Housing Opportunities & Maintenance For The Elderly Inc

Upkeep and repair program: h.o.m.e. Added two part-time assistants to its long-time crew of home repair specialists in 2024 to ensure that senior homeowners live in healthy and safe conditions by conducting electrical, plumbing, and carpentry repairs in historically disinvested south and west side neighborhoods in chicago. Senior homeowners pay a $25 service fee, significantly lower than other service providers, and the repairs allow seniors to age safely in their own homes. Injury sidelined one of the three specialists for most of the year, resulting in a lower number of seniors served than usual. H.o.m.e. Completed 666 repairs in 63 homes.

Shopping bus: h.o.m.e.'s shopping bus program facilitates transportation to grocery stores and offers seniors assistance with unloading shopping items. H.o.m.e. Partners with senior housing buildings across chicago to provide roundtrip services for seniors without regular, reliable access to healthful food and essential supplies. The bus trip is also a social event. H.o.m.e. Provided shopping trips to 2,012 people in 33 buildings.

Volunteer engagement: at h.o.m.e.'s pat crowley house and nathalie salmon house good life residences, volunteers cook on weekends, facilitate social activities, and help with occasional projects like seasonal gardening.moving program: the moving program helps seniors live in safe, stable housing as they age by providing an affordable moving assistance service in collaboration with commercial moving companies. H.o.m.e.'s moving coordinator schedules the move and supports seniors before, during, and after. As a trained case manager, she acts as a liaison between seniors and vetted moving companies to provide a physically and emotionally safe, affordable moving experience. All seniors pay a $25 service fee and, using an income-based sliding scale, pay for a portion of the moving costs. H.o.m.e. Provided 51 moves.advocacy and neighborhood engagement: h.o.m.e.'s community advisory council of seniors served by h.o.m.e. Through its housing and community programs organized two "senior summits" to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas between older people and people with disabilities with city council members, staff, and the mayor's office. H.o.m.e. Also launched fix our homes illinois, a coalition of agencies and older people focused on increasing home repair resources for low-income older homeowners.