Rent To A Refugee Campaign 2.0
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Home is where your heart is …Making Albuquerque a Welcoming City
Why:
Permanent and transitional housing is a challenge for the refugee, and immigrant population in the City of Albuquerque. We need to step up to create a sustainable solution by increasing the number of landlords willing to rent to refugees and immigrants.
Who:
Partner with the Health, Homelessness, and Housing Department (HHH), Lutheran Family Services, the Albuquerque Affordable Housing Coalition, and other OIRA Steering community members.
How:
- Continue growing the database of landlords, and property managers
- List all the wraparound services for these populations.
- Host multiple short presentations with a call to action to different stakeholders involved with transitional, and permanent housing.
- Realtor Agency
- Lodger’s tax Advisory Board
- Albuquerque Affordable Housing Coalition
- Continuum of Care meeting
- The city, County Partner with Unite Us to Connect Residents to Social Services
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Rent to a Refugee 1.0
The Rent to Refugee Campaign is designed to encourage landlords and property owners to consider renting their available spaces to the refugee community. The panel discussion will feature City and community leaders that will explore what it means to be a refugee, how the resettlement process works, support services that are available to refugees, and the laws surrounding fair and affordable housing. Other panelists include members from the refugee community that will share their experience of relocating to the United States as well as stories from an Albuquerque property owner to speak about the benefits of renting to refugee families.
What: Rent to a Refugee Campaign
Who: City and local leaders including:
- Lutheran Family Services
- CABQ Office of Civil Rights
- CABQ Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
- Albuquerque Landlord/Property Owner
When: March 1st, 2022 l 9am-10:30am
Where: Zoom Webinar recording
Landlords that are interested in renting to refugees please fill out the form below and you will be contacted on a later date.
Rent to a Refugee landlord sign up form: https://forms.gle/2p7sS9ZopPPL16m7A
Quick-Guide to Information About Refugees
Who are Refugees?
Refugees are people who are outside their native country of origin because of feared persecution, conflict, general violence, natural disaster, or other circumstances that have severely disturbed public order and, as a result, require international protection.
What is a Refugee Resettlement Agency?
These agencies help refugees with the initial resettlement in the United States including assistance in finding housing, employment, language classes, food, healthcare, and youth enrollment into school. In New Mexico, the primary refugee resettlement agency is Lutheran Family Services.
How will refugees afford to pay a deposit and a monthly rent?
All refugees have the ability to receive cash assistance via their refugee resettlement agency. Upon arrival, each refugee is offered resources to help them get established in the community. As a landlord, you will receive a tenant who is well-connected with their new community and is receiving case management support and translation services.
How will refugees find a job?
Refugees have the ability to work in the United States. Lutheran Family Services provides training, skills, and tools needed to assist at least one member of each household to obtain a job as quickly as possible. On average, refugees in Albuquerque are able to find employment less than three months from arrival.