Housing Project

Training and Technical Assistance

Access to safe and affordable housing is critical for survivors of human trafficking. Affordable housing programs, including transitional and long-term, often have long waitlists and may restrict eligibility based on immigration status, criminal history, rental history, or current income. The housing landscape is complex and can be challenging to navigate.

The Freedom Network Training Institute (FNTI) provides training and resources to OVC Human Trafficking grantees on voluntary, trauma-informed, and survivor-centered housing practices for survivors of human trafficking. This includes providing guidance and support on accessing emergency, transitional, or long-term housing options for survivors of human trafficking. The Housing Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Project provides tailored training, resources, and referrals through our project staff and a wide array of expert consultants, including those with lived experience, who support the creation and delivery of TTA.

Featured Resources

Housing Navigators: An Innovative Strategy to Improve Housing Access for Trafficking Survivors

This webinar discussed the newly introduced Housing Navigator position in anti-trafficking housing programs, the skill sets needed within this position, organizational hiring and retention strategies, and how incorporating a Housing Navigator supports innovative strategies for Human Trafficking survivors seeking housing services.
Material Types: Webinars & Videos  
Keywords: Housing  

An Organizational Approach to Voluntary Services

This webinar delves deeper into the philosophies and principles of voluntary services and discusses how organizations can adopt and implement a voluntary services model organizationally. Attendees will learn from experts about the benefits and challenges of implementing a voluntary services model organizationally and how this approach can support organizations not only in service provision but also in staff retention, diversifying funding streams, and ways to create multi-level buy-in within organizations.
Levels: Intermediate   Introductory  
Material Types: Webinars & Videos  
Demographics: Adults   Foreign National   LGBTQIA+   Men and Boys   US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident   Youth  

Serving Human Trafficking Survivors with Disabilities in Housing

The webinar will delve into disability justice for survivors of human trafficking and explore how housing programs can assist survivors with disabilities in navigating housing systems, including partnering with local agencies supporting those with disabilities to provide wrap-around support.
Levels: Intermediate  
Material Types: Webinars & Videos  
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking   Sex Trafficking  
Keywords: Housing  
Demographics: Adults   Foreign National   LGBTQIA+   Men and Boys   US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident   Youth  

Building Trauma-informed Practices for Anti-Trafficking Housing Programs

This toolkit aims to provide a framework that anti-human trafficking providers offering housing services can utilize to build trauma-informed, person-centered, and voluntary housing programs for trafficking survivors.
Levels: Intermediate  
Material Types: Fact Sheets   Tools  
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking   Sex Trafficking  
Keywords: Housing   Promising Practices   Trauma Informed  
Demographics: Adults  
Building Trauma-informed Practices for Anti-Trafficking Housing Programs

FNTI Housing Materials

Click here to access training materials, resources, and recorded webinars related to housing for human trafficking survivors.

This webpage was produced by Freedom Network USA under Grant Number 2017-VT-BX-K018, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webpage are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.