Mission and History
Housing Help of Lenawee (Lenawee Emergency and Affordable Housing Corporation) is a non-profit corporation, founded in 1990, with federal IRS 501 (c)(3) status. Donations may be tax deductible. H2L funding comes from caring individuals, churches, schools, civic groups, grants, businesses and foundations. We are also funded by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, The Salvation Army and US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Our Mission is to advance housing stability and affordable opportunities for low-income people, especially those in crisis or at risk.
Housing Task Force
In the late 1980’s, Lenawee County community leaders recognized there were no programs aimed at assisting those in housing crisis. No one knew how many community members were impacted by this lack of service, but the sense was that the numbers were growing with each year. As a result, the Basic Needs Task Force (BNTF), a branch of the Human Services Council, helped to create a Housing Task Force.
LEAHC
In 1990, out of this need and in collaboration with the Adrian Dominican Sisters, Lenawee Emergency and Affordable Housing Corporation (LEAHC) was founded and later incorporated on Oct. 8, 1991, just as the former Governor John Engler abolished general assistance (welfare).
H2Lenawee
In Feb. 2013, Lenawee Emergency and Affordable Housing Corporation (LEAHC) created a doing business as (dba) name of Housing Help of Lenawee (H2L). Today, H2L provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, a veterans program and housing assistance in the form of financial aid for permanent housing.
Our Purpose
We believe that all people have the right to safe, affordable housing and that resources should be available so that those most in need can achieve an enhanced quality of life through access to decent housing.
We provide housing focused counseling, referrals, supportive services and financial assistance to aid in securing permanent stable housing or to maintain current living situations
We assist eligible community members seeking emergency shelter or permanent housing
We work toward solutions that will result in permanent affordable housing solutions for community members in Lenawee County