“Beyond bricks and mortar.”

“We are rewarding some of the best housing authorities in the country with unprecedented freedom from HUD regulations because we think they can design local initiative that will succeed,” said HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo. 1997

The Moving to Work Demonstration Program, authorized by the 1996 Appropriations Act, required HUD to select up to 30 authorities to develop and create innovative housing programs. The initiative sought to select local housing authorities that showed the foresight to plan and implement housing programs that would do the most towards accomplishing the federal goals of:

• Reducing federal expenditures for housing assistance,
• Encouraging and supporting families to become employed, and
• Increasing housing choices for program participants.

The Keene Housing Authority strategy is to take a comprehensive approach and provide services and case management to all public housing and Section 8 families.

The Authority was honored to accept this challenge on behalf of our community to provide an example of how affordable housing programs can remove the disincentives that have been inherent in the present system for decades, while still accomplishing our mission of being a safety net for the low-income families, disabled persons, and elderly of our region.