Project Sentinel is a non-profit organization. Their primary function is to assist individuals with housing problems such as discrimination, mortgage foreclosure & delinquency, rental issues including repairs, deposits, privacy, dispute resolution, home buyer education, post purchase education and reverse mortgages.
Their Mission
To develop and promote fairness and equality of housing for all persons and to advocate peaceful resolution of disputes for community welfare and harmony.
Project Sentinel was founded in 1971 by a group of leaders from the corporate, educational and labor communities, as well as community fair housing advocates. The agency has grown steadily since it was founded. It is now the largest such agency in Northern California serving an overall population of 3.5 million. Project Sentinel has been a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency since 1998.
Project Sentinel processes more than 10,000 initial contacts annually. They handle over 400 housing discrimination complaints, open over 1700 landlord tenant and community dispute resolution cases, counsel more than 750 homeowners each year and provide monthly workshops on a variety of topics including Home-ownership, Tenant/Landlord and Fair Housing.
The agency also provides support to cities and counties in developing their “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing,” and a wide array of technical assistance to property management professionals/owners and local municipalities. They publish the semi-weekly newspaper column, Rent Watch, in major California newspapers and operate a Housing Hotline, (888)FAIRHOUsing.
Project Sentinel has offices located in Fremont, Gilroy, Modesto, Redwood City, Milpitas, Sacramento and Santa Clara. They also provide services in Monterey County via their Salinas office. Project Sentinel’s work has been featured on both television and radio; their staff is regularly called upon by the larger local newspapers as a resource for information on housing issues. Those needing assistance can phone, email, fax or visit an agency office.
