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"Front Steps, managers of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, fully supports the Mobile Loaves & Fishes Habitat on Wheels Park Place Village Development.
Front Steps recognizes this project as an important component of the housing options for homeless people. Several former clients from ARCH have already found homes in one of this organization's RVs and they are doing very well.
Single Room Occupancies (SROs) are very good for many--but not all--homeless people. Some clients of ARCH cannot manage living in a densely populated apartment complex. The RV park offers a little more privacy and a better access to an outdoor environment. Mobile Loaves and Fishes is rich in volunteer resources.
Front Steps will work collaboratively with Mobile Loaves and Fishes to help ARCH clients transition into housing. Please support this creative solution to homelessness."
-Helen Varty, Executive Director Front Steps/ARCH
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Habitat On Wheels (HOW) is an ongoing effort by Mobile Loaves & Fishes to effectively confront homelessness in Austin.
HOW gets people off the street by providing them with recreational vehicle housing and the support they need to improve their circumstance. This solution not only provides participants with housing, but also with a supportive community that is dedicated to helping them effect positive change in their lives.
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Jennifer Gale Village is our vision for the future of HOW. It is our planned community for the homeless of Austin, Texas. Far from just benefiting those who will live in it, Jennifer Gale Village will create a more pleasant atmosphere in Austin by bringing dignity and respect to some of its most underappreciated and amazing citizens. To read about Mobile Loaves & Fishes, the organization behind Habitat On Wheels, please download this fact sheet.
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Let’s take a journey through the vision of the soul of Jennifer Gale Village. There are three legs to this journey. The first leg is to understand what human beings need, the second is what is a home and why is it so important to us; and finally, why do we need “community” to address our needs from bottom to top and why “Community First”. |
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The Jenifer Gale Village community sounds like a dream to many people, but unlike many dreams, Jennifer Gale Village has the benefit of extensive planning. Download our business plan to find out more about how Habitat On Wheels uses the principals of the Housing First! initiative, the teachings of Jesus, and a unique opportunity for community involvement to sever the vicious cycle of homelessness. |
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The Karpophoreo Project asks "What would happen if the HOW community produced and provided a local, organic, and sustainable food supply for themselves, utilizing key partnerships across the city?" |
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The people featured in this section have taken our survey and voiced their support for HOW and Jennifer Gale Village. These people from different walks of life, different socio-economic backgrounds, and different belief systems have all come together over the plight of the homeless to get behind Jennifer Gale Village. Read what they have to say about our vision.
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Do you feel that homelessness is a tragedy? Are you ready to participate in a long-term community-wide healing of homelessness? Tell us why you support Jennifer Gale Village and and why you would like to see more people off the streets and into homes.
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"Feet On Higher Ground: The HOW Story" is a 5 minute clip of the work that HOW does. Watch this to see how Habitat On Wheels makes a huge difference in the Austin-area homeless community, and to meet a few of the people who could benefit.
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Find out how you can help us change the wold with HOW. These questions cover everything about HOW from the initiative upon which it is based to the founder that started it all. A PDF for easy downloading and reading. |
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We have a variety of amazing people--who have amazing stories--living in recreational vehicles provided by our Habitat On Wheels program. See pictures of them in their homes, and see how they have turned their lives around with the Habitat On Wheels program. |
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We have to ask the question: Why would anybody panhandle? Is it really so profitable that people have been flocking to the trade over the past several years? Is it a sign of the degredation that a person would subject themselves to panhandling? Or os there someting going on in our society that now compels so many people to humiliate themselves for spare change? Read up on the studies we have gathered to answer some of these questions. |
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Do you know somebody who would be a great fit for our Habitat on Wheels program? If so, download this resident application package by clicking on the button to the left.
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