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The ReHome Podcast
Introducing the ReHome Podcast: the story of a landlord-refugee match in Lancaster, PA
Season 1, Ep. 1
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Have you ever heard of the Refugee-Welcoming Rental Market (RWRM)?
Hear how the RWRM worked out for a medium-scale landlord who wears many hats (owner, property manager, caretaker) and a tenant household of seven from Afghanistan who were resettled into a rental home in Lancaster, PA in November, 2021.
Calls to action:
- Landlords: list your unit on the RWRM using ReHome Marketplace
- Anyone can support ReHome's vision to scale up our services to landlords and tenants in the RWRM by contributing to our foundational crowdfunding campaign: www.rehomemarketplace.com/support.
- Share this podcast with your network and share your feedback at hello@rehomemarketplace.com!
Episode contents:
- 00:00-01:00 Podcast intro
- 01:00-07:43 Intro of guests & context on the Refugee-Welcoming Rental Market
- 07:43-10:41 Why the match worked for both sides in 2021
- 10:41-13:45 What's next after a successful placement?
- 13:45-22:21 Challenges & supports for landlords renting to refugees
- 22:21-26:55 The stakes: what happens if a refugee doesn't get a solid rental placement?
- 26:55-33:26 Improving things for refugees & their landlords
- 33:26-34:44 Ways to get around the language barrier
- 34:44-38:51 Wrap-up and calls to action
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36:21||Season 1, Ep. 3Episode 3 of the ReHome Podcast is a heartwarming story about a landlord who opened her doors to refugees. You'll hear from both the landlord and the resettlement housing coordinator who made the match happen through ReHome Marketplace. “It’s almost too easy!” - Christina Saxton, the landlord“When I saw this listing, I jumped!” - Lindsay Jones, Housing Coordinator for HIAS PA’s refugee resettlement program in PhiladelphiaList your rental unit on ReHome Marketplace, or refer other landlords to list and match easily with fully-vetted tenants who’ve qualified for the USA’s resettlement program: www.rehomemarketplace.comSupport our work that gives new neighbors a home base to finally rebuild self-sufficiency after losing their homes abroad: www.gofundme.com/f/support-rehome
2. Repost! ReHome's origin story at MIT
27:52||Season 1, Ep. 2"Landlords need tenants, refugees need homes"We have already save refugees more than 10 months' worth of rent, and we need your backing to ramp that up! www.gofundme.com/f/support-rehomeHear ReHome's origin story as told in a feature on the "Trust the Process" podcast, which is produced by our friends at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.ReHome was one of 22 start-up teams in the Summer 2023 cohort of MIT delta v, which is MIT's capstone entrepreneurship accelerator. We're still working hard more than a year later to build on the amazing investment of expertise and financial backing from MIT delta v!Call to action: Anyone can join the 40+ individuals who have already contributed direct support to ReHome's life-changing work through our GoFundMe! www.gofundme.com/f/support-rehomeMusic is "Adding the Sun" by Kevin McLeod, sourced from incompetech.com