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Scope of Service <br />Finding a vacant unit from a willing landlord is very difficult for a person experiencing <br />homelessness. The funding provided in this amendment is specifically to hire a Housing <br />Navigator for homeless individuals and families residing in the Santa Ana Civic Center. <br />The Housing Navigator is a new position that will be responsible to: <br />Expand landlord /property manager participation in various rental assistance <br />programs (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing, Shelter Plus Care, Rapid Re- <br />Housing, Housing Choice Vouchers and Continuum of Care Permanent <br />Supportive Housing), thereby increasing the number of units available for <br />placement of chronically homeless individuals from the Civic Center, <br />2. Encourage owners of vacant units to rent to a homeless individual with rental <br />assistance, <br />3. Creating, maintain and update community -wide marketing materials for landlords, <br />4. Contact landlords to encourage them to commit their turnover and vacant units <br />for homeless referrals, <br />5. Serve the Illumination Foundation and any other homeless service provider <br />working in the Civic Center to provide housing for the homeless. <br />The Housing Navigator will utilize the Landlord Toolkit provided by Community <br />Solutions, among other resources and activities, to increase the number of rental units <br />available for homeless individuals from the Civic Center to lease with various forms of <br />rental assistance. <br />25A -6 <br />