Partnerships and Affiliations
City of Grand Rapids
http://www.ci.grand-rapids.mi.us/index.pl?page_id=321
The City of Grand Rapids partners with Home Repair Services to support home repair and foreclosure intervention programs for lower income homeowners.
City of Wyoming
http://www.ci.wyoming.mi.us/Planning/communitydev.asp
The City of Wyoming has partnered with Home Repair Services for services for its homeowners since 1999.
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
http://www.cedam.info/index.php
The Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM) advances community-based economic development to revitalize and rebuild
EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
Home Repair Services is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency to perform renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978.
Foreclosure Response Taskforce
http://www.foreclosureresponse.org
Foreclosure Response's task force is comprised of more than 30 non-profit organizations, lending institutions and government representatives working to reduce the number of foreclosures in Kent County. At the request of this group, Home Repair Services serves as the "central intake" for foreclosure counseling in Kent County.
Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness
The Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness is a community collaborative of more than 200 partners working to increase resources for homeless prevention, coordinating supportive services, and ensuring access to affordable, quality, permanent housing. The Roofs to Roots campaign, an initiative of the Coalition, speaks to the idea that community begins with housing. The campaign provides information on ways to get involved with the work of the Coalition.
Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan
http://www.healthyhomescoalition.org/
Home Repair Services is a "charter member" of this local collaborative that is working to end lead poisoning in Kent County by 2010.
Home and Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids
http://www.hbaggr.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Home Repair Services is a "builder" member of the Home and Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids. Every September since 1991, Home Repair Services has partnered with the HBA for the very successful Community Repair Day.
HUD
http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/hcs.cfm
Home Repair Services is a HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency.
Kent County
Kent County has been partnering with Home Repair Services for services to homeowners in the outlying portions of the county since 1984.
Kent County Essential Needs Task Force
http://www.accesskent.com/Health/ENTF/default.htm
The Kent County Essential Needs Task Force (ENTF) works to assure that shelter, food, utility and transportation resources are adequately available to all Kent County Citizens. Home Repair Services is a member of two of its four subcommittees: Coalition to End Homelessness and Energy Efficiency.
Kent County Senior MIllage
http://www.aaawm.org/senior_millage
Since 1999, Home Repair Services has been a Kent County Senior Millage Service Provider addressing the accessibility modification and home repair needs of very low income older adult homeowners throughout Kent County.
Michigan Foreclosure Task Force
http://www.cedam.info/resources/mftf/index.php
The Michigan Foreclosure Task Force is a statewide clearinghouse and unified voice to keep families, including homeowners and renters, in their homes despite the foreclosure crisis currently plaguing
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Home Repair Services is member of the MSHDA "LINKS to Homeownership" counseling network, and all its counselors are certified by MSHDA as "Housing Counselors."
United Way
http://waybetterunitedway.org/
The Heart of West Michigan United Way partners with Home Repair Services for the Foreclosure Intervention Program.