Deborah Leigh Stevens, 68, was living on the streets of West Hollywood in 2014, within blocks of her former apartment. […more…]
Housing Works
www.housingworksca.org
Executive Director: Celina Alvarez
Mission
Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
Help Get More of the Unhoused into Permanent Housing
Housing Works has a nationally recognized approach to guiding people off the streets and into permanent housing. They use hope, empowerment, and encouragement plus a resourceful base of proven programs that go beyond housing to include enrichment services that help those they work with maintain that housing.
With lack of housing at dire levels, Housing Works’ goal this coming year is to provide on-site services for 400 more clients and to add two building sites. They also plan to expand their reach by creating a framework to pass on their institutional knowledge and train a new generation of advocates.
All of this requires the support and generosity of the community. Housing Works’ goal is to raise $7 million to increase their reach as they tackle the humanitarian crisis of homelessness in California. Every dollar helps them reach this goal.
Key Supporters
Immaculate Heart Community
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Santa Monica College: Dr. Nancy
Greenstein (Board Trustee)
SoCal Gas: Neil Navin (Senior Vice President of SoCal Gas) Corporation for Supportive Housing
L.A. Care The Guibord Center
Remi Kessler (Film Producer) The Sprague Foundation
Mary Kirchen, Founder of Housing Works
Saba Mwine-Chang (HW board member and Deputy Chief of DEI LAHSA)
Gary Blasi (Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA School of Law)
Mollie Kaiser – Private Wealth Advisor
Dr. James Thing (Professor of Sociology)
Zella Knight (Homeless Advocate serving multiple L.A. agencies)
Linda Peacore (HW Board Chair and instructor, Westridge School)
Dulce Acosta (Senior Principal Director of USC Community and Local Government Partnerships)
Roland Palencia (former Community Benefits Director – L.A. Care Health Plan and Founder and President of BreakSpell Consulting)
Heather Sanchez (Head of Business Banking – Farmers & Merchants)
Val Zavala (retired – 30 years – broadcast journalist KCET)