Housing Families, Transforming Lives
In 1990, a group of Christ Lutheran Church volunteers came together to help families get into safe and stable housing by buying an apartment building on the corner of Georgia Ave and Kennedy St NW. This building housed 13 families and was named Partner Arms 1, and this group of volunteers founded the Transitional Housing Corporation. After 28 years and a name change, we have grown substantially, now serving nearly 600 families across a continuum of housing options.
Housing Up provides a variety of comprehensive support services to help transition families from homelessness to housing and economic stability once families are safely housed, so that the parents and children in our program can make transformational changes in their own lives. Thanks to our proven success of housing and supporting families, Housing Up plays a critical role in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to end homelessness in the District, with the goal of making family homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring by 2020.
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Celebrate #FairHousingMonth with us and join a virtual panel discussion about how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped fair housing. Guest speakers will include: a real estate agent Evan Lee Marbury, Housing Up and the DC Office of the Tenant Advocate.
Join us for a lively discussion, learn about important information and resources and to share your thoughts on fair housing in the District during this difficult time.
Thursday, April 7th, 6 – 7:30pm
Register here:
We’re back with our families at the Webster Gardens Apartments in D.C.!
We had so much fun hosting a spring community day together for the residents! We played games, ate pizza and enjoyed each other’s company as we rang in the new season. We can’t wait for our next event with this amazing group! ❤️
Housing Up
Housing Up is hosting its first, virtual “Seat at the Table” panel discussion of the year about the intersection of housing, health, employment, domestic violence, and the roles we can play in addressing the compounding crisis facing women and, child of color today.
Panel ➡️ Our New Normal: COVID-19’s Continuing Impact on Women and Children of Color - Tuesday, March 15 at 6:00 pm EST.
Register here:
http://ow.ly/X2RE50IhHp5
Our New Normal: COVID-19 & Continuing Impact on Women and Children of Color. Please join our Shelter Director Michelle Sewell, and other community voices for the second year in a row as we join our host Housing Up to discuss the intersection of housing, health, employment, and domestic violence, and the roles that we can play in addressing the compounding crises facing women and children of color today.
Date: 3/15/21
Time: 6pm- 7pm EST
Link:
https://housingup.org/join-us-for-revisiting-covid-19-its-impact-on-women-and-children-of-color/
#endhomelessness #washingtondc #housingjustice #domesticviolencesurvivor #womenshistorymonth
Meet Jenelle! ❤️
After discovering us through our partners at Housing Up, Jenelle arrived at the Suited for Change boutique ready to find her 'power pantsuit’!
With the help of our incredible volunteer, Brea, Jenelle did just that. As she posed for the camera, it was obvious for everyone who was watching, how much she seemed to glow in her new outfit.
After a wonderful suiting session, Jenelle sat down with our professional development coach, Diedra, to further refine her interview skills. By the end of her visit, Jenelle felt ready to take on her next interview with a newfound confidence.
Thanks to our SFC friends and family. more women like Jenelle are able to get the attire and coaching necessary to succeed.
Join us in wishing Jenelle good luck!
#ProfessionalDevelopment #Coaching #Suiting #WomenEmpowerWomen
Merry Christmas Family! 💚❤️
We had so much fun with Housing Up and the residents of the Webster Gardens Apartments touring D. C. to see the Christmas lights! Times like these help us remember the reasons for the season. We hope you are all enjoying your holiday & we’ll see you on New Years Eve! 🥂 🍾
🎥 RJ Miller
#NonprofitReport: On 7/1, we discussed #AffordableHousing for #LowIncome and #homeless individuals and #families, w/ guests;
Rob Cramp, Executive Director of Housing for Homeless
Maria Devlin, President and CEO of Families in Transition
&
Philip H. Hecht, President and CEO of Housing Up
https://youtu.be/m6CDqrSDCy0
#lowincomehousing #housing #transitionalhousing #lowincomefamilies #homelesslivesmatter #homelessshelter #homelesspeople #giveback
Happy Thanksgiving from our Hearts of Empowerment Family to yours! We celebrated Thanksgiving with Housing Up and our Webster Garden families in D.C. by doing some arts and crafts and indulging in a pre-Thanksgiving feast! It’s always a pleasure getting together with this community!
We are so thankful for the opportunity to work with amazing organizations and for our incredible support system of volunteers, donors and followers. Happy Thanksgiving y’all! ❤️ 🦃
At the core of our values is being a person for others. Every day, we try to answer the call to share God's love with those who need it the most.
Our parish will be feeding approximately 200 families this Thanksgiving. 8th graders packed grocery bags for The Father McKenna Center, Hope and a Home, and Housing Up. Bags will also be delivered to the migrant families our parish sponsors.
To learn more about and support Holy Trinity social justice initiatives, please visit
https://trinity.org/social-justice/.
#ADWCommUNITY #jesuit #jesuiteducated #catholic #catholicschool #catholiceducation #giveback
#NonprofitReport: On 7/1, we discussed #AffordableHousing for #LowIncome and #homeless individuals and #families, w/ guests;
Rob Cramp, Executive Director of Housing for Homeless
Maria Devlin, President and CEO of Families in Transition
&
Philip H. Hecht, President and CEO of Housing Up
http://ow.ly/ltzQ50GO5a2
#lowincomehousing #housing #transitionalhousing #lowincomefamilies #homelesslivesmatter #homelessshelter #homelesspeople #giveback
Donate to Give-A-Gift this year! Just $30 will provide one gift to an individual this holiday season. Each additional $30 will provide another person with a gift! Check out the link in bio to give through December 10th.
Your donation will allow our partners like Housing Up to buy gifts for the people they serve. Housing Up works to end the cycle of generational poverty by providing stable housing and opportunities for families to succeed.
#GWGives #GiveAGift2021
Happy Halloween! 👻🎃🕸
We had so much fun hosting a spooky costume party at the Webster Gardens Apartments with Housing Up!
We played games with the kids, decorated bags for trick or treating, and closed out the night with a pizza party! We always love getting together with this community and we’re already looking forward to our next event! ❤️