While Ottawa County is a desirable place to live, the reality is that this quality of life only extends to those fortunate individuals who are able to achieve financial independence. Roughly half our residents struggle daily to make ends meet due to an increasing lack of affordable housing in our community. It was out of that realization that Ottawa Housing Next was envisioned. Through a series of community conversations both big and small, Ottawa Housing Next succeeded in making the case for more affordable housing and crafted a process by which the community could move forward. Ottawa Housing Next (OHN) is a space where the different sections of the community that normally don’t or can’t work together can join to affect housing and all of its complicated interconnected pieces. In order to bring those sectors together, OHN utilizes the Collective Impact Model for addressing difficult social problems