Emergency Assistance, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Uncategorized
Arrival in Oregon “They kicked me out of homelessness,” Michael Williams likes to say when explaining how St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) helped elevate him from chronic homelessness into supported housing. Michael first arrived at SVdP’s Eugene...
Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Supportive Housing
When Kristen Raffin arrived at St. Vincent de Paul’s (SVdP) 410 Garfield Safe Sleep Site in July 2021, she’d already been homeless for more than two years. She returned to her hometown of Eugene, Ore., after nine years in Colorado where she studied and then worked as...
Affordable Housing, Emergency Assistance, New Developments, Publications & Outreach, Self-Sufficiency, Uncategorized
Homeowners in the Oakridge-Westfir areas who need help to make health- and safety-oriented home repairs are sought to complete a simple assessment form for the Regional Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program (RHRP). St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP),...
Affordable Housing, Emergency Assistance, New Developments, Self-Sufficiency, Uncategorized
What is RHRP? St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP) has been on the forefront of providing solutions to the housing shortage since we first began developing affordable-housing properties in 1989. But building new properties is only one piece of the puzzle....
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Employment, First Place Family Center, New Developments, Property Management, Retail-Thrift Stores, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Staff Stories, Youth & Family
A YEAR OF CHANGE Many of us will always remember 2020 as a year that shook our lives. The worldwide disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic affected billions of people from every walk of life. For so many, 2020 was certainly a year of uncertainty, fear, and...
