CHI is excited to announce a new partnership between Dallas County to bring much needed housing to the Oak Cliff area. Dallas Morning News Editorial below from March 30, 2021. Affordable housing coming to north Oak Cliff thanks to smart government (dallasnews.com) Affordable housing coming to north Oak Cliff thanks to smart government Dallas County […]
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KERA Reports on Catholic Housing Initiative’s Park Central Project
Developing and owning the project is the first half of providing a decent place for formerly homeless live. CHI’s partner, Catholic Charities of Dallas, provides the additional services required to help people get on their feet. https://www.keranews.org/news/2020-12-07/dallas-leverages-covid-19-pandemic-to-address-long-term-homelessness
Catholic Housing Initiative Collaboration = Success
CHI combined it’s expertise in property development and ownership with Catholic Charities of Dallas’ experience in providing services to create St. Jude Center – Forest. The City of Dallas created this story about our collaborative success. https://chidallas-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/wdh_chidallas_org/EcfkmZQZGvdNgWUTv_xmwSsBsd7QM7CkMWk5Axyq43sR0A?e=jc43Mn
Catholic Housing Initiative Announces St Jude Center – Park Central
Hotel to Pandemic Response to Housing Solution DALLAS – October 20, 2020 –Catholic Charities Dallas (CCD) and Catholic Housing Initiative (CHI) have unveiled plans for a new project to address housing insecurity and homelessness in Dallas, on the heels of the second anniversary of their first collaboration, St. Jude Center – Forest, a highly successful […]
The Catholic Foundation Responds with a Grant for New Roofing
Throughout 2018, a significant number of housing and charitable entities combined to create affordable and senior housing in North Dallas. The newly renovated St. Jude Center was developed to provide permanent supportive housing and tools to become self-sufficient for 104 formerly homeless people aged 55 and older. In the Fall of 2018, as construction was […]
Dallas News Commentary Highlights St. Jude Center Progress
This insightful commentary from long-time Dallas News Columnist Robert Wilonsky illustrates the temerity of charity, business and government leaders and their collective efforts to renovate and occupy St. Jude Center. Who will come to the rescue to help house the senior homeless in northwest Dallas? We have names Robert Wilonsky, City Columnist From the ever-widening, […]
St. Jude Center Opens with Help of $500K Grant from Frost Bank and FHLB Dallas
Grant Funded Rehabilitation of $5.9 Million Residential Complex for Homeless Seniors DALLAS, TEXAS, October 12, 2018 — A 2018 census conducted by Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) found that homelessness is no longer only a central city issue, and it’s become more severe. Exacerbating the problem was the fact that the city of Dallas lacked […]
St. Jude Center Grand Opening a Success
Dallas Mayor, others hail opening of $6M homeless facility
This original story appeared in the Dallas Morning News: By CORBETT SMITH Staff Writer corbettsmith@dallasnews.com NORTHWEST DALLAS — At Wednesday’s grand opening of the St. Jude Center, Bobby Holmes stood at the door, resplendent in a black tuxedo. He was home. The 63-year-old Army vet is one of the first residents at the 104-unit, $6 million […]
CHI Presentation to Citizens Homelessness Commission
On October 11, Joe Dingman, Treasurer of Catholic Housing Initiative, gave a presentation to the Dallas Citizens Homelessness Commission to discuss the entire development to delivery process fo St. Jude’s Center. To view the meeting video click on the image below. To see the slide show utilized for the presentation, click here.