On March 24, Path Home executive director Brandi Tuck was recognized at a Portland Trail Blazers game as a Hometown Hero for making a significant positive impact in our community.

“This $500,000 award propels us closer to our goal to help an additional 75 families per year, as well as provide 12 units of additional transitional housing, and an additional 30 units of affordable housing to the community, “said Path Home Executive Director Brandi Tuck.

Housing Manager, Carl Knudson, celebrated ten years at Path Home last month. Carl helped create the first Housing First program in Multnomah County in 2012 to help families move back into homes, which was replicated across the whole county. Since then he has helped hundreds of families move back into housing. When Carl started, he was one of two Housing staff, now he co-manages our Housing team of eleven people.

For the past 15 years, we have helped families find their own path home through our rapid re-housing, shelter and housing retention programs. To better envision a world where every family facing housing insecurity can find—and keep—a permanent home, our organization has announced a new name: Path Home.

Our new name may be smaller, but we know our work is bigger than ever.

Thanks for all your past support of PHFS. We wanted to reach out to share what’s going on at PHFS, highlight some of the impact PHFS is having in the community.

PHFS has been on the forefront of innovation for over a decade, including pioneering rapid re-housing, homeless prevention, and trauma-informed design and practice. We continue to work upstream, helping families reach long-term housing stability. This year, we innovated again and started a Cash Transfer Pilot Project, which provides direct cash support to families each month for two years to increase housing stability.