With a shortfall of affordable housing in our community, there's a real need to supply permanent housing for families at risk of becoming homeless. For as little as $6,500, Family Promise-Partners in Housing is restoring manufactured homes so they become affordable places where families can be proud to live. When a family shows fiscal responsibility by consistently paying their rent and utilities, they receive the title to their home. This opportunity takes a family out of homelessness into homeownership in as little as six months.
The manufactured home parks we work at Family Promise are:
- Country Estates Park - Wyoming, MI
- Pinebrook Park - Kentwood, MI
- Paris Estates Park - Grand Rapids, MI
There’s nothing like seeing the joy on a child’s face when they move into a home and realize they won’t have to change schools and make new friends again. Homeownership gives parents peace of mind knowing their children will grow up in a stable, safe and healthy home.
There are so many ways for you, your family, your church and your organization to help families through Family Promise-Partners in Housing. We depend on the generosity of volunteers and donors to keep our mission alive. Whatever way you can help, big or small, makes a difference in the lives of the children and parents we help.
To help families facing a housing crisis, please consider making a financial gift to Family Promise. Visit www.FamilyPromiseGR.org/Donate to donate online or mail your gift to Family Promise of Grand Rapids, 906 S. Division, Suite 205 Grand Rapids, MI 49507.
Volunteer
- Clean a home before a family moves in
- Install carpet or appliances
- Perform minor home repair
- Paint
- Setup and arrange furniture
- Landscape
- Help families move
- Make lunch on move-in day
- Watch kids during move
- Mentor a family
Donate
- New or gently used furniture
- Appliances
- Cabinets
- Dinnerware
- Drinking glasses
- Silverware
- Cooking utensils
- Bedding
- Washers and dryers
- Landscaping materials: plants, lawnmowers, shovels, rakes, brooms, etc.
- Nonperishable food items
- Manufactured homes
Beyond the Facts
A Place to Call My Own
A 47-year-old client: I had been praying for a place to call home. All I was asking for is a roof and a place to lay my head. What I received was so much more! Quite overwhelming actually! Not to have that daily question where am I going to live? The joy and happiness I felt when I moved into a fully furnished HOME is indescribable, I was almost giddy ... My mental, physical and spiritual well-being was greatly improved. My personal relation-ship with Jesus Christ has been enriched, seeing a modern-day miracle happen.
A Veteran Is Finally Home
Program gives mobile homes to homeless: woodtv.com