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The Tarrant County Homeless Coalition is rebranding itself as Partnership Home, the nonprofit announced Wednesday morning during a breakfast with local nonprofit leaders, community partners, and elected officials.
The new name reflects the organization’s “renewed mission for transformative change through thought leadership, strong partnerships, and innovative solutions,” according to a press release.
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City Councilmembers Jeanette Martinez, Alan Blaylock, Carlos Flores, and Michael Crain flank Partnership Home Executive Director Lauren King.
“Our impact in this community is critically linked to our partnerships and the shared vision of being a vibrant community where everyone has a place to call home,” said Executive Director Lauren King. “With a renewed focus on innovative solutions, thought leadership, and strengthening existing and new community partnerships, our goal is to build on a foundation of success to meet the continued and emerging needs as our community changes.”
Partnership Home partners with more than 50 organizations that are working to end and prevent homelessness and develop affordable housing. In 2023, Partnership Home trained more than 2,500 professionals, partnered with 130 landlords and property owners, and secured more than $55 million to develop supportive housing.
Partnership Home’s priorities include managing homeless response, investing in homeless prevention, and advancing housing development.
In June, Partnership Home — under its former name — announced the creation of a working group call HOME FTW, a collaboration of organizations actively working in Fort Worth to develop affordable “workforce” housing, with a focus to formally support the city of Fort Worth’s implementation of its neighborhood conservation plan and affordable housing strategy.
HOME FTW’s working group includes Columbia Renaissance Heights, Development Corporation of Tarrant County, Design Fort Worth, Fort Worth Community Land Trust, Habitat for Humanity, Housing Channel, Journey Home Housing, New Leaf Community Services, Ojala Partners LP, Phan Foundation, Rainwater Foundation, Samaritan House, Partnership Home, and the United Way of Tarrant County.
“We have become a region where the face of housing instability and homelessness has changed. These are now issues for two-income families, teachers, first responders, and others,” said Victoria Farrar-Myers, Partnership Home board chairwoman and former city of Arlington mayor pro tem and city councilmember. “As an organization, Partnership Home is committed to evolving to reflect the changing demographics and needs of our community. We’re at a critical juncture and can no longer solely react to problems but must also look at solving underlying causes related to housing affordability, and search for proven solutions and significant policy change to impact our region’s growing workforce.”
Partnership Home also announced that it will host a housing summit on Nov. 6 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. The daylong event will include panel discussions: “If We Don’t Build it, They Will Still Come;” “The Unusual Suspects (Untraditional Partners);” “Show Me the Money;” and “What’s in Your Tool Box?”
Texas economist Ray Perryman is scheduled as the luncheon keynote speaker. For more information, contact Aesha Desai with Partnership Home at [email protected].