Mission and History

Our Mission

Community Housing Network, Inc. provides safe affordable rental housing and linkage to supportive services for people with disabilities and other special needs such as homelessness. CHN serves as a developer, owner and property manager, and facilitates access to rent subsidies and private housing.

Our History

Since it was founded in 1987, Community Housing Network has helped thousands of people challenged with mental illness, addiction disorders and histories of homelessness find a permanent place to live.

The Franklin County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board (ADAMH) formed CHN to be its housing agency for people with long-term mental illness who are able to live independently in the community.  In 1998, CHN expanded its mission to provide affordable housing for people with disabilities related to addiction, including people who are chronically homeless.

Success in housing homeless individuals resulted in CHN becoming a contract agency to the Community Shelter Board, which coordinates local agencies efforts to address the needs of homeless people in Franklin County.