in part by a grant from the Community
Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. Staff examined the
Housing Partnership's current operating environment and the forces
impacting the organization's future. Strategic opportunities
for the next five years were discussed and a vision for the future
was established.
Vision
In 2014 the Housing Partnership will be:
- making a measurable difference in our community.
- meeting the housing needs of the community with our housing
units appropriately allocated.
- self-sustaining through its rental income and strong donor
base.
- valued and welcomed in the community/neighborhood.
- attracting, recognizing, appreciating and retaining active
volunteers.
The Housing Partnership will have:
- maximized the "graduation rate" of transitional families.
- property locations with a purpose.
- growth in our mixed-income properties.
- transitioned out of our older housing units.
- significantly reduced our maintenance cost per unit.
- maximized our efficiencies with effective processes.
- a strong recognition in the community.
- a strong, healthy, respectful atmosphere for staff, volunteers
and tenants.
Out of this vision, staff developed nine key strategic
initiatives and specific, measurable strategic goals to work toward
this vision.
Strategic Initiatives
- Achieve exceptional outcomes to supportive programs and grow
our capabilities to serve more families with supportive
services.
- Demonstrate and report the measurable benefits to the community
of our housing programs and supportive services.
- Establish, and execute to, a strategy for adding to, and
replacing, the properties in our portfolio to best meet community
needs and return on our property investment.
- Support a greater percent of our operating costs through rental
revenue by acquiring, allocating and managing our property assets
closer to fair market rate rent.
- Achieve improved results in our resource development efforts
and reduce our overall dependency on government funding.
- Improve the effectiveness and reduce the cost of our property
maintenance.
- Expand our use of information technology to improve our
productivity, improve the execution of critical processes and
reduce costs.
- Acquire, grow, develop and retain the staff, volunteers and
board members we need to support our growth strategy.
- Develop greater recognition and awareness of the Housing
Partnership and our mission in the Fox Valley.
In February 2011, HPFC staff met with Jim
Purtell to create an 18-24 month action plan.
Click here for a document that shows the progress we made on
2009-2010 initiatives, and also highlights our 2011
initiatives.