HOMES FIRST TENANT DEMOGRAPHICS:

At Homes First, we foster diverse and inclusive communities that people are proud to live in and have in their neighborhood. We want our residents to be a part of our community rather than apart from it. To do this, we provide scattered-site housing and small multiunit complexes that are part of a community. Affordable housing is often stigmatized as being low-income and somehow less than. Our model allows our residents to participate and contribute as typical community members and still receive the support they need to remain in safe, affordable, and healthy housing. This model eliminates the possibility of creating entire socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalized neighborhoods. Anonymizing low-income households in their neighborhoods means they are more likely to thrive and develop long-term healthy relationships. Homes First served 215 unduplicated people in 2022 with less than 1% turnover of residents.