Sign up to make a secure, recurring contribution to help get someone into a housing unit.
The projects below, local houses of worship and other organizations seek to "crowdfund" a rental subsidy for a chronically homeless person. The individual can then have an apartment of their own and the supportive services to be able to sustain it.
How does it work?
When an organization decides they want to be a part of Housing First, they bring people together, each willing to contribute a small donation each month to help pay for the rent, utilities, and services for an individual to be stably housed.
On average, the cost to house and provide services to an individual is $900.
Divided by 9 people, that's $100 a month per person.
Divided by 18 people, it's only $50 a month per person.
Divided by 36 people, it's $25 a month - a little over $5 a week.
Once a group has brought together enough people committed to sustaining this unit, PADS goes to its list of people that are in need of long-term supportive housing, prioritized by vulnerability. That person works with a PADS Case Manager to find an apartment, and then signs a lease. PADS will then use the contributions from the Housing First sponsor to subsidize the rent. The individual will pay 30% of their income towards rent as well.
Each of the projects below are working to crowdfund a unit. See how they are doing by clicking on them.
Are you interested in sponsoring a housing unit? Scroll down to get more information and get a page set up and start collecting the contributions for it!
Below are the organizations or houses of worship that have agreed to sponsor a unit. Click on them to learn more, or start your own further down.