Our housing programs help our clients get back on their feet by assisting with temporary and permanent housing. The ultimate goal is getting the client into permanent housing. The housing programs include:
- Desert Hope: Desert Hope is a Permanent Supportive Housing project, developed by the MV Public Housing Authority, City of Las Cruces, and MV Community of Hope. MVCH staff will be onsite to help end homelessness for 40 people by offering supportive services for those residing at Desert Hope.
- Permanent Supportive Housing: Individual apartments for homeless people with disabilities and their families.
- Abode Permanent Housing: A group home for the chronically homeless.
- Rapid Rehousing: Subsidized rent to help individuals, families and veterans stabilize after becoming homeless.
- Sue’s House: A group residence for up to four chronically homeless women.
- Veterans Housing: Ongoing rental assistance and supportive services for Veterans at a 20-unit complex. Assistance available to homeless vets for security deposit, first month’s rent, homeless prevention, and utility assistance.
- Linkages: Permanent supportive housing voucher program for persons with severe mental illness who are homeless or precariously housed. MVCH partners with La Clinica de Familia and St. Luke’s Health Care Clinic to provide supportive services.
- Homeless Prevention: Assistance to help individuals, families and veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless.
- New Home Set-ups as available for those in housing program:
- Furniture
- Household goods
- Miscellaneous supplies
- Camp Hope is a tent city for members of the community currently experiencing homelessness and is located on the Community of Hope campus which provides a safe place for homeless residents to stay while they transition to housing. Campground amenities include full service bathroom, kitchen and 3-sided structures on 50 tent pad sites.
- Mano y Mano Day Labor: Up to 28 homeless & near homeless participants are transported to city-owned properties to provide day labor. Participants are connected to supportive services, housing, & income assistance.
Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Recipient
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope is a recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund!
Check out the Las Cruces Sun News article here: