Halfway House

As this was a full class negotiation, with a number of parties and very little background information it went well. We were able to come to an agreement with which most parties were happy and most importantly, my party, the compliance team, got the results that we wanted, the halfway house was to house 60 residents. At first this seemed like an impossible task as the regulation calls for no more than 35 residents and the most vocal groups desired other uses of the school facility. With the support of the Directors the importance of housing the local mentally ill in the school became apparent to the property owners association, a particularly vocal group, and soon after the PTA. The most resistance was from the grey panthers who wanted their senior living center. As each group fought for their use of the school property it seemed like there was a way that everyone could get their piece of the pie. Unfortunately, the community had only agreed on 35 residents. The only leverage that the compliance team had to get the other 25 residents housed was that the facility was to be rebuilt by funds from the state department of rehabilitation. As the state department paid on a per patient basis, housing 60 patients would allow the highest payout and leave more funds to set up the other uses of the facility. Realizing how many uses this facility was to have there was agreement that 60 patients should be housed. At this point the compliance teams negotiation was finished and the remainder of the negotiation was ironing out details relating the division of hours between the senior/child activity center. Ultimately it was all resolved.