EVERETT, WA – Sixteen low-income students will graduate July 28 from a two-quarter property management program created by Housing Hope, Coast Real Estate and Everett Community College.
“This program was created to provide high-quality training that we hope will lead to jobs for students who have struggled to find work,” said Coast Real Estate Services president Shawn Hoban, whose company provided instructors for the program. “Local properties benefit through the availability of skilled, trained future employees.”
The program prepares students to work as leasing agents, on-site managers and maintenance personnel for apartments and commercial buildings and includes a 200-hour internship. Five students have already been hired by the companies they’re interning with.
Student Twila Epler, 26, of
“Without the skills or any special trade, I wasn’t getting anywhere in life. Now, I feel like I’m going to get somewhere – I’ve got something that I am good at,” she said.
“This program is a huge value to all of the students who get the opportunity to go through it and learn the industry, but it’s a huge value to the industry. Many people who get into property management don’t have all of this training,” Epler said.
Epler is interning with Brierwood Manor, a 156-apartment property in south
“She’s wonderful,” said Brierwood Manor manager Rebecca Collins. “She’s rented eight to 10 apartments and even improved our advertising.”
The property management program was created in partnership with Housing Hope, which provides affordable housing and helps families become self-sufficient.
“For years we at Housing Hope have sought avenues to help homeless families improve their incomes. We have programs at our residential facilities which create family stability and develop basic skills. This property management program is a powerful new partnership that builds on our program to help families gain knowledge and specialized skills for meaningful work and wage progression opportunities”, said
The program is a good example of how
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For more information about the property management program, contact Melissa Helmenstine EvCC Director of New Initiatives at 425-388-9072 or mhelmenstine@everettcc.edu
About Coast Real Estate Services: Coast Real Estate Services, AMO(r) is a diversified real estate management company. Their services include property and asset management service for office, retail, medical/office, multi-family and other properties throughout the northwest United States
About Housing Hope: Founded in 1987, Housing Hope operates 17 multifamily facilities in Snohomish County
About Everett Community College: Founded in 1941, EvCC serves more than 20,000 students every year who are preparing to transfer to four-year schools, earning certificates, experiencing hands-on learning in professional and technical programs, learning English, developing basic skills, getting ready for a promotion or taking a class for fun. For more information or to get started, visit www.everettcc.edu.
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