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 delegage 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 officer 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 shal 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 actionon 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 and material to the conflict. Such directors 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 to appropriately determine compensation. Each review cycle, changes in compensation are discussed by the executive compensation committee and then approved by the board of directors. The salary is reviewed annually.”

“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 purposes 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 11g detail of part ix 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.”

“Housinglink created the covid-19 housing assistance program application. An online application form for minnesotans to apply for emergency housing assistance issued to minnesota under the cares act. The application was open aug 24 - dec 7, 2020 to accept applications. 63,164 applicants submitted 70.553 assistance requests for the funds. A network of 80 supporting program administrators with over 850 staff accessed the system to process applications.”

“Housinglink (www.housinglink.org) connects renters to the relavant, vital information they need to find the appropriate affordable home for their household, and streamlines the process for advertising units to renters. Specifically, our housing search tool is online and allows users to find affordable vacancies and waiting lists. Over 1.3 million searches for affordable housing were performed using our website during 2020. Typically, renters are able to locate the information they need in less than five minutes. The following housinglink activity occured in 2020: * 1,314,612 searches for affordable housing * 25,217 affordable vacancies & waiting list openings listed * 2,422,737 page views of housing resources * 32,431 visits for subsidized housing information * 86,962 views of housing authority waiting list status * 80% of listings that would consider a section 8 voucher in 2020 * 15,000 visits for fair housing information * 18,634,143 notifications of housing openings sent through 2020. Housinglink provides information on the supply and location of publicly-funded affordable housing through reports and a publicly available online database called streams. Streams (www.housinglink.org/streams) includes properties and affordable units with public financing. Streams is used by researchers and community planners and policymakers involved in project planning. Our data and research capacity led us to produce the housing measures report for the mcknight foundation. Streams data is updated annually to reflect the most current information. We publish twin cities rental revenue, a subscriber-based quarterly report that compares market rate shadow (rental houses, duplexes, condos, and townhomes) and apartment market rents for the seven county metro area. This rport is turning into a successful earned income venture for housinglink. We average 30 subscribers annually; mainly recurring subscriptions which help support our general operations. Housinglink also publishes a rental housing brief for the cities of minneapolis and saint paul which tracks key metrics on affordable rental housing in the community to inform policymaking. Housinglink's strategic plan includes the following goals for 2017 - 2020. * enhance services for renters and service providers, expanding their housing choices and knowledge, so they are empowered to find stable housing and strengthen communities. * increase awareness and breadth of impact that housinglink's research & data has in the community, driving innovative solutions in affordable housing. * leverage housinglink's unique relationship with private market landlords to encourage a broad spectrum of listings while promoting the adoption of recognized best practices and increasing housing choice and quality in our community. * transform the affordable rental housing system innovating new approaches that increase efficiency and transparency.”

“Insperity services: program service expenses 703,654. Management and general expenses 54,489. Fundraising expenses 13,103. Total expenses 771,246. Other services: program service expenses 1,030,794. Management and general expenses 3,726. Fundraising expenses 16,681. Total expenses 1,051,201.”