Home ownership incentive: Leading Practices

1–4 of 4 Leading Practices

A program by the Sanneh Foundation to support staff housing needs by offering housing vouchers, co-signing leases and purchasing houses to rent to employees at reduced rates.

Levers: HR Practices
Principles: Benefits
Strategy: Employer offered benefits

The NYC Department of Education administers the Teach NYC program for public school teachers who commit to working in high-needs schools for 3+ years. Teachers receive an initial payment of $5,000 + $400/month for housing-related expenses.

Levers: Empowerment
Principles: Benefits
Strategy: Employer offered benefits

A partnership between the Metropolitan Planning Council and Chicago employers to provide employees homeownership counseling and/or financial assistance. The Chicago Neighborhood Housing Services produced this guidebook for employers interested in setting up an employer-assisted housing (EAH) program, including financial and nonfinancial support.

Levers: Education and Enforcement
Principles: Benefits
Strategy: Employer offered benefits

An internal program that provides a subsidy for housing purchase to employees.

Levers: HR Practices
Principles: Benefits
Strategy: Employer offered benefits