Community Housing Assistance
Catholic Charities offers several programs to assist individuals and families achieve permanent housing, in cooperation with government agencies.
Programs
Holden Hall is a safe place to live for 14 formerly homeless, disabled men. LEARN MORE>>
Hosanna House is a permanent housing facility that serves 15 women over the age of fifty who have been chronically homeless and have medical and/or mental health diagnoses. LEARN MORE>>
Project Believe offers permanent individual housing for men, women and families with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness. Regular case management sessions are provided to monitor each participant’s progress toward independence. LEARN MORE>>
Project REACH offers permanent individual housing for men, women, and families with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness. Regular case management sessions are provided to monitor each participant’s progress toward independence. LEARN MORE>>
We help eligible* families in Baltimore City who are experiencing homelessness find stable, affordable housing so that with employment and a stable family life, they can become self-sufficient and independent. LEARN MORE>>
Project Promise offers permanent individual housing for men, women and families with disabilities who are experiencing homelessness. Regular case management sessions are provided to monitor each participant’s progress toward independence. LEARN MORE>>
Community Housing Assistance in the News, Stories & Testimonials
Shine a light: Cookies and COVID
It's Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we want to use it to share a short story each day about one of our thousands of amazing volunteers. Paul Casey has been a longtime volunteer at St. [...]
Beauty in the shift: a recovering substance user’s unexpected gifts
Fifty-one years after his first hit of a drug, William “Al” Baker says he’s done with substance use and into creating beauty. “I believe in God and everything, but heroin always won out,” he said. [...]
Windows, doors and a new roof – renovations at two Senior Communities buildings
A $7.3 million renovation in two Catholic Charities’ buildings will provide older adults in affordable housing with a variety of upgrades by next summer. The multi-year effort at the connected properties – DePaul House and [...]
Honoring a joyful and justice-oriented Baltimore pastor
From the time Rev. Ray Chase started his ministry with Catholic Charities 43 years ago, his spirit of joy shone clearly, brightening the lives of those he served. This year, the pastor of Baltimore's St. [...]
Moving to mandate vaccination
William J. McCarthy Jr. Executive Director The rising trends for COVID-19 as the Delta variant continues its spread are disturbing. As I write this, there have been more than 700 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 [...]
Shelter is just a stop along the way
When asked about his new apartment at Basilica Place, a Catholic Charities Senior Community in downtown Baltimore, Paul Schubert's face lit up. "It's like a palace," he said. The 64-year-old had spent years living in [...]