Independent Housing

Subsidized independent living arrangements for those capable of a high degree of self-sufficiency:  Domenic House and Mary House.

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Domenic House

1628-1630 South Street

Year established: 1996

A six-unit apartment building that serves as subsidized housing for seven formerly homeless individuals with minimal need for supervision.

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Mary House

707 South Hicks Street

Year established: 1997

A four- bedroom communal house for four formerly homeless, disabled men, who had been residents of Bethesda Project communities and who have successfully made the transition to independent living with minimal need for support.

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Brothers' Keeper

Locations throughout Philadelphia
Year established: 2008
 

A pilot program for up to 25 men in its first year.

Brothers' Keeper takes an innovative approach to an untapped source of housing: affordable rooms and apartments owned by members of African-American churches. We match men currently residing in our shelters or SRO facilities to these rooms or apartments. The men get case management and follow-up support for their efforts to maintain their employment, manage their mental illnesses and remain drug- or alcohol-free. Landlords provide some degree of support to their Brothers’ Keeper tenants, and their churches offer programs to support the men.