Housing Link

“There is an executive committee which has and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the interim between board meetings, except that the board shall not delegate to the executive committee the power to approve or amend the annual budget, or to adopt or amend the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation. The executive committee shall submit to the board of directors reports of action taken between board meetings. The executive committee shall consist of the duly elected officers of the corporation.”

“The organization's president sends a draft of the form 990 to the board. The board reviews the return and upon approval the form 990 is filed.”

“Each new officer, director, or key employee shall be required to review a copy of the conflict of interest policy and to acknowledge in writing that he or she has done so. Each person shall bi-annually complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions or circumstances in which the person is involved that he or she believes could contribute to a conflict of interest arising. Prior to board or committee action on a contract or transaction involving a conflict of interest, an officer, director, or key employee having a conflict and who is in attendance at the meeting shall disclose all facts material to the conflict. Such disclosure shall be reflected in the minutes of the meeting. An officer, director, or key employee who has a conflict shall be excluded from voting on the matter at all times, and shall be excluded from discussion of the matter if necessary.”

“Housinglink uses the minnesota council of nonprofits annual minnesota nonprofit salary and benefits survey (2014 latest publication) to appropriately determine compensation. Each review cycle, changes in compensation are discussed by the executive committee and then approved by the board of directors. This process was last undertaken in november 2014.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request.”

“Housinglink has a client service agreement with insperity peo services, lp, an unrelated organization. As a result, insperity is the employer for the purpose of paying wages. Insperity also remits all taxes and files all returns under their name & ein 76-0689539. Insperity is a peo (professional employer organization). The salary, benefits, and payroll tax expenses shown on line 5, 7, 9 and 10 of part x represent amounts paid by insperity as part of the client service agreement. In addition, form 990 part i, line 5 and part v, line 2a state zero for number of employees reported on form w-3. Due to the relationship with insperity, all w-2s are filed by insperity. There were 6 form w-2s filed for 2014.”

“Olmstead plan housing goal we completed phase i of our work on the olmstead plan housing goal that states, "people with disabilities will choose where they live, with whom, and in what type of housing." we are enhancing our website to include more information on individual rental units and education about affordable rental housing options that may meet the needs of persons with disabilities. Phase i focused on engaging with the community to identify improvements to the website. In 2015 we are implementing these changes! Housinglink created 6 videos to increase fair housing awareness, these are all available in english, hmong, somali, and spanish and are closed captioned as well. The videos are increasing awareness of the protected classes and how to report discrimination. The videos have been viewed over 4,000 times. Check them out at housinglink.org/housingresources/fairhousing. Twin cities analysis of impediments to fair housing the fair housing implementation council also engaged housinglink to conduct a regional analysis of impediments to fair housing. See it at housinglink.org/research/researchlinks. Project based section 8 renters currently spend hours calling and visiting each individual project based section 8 property in order to get on multiple waiting lists, which are often 12-24 months long. In 2014, housinglink began defining an online resource to centralize these waiting lists so that the process is easier and more efficient for both low-income renters and affordable housing providers. Electronic data feeds management companies can now send openings to housinglink directly from their property management software. This removes the burden from site staff to remember to list openings, and ensures more accurate and timely listings for renters to search on housinglink!”

“We completed our minnesota foreclosure research at the end of 2013. Now that the crisis has abated, minnesota home ownership center will continue gathering that data. There were 11,834 foreclosures in minnesota in 2013. This number is a 34 percent decrease from 2012, housinglink: 2014-2015 hugh j. Andersen general operating support proposal with the relief being relatively balanced between the twin cities metro area (down 37 percent) and greater mn (down 30 percent). This marks the third consecutive year of double-digit percentage declines in foreclosure, with 2013 coming in at less than half the total number of statewide foreclosures than the last "high water mark" total in 2010. You can see more on our research page at www.housinglink.org/research.”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 58,878. Management and general expenses 6,215. Fundraising expenses 733. Total expenses 65,826.”