A Life Transformed: Stories of Hope

A Veteran’s Second Chance

He’d be dead if he were still on the streets Mike spent 10 years on the streets. A decade of sleeping outside. A decade of worsening health, swelling pain and constant fear. He walked with a cane or a walker, battled chronic medical issues and did his best to stay…

A Savings Program Became a Lifeline

Their safety net kept them working and housed. For years, Gloria and Leon worked hard to provide for their daughters – she as a nurse, he working nights in Irvine. They never asked for much. They paid their bills, stretched every dollar and dreamed of a home where…

When Everything Piled Up, Hope Stepped In

This dad was one crisis away from losing his home Jarvis became a father at 15, long before most of us know who we want to be. From that moment on, his life revolved around his son, Christian. He worked, finished high school, enrolled in college and held tight to one…

On the Road Again: Through Building Bright Futures Scholarship, Father Restarts His Trucking Career

Erik, a father living at Sunset Heights in Alta Loma, California, used his scholarship from Hope through Housing to attend trucking school and renew his Class A trucking license.

Pathways to a Brighter Future

When Cynthia moved into the affordable housing community of Villaggio on Route 66, she was a single mother expecting twins. She knew the two-bedroom apartment wouldn’t be enough for long.

Building Bright Futures Scholarship: The Start of a New Chapter

For most of his life, Brian lived a nomadic lifestyle, as his family moved from place to place, in search of affordable housing.

Building Bright Futures: The Possibilities are Endless!

Joey, a sixth-grader from Villaggio on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has big dreams for his future. Through Hope through Housing’s Building Bright Futures initiative, Joey attends the after-school program where he lives and receives encouragement, mentoring…

Overcoming Adversity

Valerie Aguilar is an honor student, a member of her high school scholarship club, Bible club and marine biology club, and will attend the University of California-Santa Barbara next fall in her quest to become an environmental engineer.

A Mother’s Love

When Sarah Jones lost her job and any chance at child support in one of the most expensive housing markets in the United States, the mother of four had a difficult decision to make: remove her kids from the community and schools they’d grown up in, or spend hours a day in traffic commuting back and forth.

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