Who We Are

Our Mission

To end homelessness one valuable person at a time.

Our Vision

Housing for New Hope creates and continually improves innovative, data-informed programs shaped by client feedback and responsive to evolving community needs. We encourage, motivate, and enable individuals and families experiencing homelessness to take their next best step toward long-term, stable housing with an array of supportive housing and affordable housing options. We connect our most vulnerable neighbors to housing and hope.

Our Four Pillars

We believe every person is valuable.
We believe every person has a right to housing.
We believe in the power of community.
We believe affordable housing contributes to a just society.

Our Story

Housing for New Hope began with a simple belief: every neighbor deserves the stability and dignity of a place to call home.

In 1992, our founder, Terry Allebaugh, opened Phoenix House in Durham to serve men leaving homelessness who needed more than a temporary bed. He saw that many people leaving emergency shelters struggled to remain housed without ongoing support—and he believed that stable housing paired with supportive services could change lives.

That insight continues to guide our work today.

Over the past three decades, Housing for New Hope has grown from a single transitional housing program into a community organization helping hundreds of our neighbors move from homelessness to stable housing each year. Along the way, we have helped shape Durham’s response to homelessness by expanding supportive housing, helping launch rapid rehousing efforts, and building partnerships that connect people to housing across the community.
Supporting Neighbors
Every person’s journey out of homelessness looks different. Some neighbors need help finding a new apartment. Others need ongoing support to maintain housing while managing health challenges, rebuilding income, or reconnecting with community.

Housing for New Hope focuses on creating supportive pathways to housing stability—pairing safe housing with the relationships and services that help people remain housed and move forward.

Through campus-based supportive housing communities, partnerships with local landlords, and housing stabilization services, we help ensure that people not only secure housing but have the support needed to build lasting stability.
Strengthening Durham
Ending homelessness requires a community effort. Housing for New Hope works alongside the City of Durham, Durham County, nonprofit partners, healthcare providers, faith communities, landlords, and volunteers to ensure that our community has strong pathways out of homelessness.

Together, we are building a Durham where fewer neighbors experience homelessness—and where those who do can quickly access housing, support, and opportunity.
Looking Ahead
Over the next decade, Housing for New Hope will continue expanding supportive housing, strengthening housing stability services, and deepening partnerships across our community.

Because when we support our neighbors and strengthen our systems of care, we move closer to a Durham where everyone has the opportunity to live in safe, stable housing and thrive.

Our Programs

Affordable Housing

Campus-based Supportive
housing
Community-based Supportive Housing
Street Outreach

Supporting Neighbors. Strengthening Durham. Ending Homelessness—Together.