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Training Refugees About Housing
INITIAL ORIENTATION
Every refugee family needs a comprehensive orientation
to their new home so they know how to operate appliances safely,
how to maintain the apartment properly, and what is required
of them as tenants.
The Operational
Guidance which is part of the Department of State’s
Cooperative Agreement require that resettlement agencies conduct
a housing and personal safety orientation within 5 working days
after refugees arrive.
RESOURCES
Mercy Housing has developed a 31-page booklet that
will make your housing orientation easier and more meaningful
for refugees. Every page contains large, brightly-colored illustrations
of “do’s” and “don’ts”.
The booklet addresses basic apartment maintenance, safety and
security, mail and notices, being a good neighbor and energy
conservation. Designed to be used by a case manager during the
initial orientation, it can be left with the family so they
can refer to it later.
The “Welcome” booklet is available in
English, Arabic, Somali and Hmong.
Order your FREE copies
today
A brochure summarizing the basics of the tenant’s
and the landlord’s responsibilities is also available.
It briefly covers the lease, paying rent, avoiding charges
for damage, moving out and eviction, as well as the landlord’s
responsibility to make repairs and return security deposits.
Order your FREE copies today by sending an e-mail
to: refugeehouseinfo@mercyhousing.org
specifying the number of brochures (by language), your agency,
and the mailing address to which they should be sent.
Order your FREE copies
today
DO YOU HAVE HOUSING ORIENTATION MATERIALS
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? Contact
us and we’ll add them to this web site.
For more ideas about successful housing orientation
programs, read “At Home with Refugee Housing: Resettlement
to Integration.
Click here to download a copy of “At Home with Refugee
Housing: Resettlement to Integration” or contact
us and order a hard copy today.
This 50 minute DVD features interviews and demonstrations
with refugees, case managers and landlords. Designed to be part
of a comprehensive housing orientation program, the video also
includes a discussion and activity guide to build on the points
covered in the DVD. Each set includes versions with spoken narration
in Arabic, Burmese, English, French, Kiswahili, Somali and Spanish.
All national resettlement offices, local voluntary agency affiliates,
T.A. providers, state refugee coordinators and ORR-recognized
MAAs will receive a copy in the mail in late August 2008. If
you do not fall into these categories and would like to order
a free copy, please contact us.
To access the discussion and activity guide, click here.
Video Study Guide (PDF,
Word)
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