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HOME (Housing Opportunities Made for Everyone) Initiative

Martin County, along with most counties in most states, is facing a serious housing crisis. That crisis is especially daunting for fixed income and low wage earners, with the need far outpacing available inventory of safe and affordable units for rent or sale. Realizing the effect the housing crisis has on the individuals we serve, House of Hope has been hard at work on our housing initiative: HOME (Housing Opportunities Made for Everyone). 

Our initiative approaches this challenge in several ways: 

• Our financial assistance program works to keep people housed, healthy and safe. 

• We have strong partnerships with local shelters run by other area nonprofits including supplying them with healthy food for their residents. 

• Our Housing Committee and House of Hope leadership work with local governments, other nonprofits, funders, for profit businesses, and leaders in the land development arena to create process, policy and opportunity to bring more affordable housing inventory to our area. 

• We have a full time Housing Coordinator dedicated to developing relationships with local landlords, assisting clients with finding housing to match their budgets, and developing new programs to get and keep people housed safely. 

• We have launched a new Home Sharing Program to benefit people in need of short or long term room rentals as well as homeowners struggling to stay in their homes due to rising costs.

We will continue to strive to add more tools to our toolkit to address the critical need for housing in our community.  If you’d like to learn more about HOME, please contact us at housing@hohmartin.org.