Building A Legacy: Civic Center Hotel

Building A Legacy: Civic Center Hotel

The Civic Center Hotel on 20 12th Street, right at the beginning of Market Street, at once represented both a new beginning for those who called it home and those who have found home through the services it provided. As one of the pioneers in the first wave of...
Honoring LGBTQ Pride in a Troubling Time

Honoring LGBTQ Pride in a Troubling Time

While we have listed upcoming Pride activities this weekend in SF at the end of this post, recent Supreme Court decisions demand our awareness that the arc of history doesn’t always bend to greater choice, freedom, and justice especially in the short term.  The...
Statement on Juneteenth from the HomeRise DEI Taskforce

Statement on Juneteenth from the HomeRise DEI Taskforce

Statement on Juneteenth from the HomeRise DEI Taskforce Juneteenth serves as a symbolic milestone on our journey toward a perfect union; celebrations at churches, parks, parades, and barbecues, are filled with sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Miles Davis, and...
Building A Legacy: Zygmunt Arendt House

Building A Legacy: Zygmunt Arendt House

Zygmunt Arendt House holds a special place in the HomeRise portfolio as it was the first of our permanent, supportive housing developments dedicated solely to formerly homeless seniors when it opened its doors in 2010. A truly unique property, Zygmunt Arendt House...
Building A Legacy: Edward II and 5th Street Apartments

Building A Legacy: Edward II and 5th Street Apartments

On a busy stretch of Lombard in the Marina District, an unassuming building on the corner of Lombard and Scott plays host to a population of residents with a remarkable spirit of determination and integrity. This building, Edward II is one of two HomeRise properties,...
Building A Legacy: Rachel Townsend Apartments

Building A Legacy: Rachel Townsend Apartments

The Rachel Townsend Apartments at 1750 McAllister Street rise twelve stories above San Francisco’s Western Addition. Rachel Townsend’s legacy stands taller. The daughter of prominent Fillmore minister and NAACP Vice President, Reverend Arnold Townsend, political...
Community Housing Partnership is now HomeRise

Community Housing Partnership is now HomeRise

More than 30 years ago, the norm for helping someone experiencing homelessness was to put them up in a small, furnished room — and hope for the best. That changed when nonprofit housing developers and homelessness advocates came together and formed Community Housing...
What should I do when I see someone who is homeless?

What should I do when I see someone who is homeless?

Everyone in San Francisco encounters homelessness on a daily basis: on streets, in parks, on public transportation, near workplaces and in businesses. It’s because we care that it is painful and frustrating to see our neighbors living on the streets, but as an...
SF expands civilian response to mental health 911 calls

SF expands civilian response to mental health 911 calls

San Francisco Examiner, by Joshua Sabatini San Francisco is expanding a new program to the Bayview that aims to be an alternative to policing by having a team of behavioral health professionals and paramedics respond to certain 911 calls. The Street Crisis Response...
Opening Doors, Changing Lives

Opening Doors, Changing Lives

2021 HG Magazine, The Heffernan Group Community Housing Partnership is a San Francisco nonprofit that provides a wide range of services to people experiencing homelessness. To CEO Rick Aubry however, its real job is stabilizing lives. CHP‘s main metric for success is...
1 in 10 SF Housing Units for Homeless Sit Vacant

1 in 10 SF Housing Units for Homeless Sit Vacant

San Francisco Public Press, by Nuala Bishari Nearly one in every 10 of San Francisco’s permanent supportive housing units — earmarked for people experiencing homelessness — is sitting empty. The number of vacant units has climbed 58% since September and represents...