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Welcome to Ready to Rent © Opening Doors to Housing Through Education
Ready To Rent
A housing readiness education
training where participants work
closely with housing specialists to:
Accept responsibility for past
rental issues
Repair their credit
Create a workable budget
Ready To Rent
Prioritize housing needs
Develop a housing search plan
Understand the application and
rental process
Ready To Rent Maintain appropriate housekeeping Communicate effectively with their landlord Fulfill the desire to become a successful renter
Why Rental Education? A recent community assessment conducted by HRDC identified a need for tenant education to foster better outcomes for tenant/landlord interactions in the rental marketplace Ready to Rent has been adopted by HRDC to address these needs by providing basic rental facts, and by teaching the skills needed to overcome barriers
Why Ready to Rent?
Why Ready to Rent… The R2R curriculum was originally developed in Portland Oregon, and has been taught by over 100 organizations in 16 states and Canada The training is standardized, but allows for customization to meet needs of specific populations
Why Ready to Rent… Increase availability and access to rental education Standardization To attach specific benefits to meet housing needs
Why Ready to Rent… “Barrier” Busting To engage landlords and encourage them to give people a second chance
Who Ready to Rent Helps People with screening barriers People who don’t understand how to apply for housing People who are having trouble finding housing they can afford People who do not understand their responsibilities as renters
When I was 19, my mother put in her 30-day notice and said I couldn't move with her. So I kept the apartment by myself and got a couple of roommates, only to find that nobody did anything to help financially. We were evicted for non-payment of rent. That’s when I heard about Ready to Rent. I found out about resources I never knew were available. I learned to be dedicated and determined to help myself and correct my past mistakes.
What Does Ready to Rent Do?
Ready to Rent… Teaches a basic overview of rights and responsibilities as renters Teaches how to prepare finances & find affordable housing
Ready to Rent … Teaches strategies on making a positive impression on landlords Teaches how to identify and overcome barriers in order to get accepted into rental housing
What is the work?
Conduct a Self Screening
Order Credit Report
(www.annualcreditreport.com)
Order Public Records Report
(evictions & criminal background history)
Complete an assessment of current housing
situation and screening barriers
Work through a series of Action Items to
prepare for completion of rental applications
Focus on individual barriers by developing a
Personal Contract – a plan to achieve goals
for future rental successWhat It Takes To Graduate Complete all training modules Get Instructor’s approval of completed Personal Contract Finish all of “the work” of the training Complete pre & post class survey
Ready to Rent Training Sessions
Training Sessions There are six R2R training modules Community agencies teaching Ready to Rent are required to have a Licensing Agreement and complete Instructor Certification Training through the Ready to Rent national office. The HRDC has dedicated two staff members to teach Ready to Rent. R2R is taught in two four hour sessions Times/days vary to accommodate different schedules
Training Sessions… Ideal class size 15 people or less Classes held at HRDC or off site locations as needed
TRAINING #1
Ready to get Started
Goals:
Getting to Know Each other
Creating Empathy Towards
Landlords
Identifying Barriers & Challenges
Prioritizing Housing NeedsPrioritizing Housing Needs Needs vs. Wants That’s not going to work for me Short term vs. long term The Housing Priority Game – let’s play!
THE HOUSING PRIORITY GAME
If you had a “25-bean budget” to spend on your monthly rent, what would your priorities
be? Place the required number of beans within the appropriate boxes to indicate your
spending choices. You may not eliminate any categories. You must have at least one
bean in each row. Good luck!
categories A B C
20+ miles to work, 10-20 miles to work, walking or bicycling
LOCATION schools, stores schools, stores distance to work,
schools, stores
0 00 000
no public transit public transit stop public transit stop
TRANSPORTATION available within 6 blocks within 2 blocks
0 00 000
door & window locks dead bolt door locks, controlled entrance,
SECURITY window bars security system
0 00 000
NEIGHBORHOOD few facilities some facilities many facilities
FACILITIES available available
street lighting,
playground, bike
path, nearby stores
0 00 000
no private outdoor small patio or balcony private yard
OUTDOOR SPACE space available
0 00 000
stove only stove & refrigerator stove, refrigerator,
APPLIANCES dishwasher
0 00 000
none shared laundry room laundry equipment
LAUNDRY installed in unit
0 00 000
FACILITIESThe Housing Priority Game Card, continued
categories A B C
unfurnished partially furnished fully furnished
0 00 000
FURNITURE
small size, less than moderate size, about large size, over 800
SIZE OF UNIT 500 square feet 800 square feet square feet
0 00 000
small medium large
SIZE OF
0 00 000
ROOMS
studio style 1 or 2 bedrooms 3 or more bedrooms
BEDROOMS
0 00 000
bathroom with shower 1 full bathroom 1 ½ to 2 bathrooms
BATHROOMS only, no bathtub
0 00 000
poorly maintained average excellent
CONDITION maintenance maintenance
0 00 000
OF UNIT
no off-street parking one parking place 2 reserved parking
PARKING per unit, first-come, places per unit within
first-served 100 feet of unit
0 00 000
minimum storage average storage a great deal of
STORAGE storage
0 00 000Training #2 Ready to Solve Problems Goals: Create Personal Contract Begin Work on Barriers Identified in Training #1 Understanding Landlord Screening Begin Looking at Finances
Training #3 Ready to Prepare Finances Goals: Increase Understanding of Credit and Finance Create a Spending Plan Consider ways to increase income or decrease spending Chose a Money Management System Get Money-wise
Training #4 Shopping For Your New Home Goals: Increase feeling of self determination in renting - develop questions for prospective landlords Identify Housing Resources and Options Fair Housing Basics Chose housing that meets your needs, co-housing options
Training #5:
Ready to Settle In
Understand/apply rental & lease
agreements
Landlord/Tenant Law Basics,
Understanding and Avoiding Eviction
Make a plan to keep your home safe
Learn how to communicate and get along
with landlord and neighborsTraining #6:
Ready to Move On
Understand how to end a rental
experience successfully
Start planning for move to new home
Learn how to recover depositsEnding a Tenancy
Successfully
Ending a tenancy
- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Working through scenarios to test
new-found knowledge
Class DismissedAWARDED TO
Happy Renter
For successfully completing
Ready to Rent
____________________ _____________________
Sara Savage, Housing Director Kaitlyn Lyders, Instructor
_____________________
Kate Ciari, InstructorHRDC has conducted two R2R trainings since adopting the program. Our customers are excited about completing the training and for some, it has already lead to housing success!
Benefits to Landlords… Renters with more knowledge Landlords appreciate that graduates know their responsibilities, learn to create a budget, and will know how to avoid problems. R2R Board of Advisors HRDC is working with a Board of Advisors to guide development of curriculum to improve the approval process for landlords
As a landlord, knowing
that renters are being
empowered to clean up
their credit, learn renter
responsibilities and
establish new goals is a
breath of fresh air.
Ready to Rent not only
provides residents with a
second chance to be
successful tenants, but it
also broadens the market
for rental property
owners lowering their
potential vacancy loss.It has been a joy to watch our renters renew their belief in themselves. Thank you for developing a workshop like this, so we can better assist our tenants by helping to make us aware as well.
For more information contact
Kate Ciari & Kaitlyn Lyders
Ready to Rent Certified
Instructors
HRDC IX, Inc.
32 South Tracy
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 587-4486Q&A
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