Our Initiatives

Community Housing Network is committed to initiatives that strengthen our mission and provide the highest standards of care for the people we serve.

Affordable Homes through Community Housing Network

At Community Housing Network, we are committed to ensuring that everyone has access to a safe, stable, and affordable home. Through street outreach, we connect with individuals experiencing homelessness, showing them a path out of the cold and into a home. Our Housing Resource Center helps thousands of people each year, linking them to vital programs and services.

We assist families in transitioning from shelters or motels into homes of their own and provide crucial support with security deposits, rent, utilities, and essential household items to help them rebuild their lives. Our eviction prevention efforts recognize that keeping families housed is far less costly—both financially and emotionally—than forcing them to start over.

We also offer compassionate group home management for people with disabilities and operate seven affordable housing communities in Pontiac, Oak Park, Eastpointe, and Sault Ste. Marie, providing 300 homes for families and individuals of modest means. As the largest Permanent Supportive Housing provider in Oakland and Macomb County, we are expanding to meet the urgent need for affordable housing in rural Michigan communities. 

Trauma-Informed Care at Community Housing Network

Through a comprehensive organizational change effort, CHN has evolved from a trauma-aware to a trauma-informed agency. Since 2019, CHN has provided a comprehensive training curriculum to our staff that is informed by the ACE (CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences) study and its impact. Based on national best practices, our trauma-informed training changes the framework from a traditional deficit-based model of care (what is wrong with you and how can we fix it) to an empathetic, supportive, compassionate approach (what happened to you and how can you move on from here). Training content includes harm reduction, motivational interviewing, and person-centered practice in services for persons experiencing homelessness and those with disabilities. Other specific areas of training for direct line staff includes compassion fatigue, self-care, setting boundaries in a helping relationship.

We also instituted a Trauma-Informed Workgroup to help implement Trauma-Informed Care best practices across the agency. This included reviewing and updating policies, procedures, and workflows as necessary.

Accessibility at Community Housing Network

Community Housing Network addresses accessibility concerns to enhance the quality of life for those served in our programs and services, implement nondiscriminatory employment practices, meet legal and regulatory requirements, and to meet the expectations of stakeholders in the area of accessibility.

We have successfully employed the assessment of community amenities in all of our property development projects. Inclusion within the community is a fundamental facet of CHN’s commitment to non-congregate housing for people with disabilities.

Communications are a major focus of our accessibility efforts. In our Limited English Proficiency Plan, we have identified steps for improving access to our services for persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), defined by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act as those who do not speak English as their primary language and have limited ability to read, speak, write, or understand English. The LEP Plan identifies the languages that are most likely to require translation in our service area, outlines how to identify a person who may need language assistance, the ways in which assistance may be provided, staff training that may be required, and how to notify persons with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) that translation assistance is available.

To access I-Speak translation cards, click here.

Accessibility Statement

Community Housing Network is committed to ensuring accessibility to both our physical locations and our website and to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We aim to comply with all applicable standards, including WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards up to level AA. As the law and accessibility standards continue to change and we strive to deliver the most up-to-date content online, please understand that our efforts to improve online accessibility are ongoing.

If you experience any difficulty in accessing any part of this website, please feel free to call us at 866-282- 3119 or to email us at accessibility@chninc.net. We will work with you to provide the information, item, or transaction you seek through an alternate communication method or one that is accessible for you consistent with applicable law.