Hamilton Family Center - First Avenues: Housing Solutions for Families

First Avenues: Housing Solutions for Families is a nationally recognized housing program that serves homeless families and families most at risk of becoming homeless. First Avenues’ primary focus is to return families to independent living and to assist families and individuals to maintain their housing. Since 2005, First Avenues has prevented more than 400 family evictions and more than 200 single adult evictions, assisted at least 525 families secure housing with move-in assistance, and helped nearly 400 families transition from the crisis of homelessness to the stability of housing with medium-term rental subsidies. One year after the end of First Avenues’ services 97% of eviction prevention clients, 95% of move-in assistance clients, and 85% of rental subsidy clients remain stably housed.

Move-In Assistance: a grant towards security deposit and/or first month’s rent; Rental Subsidies: a monthly grant towards rent for 12-24 months; Eviction Prevention: a grant towards back rent