The Housing Association Training Institute (HATI) was established in 1993 to address the needs of non-profit organizations, particularly in public housing. Working with community-based groups, HATI has focused on developing and strengthening personal and organizational skills. Our training empowers individuals by creating the environment necessary for constructive leadership, accountability, and self-sufficiency. Towards this end, HATI has developed a comprehensive technical-assistance training curriculum, which provides both newly established as well as existing non-profit organizations with the tools they need in order to achieve their goals and objectives.

HATI has extensive experience in working with public housing residents in the development of tenant councils. The curriculum includes leadership training, resident management, organizational development, economic development, and homeownership training. Courses are tailored to meet the needs of the organization and are offered on-site.

Technical assistance and other services provided to resident organizations:

Needs Assessments for:

• Lamokin Village and Ruth L. Bennett Homes, Chester, PA.
• Queen Lane, Johnson Homes, and Southwark Plaza, Philadelphia. PA.

Board and Organizational Development Training to:

• Lamokin Village and Ruth L. Bennett Homes (resulting in a resident owned landscaping and construction company.)
• Abottsford Homes (resulting in the first resident managed public housing development in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.)
• Southwark Development Corporation (resulting in a $55 million redevelopment project with residents having a 51% ownership interest and a partner on the development team.)
• Queen Lane Apartments (resulting with in the development of by-laws, Code of Conduct and Good Neighbor Policy)
• Johnson Homes Tenant Council (resulting in the development of by-laws, Code of Conduct and Good Neighbor Policy)
• Champlost Homes Tenant Management Corporation (resulting in revision of by-laws, Code of Conduct, Good Neighbor Policy and tenant council election procedures and policy.

Project Design and Management Consultation for:

• Chicago Housing Authority's Welfare-to Work Program (resulting in 72 residents placed in employment between June 1997 - December 1997.)
• Philadelphia Revitalization and Education Program's laborers' Youth Apprenticeship Project (resulting with 30 graduates of which:
  - 20% acquiring employment in the non-construction industry
  - 20% obtaining union membership and
  - 10% acquiring year round employment in the construction industry, and
  - 90% acquiring part-time employment in the construction industry.
• Contracted by the Philadelphia Housing Authority in 1996 to design a project that creates greater resident participation in the housing authority's modernization activities and provided training to ten resident councils on the modernization process (resulting in residents learning the process and increased resident participation in the process.)
• Coordinator of tenant council elections for Johnson Homes.
• Monitor for Resident Advisory Board (city wide resident organization) elections.