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Rent for Success

2025-08-18 17:00:00 2025-08-18 19:30:00 America/Chicago Rent for Success Rent for Success is a FREE 2.5-hour tenant training program designed to educate and empower renters. Good Hope Branch - Community Room

Monday, August 18
5:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-18 17:00:00 2025-08-18 19:30:00 America/Chicago Rent for Success Rent for Success is a FREE 2.5-hour tenant training program designed to educate and empower renters. Good Hope Branch - Community Room

Good Hope Branch

Community Room

Rent for Success is a FREE 2.5-hour tenant training program designed to educate and empower renters.

Rent for Success is a FREE 2.5-hour tenant training program designed to educate and empower renters to make safe, healthy choices in their housing, and to provide helpful resources to tenants so that they can effectively resolve tenant/landlord disputes to remain safely in their homes or find a new rental opportunity.

Presented by the Department of Neighborhood Services.

You will learn how to: understand rental agreements, advocate for yourself legally, repair your credit, get a free credit report, respond to housing violations effectively, find healthy food, end a bad tenancy, and select the right place to rent.

You will receive: Certificate of Completion and a 50-page resource manual.

Registration encouraged but not required. 

Good Hope Branch

Phone: 414-286-3000
Branch manager
Alyssa Rockey

Hours

Today's hours

We're open 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Mon, Jul 28 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 29 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 31 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Aug 01 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 02 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 03 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming Events

Thu, Jul 31, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Community Room
Wrap up summer with a hands-on art event presented by Art Build Workers! Join us for this unique experience of community art making, and express yourself through banner painting and screen printing.

Sat, Aug 02, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room
Enjoy a family-friendly film at the library while exploring Kanopy, a database filled with movies and tv shows that you can access with your library card! Light refreshments served.

Tue, Aug 05, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room
Learn to knit and crochet by creating small projects! Needles, hooks and yarn will be provided.

Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room
A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time

Wed, Aug 06, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room
Join us on a trip back in time to the Mesozoic Era, where we'll learn all about dinosaurs and the scientists who study them!  This event is limited to 30 attendees, first come first serve.

Fri, Aug 08, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Community Room
Learn HUD, State and Milwaukee requirements for operating rental property.

Mon, Aug 11, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room Resource Table
Job seekers are encouraged to stop in and learn about free employment tools and resources.

Mon, Aug 11, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Community Room
Knit, crochet, embroider, tat, sew, mend or work on other fiber-related projects in community.

Wed, Aug 13, 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room
A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time

Fri, Aug 15, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room
Spend an afternoon exploring and creating with open building time! We'll supply a variety of building materials and you'll bring the creativity!

Sat, Aug 16, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Circle
Set out on a reading adventure! Each week First Lady Johnson will share one of her favorite books and invite children to share theirs in a special book show-and-tell.

Sat, Aug 16, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Outdoor Patio
Bring your bicycle to select library locations for minor repairs like new inner tubes or brake adjustments, free of charge, by the mechanics of the Wisconsin Bike Fed!

Mon, Aug 18, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
Rent for Success is a FREE 2.5-hour tenant training program designed to educate and empower renters.

Tue, Aug 19, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Room
Learn to knit and crochet by creating small projects! Needles, hooks and yarn will be provided.

Cancelled
Wed, Aug 20, 10:30am - 11:30am
A 20-minute story time for young children is followed by open play time

Thu, Aug 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Room
Children practice reading aloud and improve their fluency by sharing a story with a cuddly certified therapy dog

Mon, Aug 25, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Community Room
Knit, crochet, embroider, tat, sew, mend or work on other fiber-related projects in community.

Tue, Aug 26, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
Spend a relaxing hour putting together a jigsaw puzzle. .