Charity Update - Vision House: A place for a home and help
Vision House is a faith-based non-profit organization that provides transitional housing and support services to homeless women and their children and to homeless men recovering from drug or alcohol addiction.
For more information, visit www.vision-house.org or call 425-228-6356.
-500 men, women and children have been served since 2000.
-89 percent of the residents in the family program and 72 percent in the men’s program have transitioned into permanent housing since 2002.
-About 90 percent of Vision House families have experienced a violent relationship one or more times in their lives. This includes sexual, verbal, emotional or physical violence.
-Residents pay 30 percent of their income to rent. If they don’t have income initially, they don’t have to pay rent.
-Applicants must be drug free, have custody of any children living with them, be 30 percent below the income level and not be at immediate risk for domestic violence.
-According to the One Night Count performed Jan. 26, there are 1,240 homeless people in King County. National studies suggest that over the course of a year, three times as many people will experience homelessness as those counted on any one night.
-Since 2000, the number of homeless people found living on the streets of King County has doubled.
-The average homeless family is a young single mother with two children under age 6.
If you would like to help homeless families with a donation, click here: http://www.vision-house.org/vh_donate.htm
David Edwards
REALTOR®
Keller Williams Realty Southeast Sound
425-890-8045
E-Mail: david@davidjedwards.com
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David J Edwards is a full time REALTOR® with Keller Williams specializing in Residential Real Estate for buyers and sellers in Renton and Newcastle.
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