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Leading with heart

Housing Matters Board President Cecilia Espinola shares her perspective on the past fiscal year in our 2021 Annual Report. It has been a year

Thanks to you, we raised $9.3M to build Harvey West Studios

We did it! Thanks to our donors’ generous support, we raised $9.3 Million through our Building with Purpose campaign to build permanent supportive housing right

Jennifer’s story of resilience and hope

Jennifer came to the Rebele Family Shelter (RFS) after many years of experiencing homelessness. As a mother of three, Jennifer was seeking stability for both

Introducing the Pathways Home Toolkit – A free community resource

Introducing the Pathways Home Toolkit—a free resource anyone can use to help someone experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz County and beyond

Announcing Our Newest Program: Housing Now

Housing Matters hiring a specialized team of case managers to house 90 people experiencing homelessness over the next 15 months

Housing Matters Launches Building with Purpose Campaign

Housing Matters has announced the Building with Purpose capital campaign and their plan to build 120 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing chronic

Housing Matters’ 2021–2023 Strategic Plan

After many, many months of intensive, deliberate thought and planning, in March 2021 we finalized our newest three-year Strategic Plan. This Strategic Plan is a living…

NEWS: Permanent Supportive Housing Project Approved!

SANTA CRUZ, CA (Nov. 20, 2020) — Santa Cruz city planning commissioners on Thursday night approved a 120-apartment, five-story complex that will house and treat…

$2.5 Million Awarded to Housing Matters

Housing Matters, the largest nonprofit in Santa Cruz County working on solutions to homelessness, today announced that it has been selected to receive a $2.5 million grant…

Well, this is awkward… about those encampments

Housing Matters is the largest nonprofit in Santa Cruz County working exclusively on the issue of homelessness. We connect unhoused community members with housing. While

home at last: success stories

Our clients are some of the most inspiring people we know. Learn about their journeys as they found their pathways to stable housing.

Nina

When Nina first came to Housing Matters, she thought she had no hope at all. Nina and her 17-year-old daughter were in a difficult situation, living with a boyfriend of Nina who was abusive, to avoid sleeping in their car or on the street with no protection.

Sherry

When I first became homeless, I was married to my husband, Darel. He and I did everything together. He had my back when I first lost my housing in the late ’90s and really looked out for me while we were together. We supported each other in every way we could. He struggled with seizures and other health complications, which is hard to handle alone, so I was there for him throughout…

Mario

Mario’s hope is to find a way to help the agencies that saved his life expand, so more people can access their services. That, and get back to fishing. A third-generation Santa Cruzian, Mario says his favorite things about his hometown are the ocean and the mountains, but mostly the good people…