DID YOU KNOW...
83% of households we help are families with children
We provide stable housing and other services for more than 1,000 working-class families each year
11% of Virginia families live in poverty
We help working households as well as individuals with fixed incomes to obtain housing that is affordable, by providing individualized case management that will help them address structural barriers to long-term housing like poor credit histories, itinerant rental histories, little or no savings, and low incomes.
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GSH provides grants up to $350 per family in the period of a year to prevent evictions and utility disconnections, or help with first months rents and security deposits. Grant applicants are carefully evaluated for factors that lead to long-term housing stability, helping us keep households at risk of homelessness from losing their home. Eligible clients must live within the following zip codes: 22303, 22306, 22307, 22308, 22309, 22310, 22315, 22060, and 22079.
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NEWS
WHF Foundation Awards Grants to Community-Based Non-Profit Partners; Scholarship to Trinity Washington University
Alexandria, VA -- The Women in Housing & Finance Foundation (WHF Foundation) announced its 2018 grant awards of $30,000 to six D.C. metro-area non-profit organizations that help serve women and their families with financial literacy, housing assistance, and life...
Good Shepherd Housing Named ‘One of the Best’ Nonprofits by the Catalogue for Philanthropy
As it Celebrates its 16th Anniversary Serving the Greater Washington Region, the Catalogue for Philanthropy is Proud to Honor Good Shepherd Housing WASHINGTON, D.C.—6.6.2018—After a careful vetting process, the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater...
EVENTS
- Oct 27Windows into Wonderland Gala
Save the Date! Our 2018 gala is moving to October!
See what some of the families are saying about how GSH was able to help them…
“We are very grateful for your program. Life has turned for the better for us. After nine months, my husband is now employed again.”
-AH“With the help of GSH, I have been able to improve my life with self-sufficiency, which has placed me in a better position to purchase my first home! GSH is a great program for someone who is in need of a new beginning in their lives and is working towards making some positive changes.”
-SS“We are incredibly grateful to you for your help in helping us prevent our water from being shut off in late summer. God bless.”
- LS