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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...
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...
$52.5M SoMa Affordable Housing Project Gets Financing Secured

$52.5M SoMa Affordable Housing Project Gets Financing Secured

Bisnow, by Jacob Bourne San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood is slated to get more affordable supportive housing units to help alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. Merchants Capital just secured a construction loan from Merchants Bank of Indiana for the...
Advocates urge city to buy more hotels to house the homeless

Advocates urge city to buy more hotels to house the homeless

San Francisco Examiner, by Ida Mojadad Pandemic, budget surplus offer rare ‘window of opportunity’ to quickly acquire more units More than 50 advocacy groups on Wednesday urged city officials to use available resources to buy struggling hotels that they say could...
Breaking ground on 141 new homes in Mission Bay

Breaking ground on 141 new homes in Mission Bay

As part of the citywide effort to transform public housing, and the organization’s commitment to serving more members of the community, Community Housing Partnership and BRIDGE Housing broke ground on November 17 to begin construction of 410 China Basin Street in...

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...
Responding to COVID-19 & How You Can Help

Responding to COVID-19 & How You Can Help

For the 30 years, we have had an unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of residents who are stabilizing their lives after years of homelessness. Today, in the face of a global crisis, we are doing everything we can to ensure each of our 17 locations...
A New CEO to Lead the Charge: Rick Aubry, PhD

A New CEO to Lead the Charge: Rick Aubry, PhD

After an intensive five-month search, we are thrilled to announce our new Chief Executive Officer, Rick Aubry, PhD will officially start as CEO of Community Housing Partnership on November 12. “Community Housing Partnership is a remarkable organization on the...