The Home Partnership Foundation, brought to you by Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA), is a non-profit organization helping communities meet their most pressing housing needs. Employers, private citizens, developers, local governments, and others are encouraged to make charitable donations to help sustain and grow these efforts in your community. Your gift can take multiple forms and can help address a variety of personal financial goals. We are ready to work with you and your advisers to create the gift plan that best meets your charitable objectives.
Make a measurable difference in the lives of others in your community through a charitable donation to the Foundation’s general fund, a directed gift, or one of the following programs:
Providing Shelter and Encouraging Self-Sufficiency
Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Program
Homeless shelters across Idaho provide crucial safety and life-sustaining services to our most needy families and individuals. IHFA matches private donations on a dollar-for- dollar basis, limited to a maximum annual amount. Donations are combined with limited federal resources to support Idaho homeless shelter operations and capital needs in association with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care local grantee-based programs.
Self-Sufficiency and Asset Building Program
Individuals and families are becoming financially independent with the help of the Foundation through the use of a matched savings account to help them build assets and enter the financial mainstream. Program participants are involved in case management and a minimum of ten hours of financial training. The program matches an individual's savings, up to $2,000, dollar-for-dollar towards the down payment on a home.
Homelessness Prevention Program
Many Idahoans who currently reside in owned or rented homes face foreclosure or eviction actions due to temporary economic, employment, or health crises, threatening the security and stability of their families. IHFA matches federal and private donations up to a maximum annual amount to provide financial counseling and budgeting skills specifically designed to prevent and avoid foreclosure or eviction actions.
Investing in Workforce Housing
Home Equity Partnership Fund
These Funds are public and/or private partnerships established at a local level to facilitate investment in workforce housing. The funds provide equity to qualified homebuyers allowing a buyer to purchase a home in a high cost location. Typically targeted at households earning between 80% and 140% of area median income, the beneficiaries are local teachers, fire fighters, police officers, and other local community workers. Public and private donations are recycled to a new buyer each time a home is sold, along with a share of home appreciation, creating a long-term endowment to support a community's workforce housing needs.
Facilitating Tax-Advantaged Land Donations
Charitable Land Donation
The Foundation serves as a steward for charitable land donations. Such donations may be made with the intent that donated land will either be liquidated for targeted housing purposes, or used directly in the development of affordable housing.