Back@Home

The Back@Home program is a collaborative rehousing framework initially launched as a disaster response. Currently, Back@Home is addressing homelessness throughout rural North Carolina through rapid rehousing, housing stability services, and financial assistance. Housing Collaborative provides centralized housing recruitment, navigation, inspection, and payment services for Back@Home. From February 2024 through July 2025, we have placed/retained over 800 households in housing across 80 counties through the Back@Home program, in partnership with the State of North Carolina and nine regional Housing Stability Services Provider agencies.

Safe at Home

The Safe at Home program utilizes the expertise of local Victim Services Providers (VSPs) to identify households fleeing or attempting to flee interpersonal violence; assist them in finding safe, affordable permanent housing; and provide ongoing case management to ensure their safety and sustainability in housing.

The goal of the program is to quickly connect survivors of interpersonal violence and their families to safe, permanent housing. Housing Collaborative supports VSPs in recruiting and incentivizing housing providers and inspecting their properties, and, helping households submit and pay for housing applications. In the pilot phase of Safe at Home, our goal is to secure housing for 50 households.

Inspection coordination

To expedite housing placement, Housing Collaborative offers housing inspection coordination and property due diligence services throughout North Carolina. Our services include scheduling inspections, reviewing inspection reports for accuracy and completion, paying inspectors, confirming asking rents are reasonable compared to similar units, and verifying ownership. In 2024, Housing Collaborative coordinated 1,834 housing inspections statewide – 712 for clients we helped place into housing, and 1,122 on behalf of partner agencies including Trillium Health Resources, LGBTQ Center of Durham, and NC Department of Health and Human Services.