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Lehigh Valley agencies offer $1,000 sign-up incentive to recruit landlords for housing programs
Summary
Jackie Giussanti, representing the Lehigh Valley Regional Homeless Advisory Board and employed by Valley Youth House, told the Allentown City Community and Economic Development Committee that a regional landlord engagement initiative pays financial incentives to recruit landlords to lease to people experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
Jackie Giussanti, representing the Lehigh Valley Regional Homeless Advisory Board and employed by Valley Youth House, told the Allentown City Community and Economic Development Committee that a regional landlord engagement initiative pays financial incentives to recruit landlords to lease to people experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
Giussanti said the regional group offers a tiered incentive: "a thousand dollars for their first unit that they lease to one of our clients" and "$500 for every additional unit that they provide to the collective." She said the program currently works with nearly 30 landlords across the Lehigh Valley and serves clients from unsheltered and housing‑insecure populations. The agencies involved, she said, include Valley Youth House, Turning Point,…
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