Join us Sunday at the new Mondloch Place, 3516 Lockheed Blvd, 3-6 p.m. as we celebrate the opening of this new initiative, providing housing for 20 formerly homeless single adults. Please park at Hybla Valley Elementary School and walk the short block. Light refreshments will be served. There will be a short program at 4:30. We […]
Mondloch Place, a major renovation/transformation of the old Mondloch II family shelter, is a unique facility in Northern Virginia. New Hope housing is in the forefront of the effort to end homelessness, creating yet another innovative housing opportunity for persons who are homeless. The new building consists of 20 fully-furnished efficiency apartments which provide permanent housing […]
Many thanks to these sponsors: Platinum Sponsors Greg & Kim Garcia Phil & Peg Soucy Gold Partner Job Performance Systems Investors Goeff & Alicia Harkness Klein Hornig, LLP Pamela L. Michell MPR Realty Virginia Housing Development Authority Benefactors AHP Virginia, LLC Molina Healthcare Fred & Barbara Repetti St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Table Sponsors Dick […]
Many, many thanks to the 65 volunteers who went into the woods and up and down Route One to interview unsheltered homeless men and women for the 100,000 Homes Fairfax County Registry Event! Volunteers completed 148 surveys! The information they collected will be used to help determine who our most vulnerable homeless population is and what […]
Reston Connection OP-ED with PMichell
Fairfax County government is closed Monday because of the weather. New Hope Housing is therefore operating under ”emergency status”. Our personnel policies state: Under emergency status, residential staff is expected to report to work as scheduled and will be compensated at a rate of 1.5 times their normal pay rate for the hours they work […]
With tears and many memories, New Hope Housing staff said goodbye in November to Mondloch House Family Shelter, where hundreds of families have found “shelter and the tools to build a better life.” The family shelter opened in 1983 to serve 12 families, and expanded in 1991 to serve 18 families. The family shelter, “officially” […]
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell returned to his Route One roots with a visit to New Hope Housing’s family shelter, Mondloch House. The Governor, a Bishop Ireton graduate and classmate of one (or more!) Mondloch brother, spent an hour at the shelter, visiting with staff and residents. New Hope Housing’s Executive Director Pam Michell talked to the […]
A New Hope Housing case manager shared this story about a client she served: “Working as a case manager with New Hope Housing, it’s sometimes difficult for me not to be disheartened by the lack of progress that I feel my clients have made. I hope that the following story reminds us all to RELISH […]
For 20 years, George put roofs on other people’s homes until one day he lost the roof over his own. When the economy soured, so did the company’s business. Eventually it closed, and George was out of a job. His journey into homelessness began with a “For Rent” sign outside his home. It marked the […]
