"Our objective is that every client will be a responsible person, living in a supportive community (church, spouse and friends), with a job and permanent housing."

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Supportive Housing

The Stockton and San Joaquin County housing market is a place where even rental prices are not affordable to those who are undereducated and underemployed, therefore public assistance is needed to make basic housing possible. In a housing market where low income renters are so disadvantaged, good relations between tenants and landlords is important. Stability for both the tenant and the landlord depends on tenants knowing and practicing mutually beneficial landlord & tenant relations.

The Supportive Housing Program affords low-income citizens who have the capacity to improve the opportunity to receive public rent assistance for a period of eighteen months. This assistance comes with the support and counsel of a mentor while giving the wage earner(s) time to learn and practice appropriate landlord/tenant relations, pursue higher education to increase wage earning capacity and to develop personal home management skills.

How the Program Operates:

• Clients must apply for the program, be accepted, commit to mentoring and monitoring for the eighteen months of the program and to a follow-up period for an additional one year.
   
• This assistance comes with the support and counsel of a mentor while giving the wage earner(s) time to learn and practice appropriate landlord/tenant relations, pursue higher education to increase wage earning capacity and to develop personal home management skills.
   
  
• Clients in all of the GCRM programs are eligible for Supportive Housing assistance. Only those who have the capacity to improve their wages and home management skills through education to the degree necessary to assume full financial responsibility qualify to participate in the program.
   
  
• GCRM also receives referrals for Supportive Housing from other programs in the community