UHC BOARD & STAFF2021 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Jim Schulte Restore Utah Chair Kristy Chambers Columbus Community Center Vice Chair Austin Davis First Step House Treasurer Sherri Whittwer Utah Disability Law Center Secretary 2021 BOARD MEMBERS Camille Winnie Downtown Alliance Don Dean American Express Irena Edwards Extra Space Storage John Montgomery Rocky Mountain CRC Kaitlin Myers City of Moab Max Anderson Beaver Housing Authority Nick Fritz Intermountain Healthcare Rachel Otto Salt Lake City Mayor's Office Robert Vernon Provo City Housing Authority Tony Milner Salt Lake City HAND Staff Tara Rollins Executive Director Francisca Blanc Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator |
WHO WE AREOur Vision is a society where every person has access to decent and affordable housing. We take a holistic approach to our mission by:
HISTORY For the first 27 years, the Coalition was run by volunteers. Twenty years ago, it hosted the first affordable housing conference in Utah. It was well received and has grown to be well respected. In September of 2005, the Coalition hired its first full-time employee. In January of 2006, UHC hired an additional employee. The Coalition helped establish the Housing Education Coalition of Utah in 2006 -07. All HUD housing counselors came together to establish one state-wide curriculum. In 2008, the Coalition received a $60,000 grant from CFED to conduct and enact positive manufactured housing policies. UHC has been leading the legislative efforts on this matter. Through a $1.8 million dollar grant, UHC has lead the foreclosure prevention activities in our state. Our community partnership effort has created long-term resources to Utah’s homeowners. We host monthly membership meetings for our 100 organizational and businesses members. These meetings offer opportunities to network and meet other affordable housing practitioners. |
EDUCATION
We seek to educate Utah’s housing professionals through informative monthly meetings and networking opportunities for members, professional trainings for housing counselors and the premier housing conference in Utah: The Annual Utah Housing Matters Conference. We also work to educate the community at large on housing issues through community fairs, mortgage servicer events intended to help homeowners work through the foreclosure process, and participation in community events and by supporting the outreach efforts and organizational missions of our members. Our renter project, the Renter Toolkit, promises to help bridge the communication gap between property owners and tenants and serve as an educational tool for renters to be successful in their housing situations.
ADVOCACY
In addition to advocating for affordable, safe, and accessible housing, Utah Housing Coalition produces up to-date fact sheets on housing issues and works with other advocates in the community. We work to educate policy makers on each bill that affects housing to ensure that current protections, policies, and programs remain in place for our most vulnerable community members. Additionally, we strive to improve statewide affordable housing opportunities by introducing new, innovative legislation to improve housing conditions in our state.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Utah Housing Coalition encourages healthy and viable community partnerships between our member organizations, local and statewide nonprofits, municipalities and other housing agencies. We believe that community partnerships help to build organizational capacity and help each of us make a greater impact with the work we do. The Coalition was recognized with a Special Achievement Award at the 2010 Regional NAHRO Conference for our work in fostering partnerships among housing counseling agencies and performing community outreach and education in the area of foreclosure prevention. We oversaw a $1.8 million grant for foreclosure prevention that helped nearly 1,300 Utah families avoid foreclosure over a two year period.
We seek to educate Utah’s housing professionals through informative monthly meetings and networking opportunities for members, professional trainings for housing counselors and the premier housing conference in Utah: The Annual Utah Housing Matters Conference. We also work to educate the community at large on housing issues through community fairs, mortgage servicer events intended to help homeowners work through the foreclosure process, and participation in community events and by supporting the outreach efforts and organizational missions of our members. Our renter project, the Renter Toolkit, promises to help bridge the communication gap between property owners and tenants and serve as an educational tool for renters to be successful in their housing situations.
ADVOCACY
In addition to advocating for affordable, safe, and accessible housing, Utah Housing Coalition produces up to-date fact sheets on housing issues and works with other advocates in the community. We work to educate policy makers on each bill that affects housing to ensure that current protections, policies, and programs remain in place for our most vulnerable community members. Additionally, we strive to improve statewide affordable housing opportunities by introducing new, innovative legislation to improve housing conditions in our state.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Utah Housing Coalition encourages healthy and viable community partnerships between our member organizations, local and statewide nonprofits, municipalities and other housing agencies. We believe that community partnerships help to build organizational capacity and help each of us make a greater impact with the work we do. The Coalition was recognized with a Special Achievement Award at the 2010 Regional NAHRO Conference for our work in fostering partnerships among housing counseling agencies and performing community outreach and education in the area of foreclosure prevention. We oversaw a $1.8 million grant for foreclosure prevention that helped nearly 1,300 Utah families avoid foreclosure over a two year period.
