Join a volunteer board and use your financial skills to preserve affordable housing!
ORGANIZATION: CommonBond Communities
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Every day, people with low to moderate incomes face increasing rental rates that are out of proportion to wages. Plus, older modest rental properties are being turned into luxury rental units, displacing long-time residents. Demand for rental housing is increasing drastically, and the high cost of constructing new units is creating a growing gap between what subsidy programs can produce and what the market will produce.
Each year, CommonBond Communities meets this challenge through building and developing affordable housing to support more than 11,000 people throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Join a Community Advisory Board to lend your financial skills to advance the mission that everyone has a stable home, strong future, and vibrant community.What to expect in the meeting:
- A Community Advisory Board is a group that meets to review and approve the annual audit of a particular CommonBond property.
- During the meeting CommonBond staff summarize important points from the audit, share notable occurrences in the housing community, and facilitate discussion and questions from the volunteer board.
- The paper audit is sent out at least 2 weeks prior to the meeting for your review.
- Familiarity with business or finance is helpful, but not required.
- Familiarity with Roberts Rules of Order helpful, but not required.
- Each Community Advisory Board meets once a year for about an hour.
- Each meeting occurs on a weekday to be scheduled in spring or early summer (exact dates. determined within a month of the meeting).
- Volunteers commit to being on a board for at least 2 years (2 meetings total).
- Experience serving on a board.
- Playing a role in preserving affordable housing through just a couple annual meetings!
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About CommonBond Communities
Location:
1080 Montreal Ave., St. Paul, MN 55116, US
Mission Statement
CommonBond's mission is to build stable homes, strong futures, and vibrant communities. A safe, stable, and affordable home is the foundation for everything in life. It’s the place where each person can find what they need to meet their goals and build their best life. In other words, a CommonBond community. CommonBond is an affordable housing nonprofit organization that creates communities throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota to help people of all ages and walks of life meet their goals and thrive. With five decades of working with vulnerable populations as an affordable housing organization, we know that when people have stability in their homes, children do better in school, teens graduate, adults find jobs with wages to support their families, and older adults maintain their independence.
Description
We believe home is the foundation for everything in life. For over 50 years, CommonBond has provided affordable, stable homes for families, veterans, and seniors. Not only do we connect residents with housing that will help them thrive, but we offer wraparound services that help folks define and achieve their own success. Programming is available to all CommonBond residents and is tied to four strategic priorities: Stability & Independence, Health and Wellness, Education & Advancement, and Community Building & Engagement. We know that through these focus areas, we’re able to support residents in finding solutions that matter. Our Advantage Services and Property Management teams work together to pro-actively support residents in a multitude of areas, such as subsidized housing, Section 8 vouchers, mentor programs for students, job training, career development, veterans programs, and much, much more.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2 locations in the East MetroOakdale, Maplewood, MN 55109
DATE POSTED
March 20, 2018
SKILLS
- Financial Auditing
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Volunteers commit to 2 meetings across 2 years.
- Enrollment process includes an application, phone conversation, and background check.