Foundation for the Homeless

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We provide homeless families hope, opportunity, and solutions while also promoting the dignity of individuals who suffer homelessness..

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HUD Releases 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report 01/23/2025

"One of the most harrowing data points from the report is that family homelessness rose by 39.4 percent." - NAEH

HUD Releases 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report Overall Homelessness Increases, Yet Promising Solutions Emerge December 27, 2024 — Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1 to Congress, revealing an 18.1 percent […]

01/21/2025

⚠️ will resume limited service beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21. First trips for customers are expected closer to 11 a.m. for Bus, Pickup and Access services. CapMetro Rail will not operate. The Transit Store will be closed.

UT Shuttles, CapMetro Flyer, Rail Connectors, Express and Night Owls will also not operate.

The Bikeshare system is currently shut down. Bike checkouts will resume tomorrow at 10 a.m.

We encourage essential trips only, and ask that customers stay home if you are able.

Customers can begin booking trips in Pickup zones starting at 10 a.m. Manor Pickup, operated by CARTS, will not operate.

We will conduct medically essential trips for CapMetro Access customers on Jan. 21. Staff are contacting all Access customers with appointments on Tuesday to notify them of possible delays and reschedule non-medically essential trips.

All services will conclude early on Tuesday. Please plan on taking your last trips by 9 p.m.

We ask the public to remain patient if they experience service delays during the inclement weather, and to stay up to date by signing up for CapMetro Alerts: bit.ly/42isPi4

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⚠️ reanudará un servicio limitado a partir de las 10 a.m. el martes 21 de enero. Los primeros viajes para los clientes están previstos cerca de las 11 a.m. para los servicios de Bus, Pickup y Access. CapMetro Rail no operará. La tienda de tránsito estará cerrada.

UT Shuttles, CapMetro Flyer, Rail Connectors, Express y Night Owls tampoco operarán.

El sistema de BikeShare se encuentra actualmente cerrado. El alquiler de bicicletas se reanudará mañana a las 10 a.m.

Recomendamos realizar solo viajes esenciales y solicitamos a los clientes que se queden en casa si es posible.

Los clientes podrán comenzar a reservar viajes en las zonas Pickup a partir de las 10 a.m. El servicio de Manor Pickup, operado por CARTS, no estará disponible.

Realizaremos viajes médicamente esenciales para los clientes de CapMetro Access el 21 de enero. El personal se está comunicando con todos los clientes de Access con citas programadas para el martes para notificarles posibles retrasos y reprogramar viajes que no sean médicamente esenciales.

Todos los servicios finalizarán temprano el martes. Por favor, planifica realizar tus últimos viajes antes de las 9 p.m.

Le pedimos al público que tenga paciencia si experimenta retrasos en el servicio durante el clima inclemente y que se mantenga informado suscribiéndose a las Alertas de CapMetro: bit.ly/42isPi4

01/21/2025

DACC is opening One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd) at 10:00 a.m. to serve as an additional Warming Center. Clients will be able to stay there until getting to an overnight shelter. If it gets crowded, HSO may tranport people before embarkation opens.

01/09/2025
US Justice Department accuses 6 major landlords of scheming to keep rents high in Austin, elsewhere 01/08/2025

"A filing indicated the Austin-Round Rock area was one where “agreements among landlords, to share nonpublic, competitively sensitive information for use in pricing conventional multifamily rentals collectively have harmed, or are likely to harm, competition and/or consumers.”

US Justice Department accuses 6 major landlords of scheming to keep rents high in Austin, elsewhere The department, along with 10 states including North Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado and California, is accusing six landlords that collectively operate more than 1.3 million units in 43 states and t…

Midtown agency builds $22 million tower instead of affordable housing 01/08/2025

In Houston: "The Chron has found Midtown built a $22 million tower with a garage with money earmarked for affordable housing. That structure now sits half empty in the Third Ward at Emancipation and Elgin, according to the Chron's investigation."

Midtown agency builds $22 million tower instead of affordable housing The Midtown Redevelopment Authority is one of two dozen tax increment reinvestment zones. So, no matter how much property value increases in these areas, the taxes in these particular zones are not used to spend citywide.

CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 01/07/2025

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-finalizes-rule-to-remove-medical-bills-from-credit-reports/

CFPB Finalizes Rule to Remove Medical Bills from Credit Reports | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.

01/06/2025

Our partners at Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church stopped by with a van full of home kits (supplies for the home from bedding to cleaning supplies) for our families! and our understanding is that more is on the way!!

12/30/2024

A jury has awarded a family $1.06 million in damages after finding the owner of their Cedar Park apartment complex negligent for failing to adequately address water leaks, mold and an ant infestation.

The attorney who represented the family said their experience as renters is all too common. https://l8r.it/Tzjh

U.S. sees dramatic rise in homelessness among families in 2024 12/30/2024

Help us do more!

U.S. sees dramatic rise in homelessness among families in 2024 Homelessness in America reached record-high numbers in 2024. A government report shows that in January, people experiencing homelessness shot up by 18 percent to roughly 770,000. The annual survey pointed to economic problems like rising housing costs and a migrant influx in some cities. Lisa Desjar...

Austin mom's biggest wish is a car for her and her girls' safety | Season of Caring 12/30/2024

Austin mom's biggest wish is a car for her and her girls' safety | Season of Caring Having a car again is the last piece for an Austin mom putting her life back together after homelessness and addiction.

Photos from City of Austin Government's post 12/20/2024
12/17/2024

We are so humbled and honored to have WHPC recognize us for their Christmas Eve Offering! FFH and WHPC have worked together to assist those experiencing homelessness since 1989

11/27/2024

🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from Foundation for the Homeless! 🍁
We are grateful for our community and all who support our mission.

Please note our office will be closed on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29. We will reopen on Monday. Enjoy the holiday with your loved ones! 🦃✨

11/27/2024

Maybe we can do this at our upcoming 2025 Big Dill Pickleball Tournament 😂

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About FFH

Foundation for the Homeless (FFH) is a community leader empowering Central Texans to fight hunger, homelessness and poverty. The mission of FFH is to mobilize faith-based and community resources in a spirit of compassion to restore hope and alleviate homelessness. FFH offers a range of services to low and no-income individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness with the main goal of attaining housing stability and reaching self-sufficiency.

FFH achieves it mission through three major programs: 1) The Family Rehousing Initiative (FRI); (2) Family Stability in Housing, and (3) Feed My People.

The Family Rehousing Initiative Program is a shelter and rapid rehousing program for families with children experiencing homelessness. The primary purpose of FRI is to ensure that families who are experiencing or at risk for homelessness have access to housing-focused shelter, case management, direct financial and rapid rehousing assistance. Currently, FFH’s shelter program consists of several “static” shelter housing facilities. Recognizing that experiencing homelessness is traumatic and detrimental to both parents and children, FFH strives to enable families to transition from homelessness, to shelter, to permanent housing as quickly as possible. FFH Provides housing- focused shelter services for families which include comprehensive case management, rehousing-related financial assistance, and connection to community resources as needs are identified.

FFH partners with families on their path from housing crisis to housing stability. FFH recognizes that every family has a unique situation and experience that has led them to seek services. Case managers assess every family in multiple areas including housing history, employment, financial assets and debt, medical and mental health, and criminal background. Using a strength-based approach, case managers work with the client to identify their strengths, remove housing barriers, and work collaboratively with the client to develop an individualized case plan to move families to permanent housing, rapidly. These Housing Stability Plans outline goals and list objectives with the overall target of obtaining and maintaining permanent housing. Once a family is in housing, case managers continue to work with the family for up to six months, in order to provide supportive services and ensure the family is housing-stable and prepared to maintain on their own.

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📢 Exciting News from Foundation for the Homeless! 📢We are now a Social Security-approved Organizational Representative P...
Seeking Sponsors for our 25th annual June and Morris Golf Challenge at Lions Municipal on 10-28
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2024 National Conference on Ending Homelessness Recap #foundationforthehomeless #endhomelessness #nooneleftbehind
So much fun with Tilson Homes as they assembled 500+ personal hygiene kits with blankets and knit caps included!

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500 E St Johns Avenue, Suite 2. 400
Austin, TX
78752

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm