Resource Library
Resources on Providing Quality Housing to Refugee Families
Featured Resource
Landlord Toolkit
This comprehensive tool for housing providers contains key information and resources on renting to refugees, including the resettlement process, support available to refugees when renting, FAQs, and more.
- Landlord/Property Manager
- Understanding the U.S Housing Crisis
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- Resettlement Agencies
- Housing Toolkit & Navigating Housing Resources
Best Practices for Hotel Partnerships to House Refugees and Other Newcomers
This toolkit outlines best practices for building and maintaining hotel partnerships for using hotels to house refugees and other newcomers.
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- Resettlement Agencies
- Best Practices for Housing Newcomers
TRiO Plus Housing Best Practices Toolkit
This submission from the Oakland Unified School District's TRiO Plus project outlines the project's operations, successes, and recommendations.
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- Volunteers/Community Members
- Housing Toolkit & Navigating Housing Resources
AHLAN: A Manual for Establishing Resettlement Campuses Together
This guide developed by Every Campus a Refuge is for higher education institutions seeking to welcome and support refugees on campus, as well as engage surrounding communities on refugee issues.
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- Resettlement Agencies
- Best Practices for Housing Newcomers
The Welcome Co-op Housing Best Practices Toolkit
This submission from the Welcome Co-op in Atlanta, GA outlines the organization's structure, operations, successes, and recommendations.
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- Community Sponsors
- Best Practices for Housing Newcomers
Community Sponsors Assisting with Newcomer Housing Webinar
This webinar co-hosted by the International Rescue Committee and Refugee Welcome Collective is geared toward frontline refugee service providers seeking answers to questions related to community sponsors supporting short-term or long-term housing solutions for refugees and other newcomers.
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- Resettlement Agencies
- Best Practices for Housing Newcomers
Best Practices for Resettlement Agencies Forming Local Government Partnerships to House Newcomers
This document explores local government partnerships with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to help house and empower recently arrived newcomers and assist them in their adjustment to life in the US. The IRC then suggests how other resettlement agencies might form similar partnerships.
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- Community Sponsors
- Best Practices for Housing Newcomers
Community Sponsors Assisting with Newcomer Housing
This document outlines successful strategies for community sponsors assisting with identifying and securing housing for newcomers.
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- Federal Agencies
- News & Updates
U.S. Housing Crisis Affects Refugees Alongside Others
This research project highlights the impact of the United States housing crisis when housing refugees in safe, affordable, and available housing. The need for affordable and available housing continues to grow, and RHS is responding.
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