In a Nutshell, we are provide Stable Homes which equals Stonger Famillies! TPDS INC and The Dwellington Group have partnered to build The Housing Initiative throught Orange, Seminole and Polk Counties.
The Housing Initiative is dedicated to providing safe, affordable housing for those in need, including some of our most vulnerable neighbors – low income families and individuals who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, seniors, veterans, and adults who have a disability – so that they can grow as contributing members of our community.
We also provide supportive housing the evidence – based practice linking affordable housing with individualized, voluntary supports; a proven solution for ending chronic homelessness. It helps people who face the most complex challenges live with stability, autonomy and dignity.
Since its onset, The Housing Initiative has served communities that often receive unequal treatment within the rental housing market: low-income households, persons experiencing and adults living with disabilities. Approximately 80% of persons served by The Housing Initiative in 2020 identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color. This figure reflects how decades of systemic and discriminatory policies have resulted in unequal access to housing and the benefits that come with it, such as improved health and economic opportunities.
We pursue racial healing through programs that meet residents’ most urgent needs and support their long-term goals. Through our collaboration with project partners we stabilize their need for shelter through affordable housing; develop resident-informed strategies to increase their economic mobility; and eliminate intergenerational poverty as a foregone conclusion for children raised in affordable housing communities.
We develop and implement and organization-wide framework that supports diversity, equity and inclusion with an emphasis on advancing racial equity.
The Housing Initiative
Housing may include, but is not limited to, helping with the following:
- Finding stable Housing and housing resources
- Assistance locating and taking care of a home
- Life skills, including the fundamentals of living alone, with family and supporting one’s self
- Developing a follow-up plan
- Referrals for Food and Clothes
- Furniture and/or household supplies
- Counseling and moral support
- Advocate for services
- Help accessing rental assistance
- Help accessing utility assistance
For families seeking Home Ownership, we acquire homes at the lowest possible market fair value rate. Once acquired, The Dwellington Group money, materials, time, sweet equity to completely renovate the homes. With the partnership of companies such as The Dwellington Group we can Rebuild Together to provide safe housing for low-income families in need.
Where are our Housing Programs? 3 Locations in Florida (Orange, Seminole, and Polk Counties)
The Bungalow Rebuild – Polk County, FL.
The SODO Rebuild – Orlando, FL
The Cottage ReBuild – Maitland, FL.
