Housing Project

Training and Technical Assistance

Access to safe and affordable long-term 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 truly complex and can be difficult to navigate.

The Freedom Network Training Institute (FNTI) provides training and resources on housing options for survivors of human trafficking. This includes guidance for advocates in accessing appropriate emergency, transitional, or long-term housing options for survivors. FNTI’s Housing Training and Technical Assistance Project includes a wide array of expert consultants, including a Survivor Advisory Panel, who supports the creation and delivery of content.

Upcoming Webinars

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

FNUSA's Housing Training and Technical Assistance project is hosting the "Housing Navigators: An Innovative Strategy to Improve Housing Access for Trafficking Survivors" webinar with presenters Wyanet Tasker and Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa. This webinar will provide an overview on the Housing Navigator position in anti-trafficking housing programs, provide organizational hiring and retention strategies for this position, and discuss how incorporating a Housing Navigator position supports human trafficking survivors accessing housing assistance.

Date: December 6, 2023

Starts: 2:00 pm EST

Ends: 3:30 pm EST

Register for this training

Wyanet Tasker

Executive Director and Founder
Indigi-Ripple Connect

Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa

Executive Director
Pacific Community of Alaska

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Featured Resources

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

We work with housing and victim service providers to improve access to housing for survivors of human trafficking.

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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 document are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.