Rental Assistance Toolkit
Discover IFRC’s Rental Assistance Programming resources – guidelines and tools to help humanitarian teams deliver effective, timely shelter support through local rental markets in crisis situations.
Key Resources:
The Rental Assistance Toolkit:
The Rental Assistance Toolkit is your comprehensive resource for navigating the complex landscape of rental assistance programs. The following 3 documents help to introduce the toolkit and different approaches that can be adopted to deliver rental assistance and components involved:
0. Initial Advocacy and Coordination
This pre-step concerns advocating for the consideration of rental assistance programming as a relevant response option to be explored.
1. Context Analysis
This step guides National Societies (NS) and project managers to determine whether rental assistance programming is a feasible response option for the context, the crisis, and the target population. It suggests what information should be collected and analysed to enable selection of the most appropriate rental assistance programming components.
Tools and Examples
- 1.6_Tool_RapidRentalMarketAssessmentForm_2023.docx
- 1.6_Tool_Semi-DetailedRentalMarketAssessment_Tool_2023.xlsx
- 1.6_Example_RentalMarkAssessment_SK_2022.xlsx
- 1.6_Example_RapidRentalMarke Assessment_Poland_2022.xlsx
- 1.6_Example_Rental_Market_Price_Increase_Turkiye.pdf
- 1.6_2022 Shelter Sector/Cash Cap/R4V Field Handbook for Rental Housing Market Assessment – Latin America and the Caribbean
2. Design and Planning
This step guides National Societies (NS) and programme managers through two main stages; firstly, how to design the rental assistance programme and, secondly, how to plan for the implementation of the programme.
Tools and Examples
- 2.1.3_Example_SlovakiaShelterProgramOverview_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.3_Example_ShelterProgrammeOverview_Slovakia_RentalAssistance.ppt
- 2.1.3_Example_ShelterWorkingBudgetExpForecast_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.1.3_Tool_IFRC_Budget Template_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.1.3_Example_Draft_Log_Frame_Poland_RentalAssistance_2023.xlsx
Tools and Examples
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_Plan_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_Programme_Information Sheet_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_HH orientation_RentalAssistance.pptx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_AdvertSocialMedia_RentalAssistance.jpg
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_Programme_Eligibility_Announcement_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_Programme_Eligibility_Announcement_RentalAssistance.pub
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_MessagesProgrammeParticipants_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_MessagesProgrammeParticipants_NoExtension_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.1.5_Example_CEA_Shelter_FAQ_payment_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.5_Draft-Tool-24.-CEA-checklist-for-shelter-in-emergencies.docx
Tools and Examples
- 2.1.7_Example_House_verification_for_Slovak_tenants_(mobility impairments only)_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.7_Example_Housing_Standards_Check_Bahamas_RentalAssistance_2023.docx
- 2.1.7_Example_Housing_Standards_Check_Slovakia_KoboForm_RentalAssistance_2023.xlsx
- 2.1.7_Example_Housing_Standards_Check_Slovakia_RentalAssistance_2023.docx
- 2.1.7_Example_ShelterMinimumHousingStandardsCheck_Poland_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.1.7_IrishGov_Minimum_Standards_and_Fire_Safety_RentalAssistance.pdf
Tools and Examples
- 2.2.1_Example_DecisionLog_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_FlowChart_Bahamas_Process_Cheques_Inspections_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_FlowChart_Bahamas_ProcessRepresentation1_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_FlowChart_Bahamas_ProcessRepresentation2_Rental Assistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_FlowChart_Slovakia_OverallProcess_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_FlowChart_Slovakia_ProgrammeData_RentalAsssistance.docx
- 2.2.1_Example_GanttChart_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.1_Example_ShelterProgramme_PlanofAction_SK_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.1_Example_ShelterProgrammeProcessSteps_SK_Rental Assistance.docx
Tools and Examples
- 2.2.2_Example_EspoCRM_1pager_20220425_RentalAssistance.pdf
- 2.2.2_Example_PolandSlovakia_IMArchitecture_20230322_RentalAssistance.png
- 2.2.2_Example_FlowChart_Slovakia_ProgrammeData_RentalAssistance.jpg
- 2.2.2_Example_RegistrationForm_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.2_Example_RegistrationFormLayoutEspo_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Example_VerificationForm_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.2_Example_VerificationFormLayoutKobo_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Example_ApplicationForm_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.2_Example_ApplicationFormLayoutEspo_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Example_MonitoringForm_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 2.2.2_Example_MonitoringFormLayoutKobo_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Example_EXTRACTPenetrationTestEspoCRM_UkrOp_2023_RentalAssistance.pdf
- 2.2.2_Example_IFRCtoNS_DataSharingAgreementTemplate_Apr2023_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Tool_PrivacyNotice_April2023_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.2_Example_DraftDataDisposalProtocols_RentalAssistance.docx
Tools and Examples
- 2.2.3_Example_Job_Description_Inclusion_Assistant_Poland_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.3_Example_Organogram_RolesResp_RentalAssistance.pptx
- 2.2.3_Example_PreliminarySchematicHRDesign_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.3_Example_SRCOrganogramHSPs_RentalAssistance.docx
- 2.2.3_Example_StaffOrientation_SK_RentalAssistance.pptx
3. Implementation and Monitoring
This step guides programme managers through the implementation and monitoring of a rental assistance programme. It also considers the necessary processes for adapting and changing the programme design to the evolving context.
See SoP 2.1.4
Tools and Examples
- 3.2_Example_ExitSurvey_EndofAssistance_RentalAssistance.docx
- 3.2_Example_Indicators-Shelter-LH_Slovakia_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 3.2_Example_Indicators-Activities_Progress_Bahamas_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 3.2_Example_PDM_SK_RentalAssistance.xlsx
- 3.2_Example_Rent_Monitoring_SecondaryData_RentalAssistance.docx
Tools and Examples
Tools and Examples
- 3.6_Example_DeclarationToManageIncome_RentalAssistance_ENG_FR.docx
- 3.6_Example_Fiche Garantie CRL_RentalAssistanceFR.pdf
- 3.6_Example_GLEL-L_(version 2023)_pour_info_RentalAssistance_FR.pdf
- 3.6_Example_Rent_Guarantee_SchemeInfo_RentalAssistanceENG.docx
- 3.6_Example_Rent_Guarantee_Example_Template_RentalAssistance_ENG_FR.docx
4. Reporting and Evaluation
This step provides an overview of evaluation, reporting, and learning responsibilities and activities. Most of the advice described here is not specific to rental housing programmes but good practices for all programmes.
Click here to download the whole rental assistance toolkit as a zip folder
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