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House N2 Home
Creating homes where people can thrive
ABOUT US
Creating Homes Where People Can Thrive
We are a group of volunteers from southeast Michigan who help to provide furnishings for people, in our area, who are moving out of homeless shelters and into rental housing. We began in 2017 as a small group of friends working together to furnish a home for one single mom and her children.
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Inspired by that experience, and by the need in our community, we have grown to over one hundred volunteers. House N2 Home has completely furnished over 1,400 homes for individuals and families transitioning from homelessness in
Washtenaw County.
OUR PROCESS
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The process begins when we are informed by a caseworker, from one of the local shelters, that an individual or family has secured housing and is moving into a local house or apartment and needs our services.
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We meet with the clients to assess their needs and to evaluate their new space.
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Appropriate furniture and household items are pulled from our donations at our storage facility and we make a plan for move-in day.
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On move-in day, a team of volunteers load their cars and trucks and caravan to the new space.
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Finally, the volunteer team places the furniture and other items in just the right spot for the final reveal!
WE CURRENTLY ACCEPT REFERRALS FROM THE FOLLOWING
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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New Ann Arbor coalition reflects on new move-out waste reduction initiative , Michigan Daily, June 16, 2024
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Trash into treasure: Rethinking waste in Michigan college towns, Bridge Michigan, May, May 30, 2024
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University of Michigan donates several tons of items to community after spring move out, CBS Detroit, May 7, 2024
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Alumna Furnishes Homes for Homeless, Auburn Alumni Association, September 20, 2023
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Help us “Fill That Bus” for House N2 Home, November 22, 2022
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Boyk Brief Episode 29: House N2 Home, March 2022
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The Bouma Group awards House N2 Home, December 15, 2021
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Volunteers are turning affordable apartments into comfortable homes, Observer, February 2021
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Green Room 101 - Peggy Ferrell of HouseN2Home and Olivia Henz of TheDotOrg, CTN Network, 2021
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AVALON HOUSING TO FURNISH AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENTS WITH HELP FROM HOUSEN2HOME AND KIWANIS CLUB, eCurrent, September 11, 2020
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Ypsi nonprofit helps furnish quarantine overflow facility in vacant building at St. Joe's hospital Concentrate, April 7, 2020
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#OTGYpsi: 'House N2 Home' Organization Seeks To Make Homeless Residents Truly Feel At Home WEMU December 11, 2019
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