HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM

Housing stability is essential for long-term economic empowerment. The Housing Stability Program (HSP) is a core component of our Survivors to Entrepreneurs (S2E) 4-Phase model, ensuring that survivors have secure and sustainable housing while they build income, improve credit, and advance toward independence. Using an Intensive Community Treatment (ICT) model, we remove common housing barriers, especially those caused by identity theft, lack of credit, or past financial exploitation by traffickers.

What the Housing Stability Program Does:

Safe housing that grows with survivors’ independence

The Housing Stability Program provides survivors with up to 12 months of phased rental assistance to promote stability while participants gain employment, increase income, or receive benefits. Survivor Ventures leases units throughout Delaware and Hampton Roads, Virginia, offering a safe home base where survivors can focus on recovery, employment, and financial growth.

Key Supports Include:

Safe, secure, tenant-leased units
Short-term and long-term housing stability planning
Up to 12 months of phased rental assistance
Credit-building and financial strengthening
Ongoing Intensive Community Treatment support
Access to Holistic Care services
Connection to the Survivors to Entrepreneurs (S2E) program
GED preparation, job training, or career development
Bank-ready documents and financial literacy coaching

This structure ensures that survivors are supported from their first month in housing through their transition into long-term independence.

Phased Rental Assistance Schedule

A gradual approach to building financial independence

This phase focuses on ensuring housing stability through a rental assistance model that decreases gradually as survivors increase income through employment or benefits.

Rental Assistance Schedule:

Months 1–3: Survivor Ventures pays 100% of rent

Months 4–6: Survivor Ventures pays 75% Participant pays 25%

Months 7–9: Survivor Ventures pays 50% Participant pays 50%

Months 10–12: Survivor Ventures pays 25% Participant pays 75%

Month 13+: Participant pays 100% (self-sufficient)

Each rental assistance plan is tailored to the survivor’s individual needs and pace of progress.

Why Housing Stability Matters

A foundation for economic empowerment

For many survivors, stable housing is the missing link between safety and long-term independence. Traffickers often steal or damage survivors’ credit, use their identities, or force them into unsafe housing situations. HSP eliminates these barriers by:

Providing a safe, predictable home
Helping survivors rebuild credit and financial history
Supporting job placement and training through S2E
Offering holistic care and mental health support
Creating a pathway to self-sufficiency

With housing stability, survivors can focus on healing, employment, and the steps needed to reclaim their financial future.