Become a 2024 GSN Member Today!

As you all know, HomeKeeper is a program of Grounded Solutions Network, a national nonprofit membership organization of community land trusts, local governments, nonprofit organizations, national networks, community development finance organizations, health advocacy organizations, and more. Our mission is to cultivate communities — equitable, inclusive, and rich in opportunity — by advancing affordable housing solutions

Become a GSN Member Today!

As you all know, HomeKeeper is a program of Grounded Solutions Network, a national nonprofit membership organization of community land trusts, local governments, nonprofit organizations, national networks, community development finance organizations and health advocacy organizations, and more. Our mission is to cultivate communities — equitable, inclusive and rich in opportunity — by advancing affordable housing

Leveraging HomeKeeper During A Pandemic

  As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., an economic crisis emerged. We saw millions of Americans become unemployed, having to shelter at home, and as a result were faced with housing instability. CHN Housing Partners was selected to stand up during this time, and manage our local CARES Act Eviction Prevention program. Through managing this program,

Striving for Racial Equity with HomeKeeper

HomeKeeper has made it much easier for us to see how the racial and ethnic makeup of our homebuyer education attendees and homeowners compares to local, state and national numbers. That knowledge will help us make decisions about how to improve equity as we move forward,” explains Fearing. By Lorraine Wilde For small nonprofits like

Product Spotlight: Online Engagement with Habitat Homeowners

Coastal Cloud is a platinum Salesforce consulting partner, with a Nonprofit Solutions team focused on delivering Salesforce solutions that meet the unique needs of nonprofit organizations. Coastal Cloud has worked with Habitat for Humanity affiliates, including Lexington Habitat and Dallas Habitat, and has multiple Coastal staff members with over 15 combined years of experience working

Product Spotlight: Habitat Customizations for HomeKeeper

Coastal Cloud is a platinum Salesforce consulting partner, with a Nonprofit Solutions team focused on delivering Salesforce solutions that meet the unique needs of nonprofit organizations. Coastal Cloud has worked with Habitat for Humanity affiliates, including Lexington Habitat and Dallas Habitat, and has multiple Coastal staff members with over 15 combined years of experience working

Member Profile: Chhaya CDC Automates their Housing Counseling Intake with Online Form

Chhaya Community Development Corporation became a HomeKeeper participating organization in Fall 2018, using housing counseling features to complete their reporting requirements for the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (CAPACD).   The organization operates in Queens, New York, home to the fastest-growing South Asian population in the country. Chhaya empowers this community through

Dreamforce 2019: HomeKeeper Users are in Good Company Using Salesforce

In November 2019, the HomeKeeper team attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference. We joined 190,000+ attendees from all over the world, to learn about new innovations and tools that will help our HomeKeeper user organizations make an impact using Salesforce. The HomeKeeper team has these takeaways and resources for our user organizations to help make your

Case Study: Using HomeKeeper and FormAssembly forms to streamline applications and data entry

Recently, one of our newer HomeKeeper users, Kor Community Land Trust, worked with our HomeKeeper developer, Daizylogik, to create an online pre-application and application process for their potential homeowners. Kor decided to move forward with an online application in order to alleviate the amount of time that staff were spending to do data entry on

Dreamforce 2018: Focus on Impact First

In September 2018, the HomeKeeper team attended Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce conference. We joined 170,000 attendees from all over the world, to learn about new innovations and tools that will help our HomeKeeper user organizations make an impact using Salesforce. The HomeKeeper team has these takeaways and resources for our user organizations to help make your jobs