Putting Humanity into ​Ending Homelessness ​in Denver Metro

Turning houses into homes

Because dignity is not ​beyond our reach

The right approach to instilling dignity in the ​process of becoming re-housed

Household essentials beyond the reach of our unhoused ​neighbors make the difference between living in a palette ​shed, apartment, or house and a home. An investment of a ​few hundred dollars in home care items can make this ​difference.


Our approach leverages technology to allow for choice and ​preference in these items while preventing logistical ​challenges and overspending that have traditionally come ​along with these types of efforts.

REALITY CHECK

Data paints a grim picture of the impacts of unhoused living.

Homelessness is deadly,

on average, those who ​experience homelessness ​die 30 years earlier than ​those who​ are housed.

During the most recent ​Point-In-Time count there ​are 9,065 people ​experiencing homlessness ​in ​Denver metro.

Dementia is 3X more likely if ​you have been unhoused, as ​compared to a person who ​has​ always been housed.

Our Mission + Process

On The House distributes new essential home care items and lightly used ​donated furniture and home furnishings at no cost to our unhoused neighbors in ​the process of becoming housed through government-funded housing.


To gain access to our services, clients must be referred by their caseworker, ​who applies on their behalf. The application gathers information about the ​individual’s or family’s needs and the space they are moving into, including ​dimensions and photos.


Once the application is received, we engage with our client and their ​caseworker to ensure the items supplied are needed, will fit in the space, and are ​the preferred version of the individual or family receiving them. We accomplish ​this by leveraging the efficiencies of modern shopping for household essentials. ​Next, we move the items to their new home and assist in setting up the items.

Designed to meet the ​gaps in Denver Metro’s ​non-profit space

There is no regional furniture bank or household goods ​provider for those exiting homelessness to draw from at no ​cost in Denver Metro. Some piecemeal efforts exist but there ​is no central donation collection system for these types of ​items specifically for the purpose of redistributing them at ​no cost to our neighbors becoming housed.


We address gaps unfilled by governmental and nonprofit ​organizations to provide a dignified reentry to sheltered life for ​our neighbors exiting homelessness. Providing home care items ​that would otherwise be beyond the reach of those moving from ​the streets into housing is the difference between moving into a ​house and a home.


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EmilyJane Zahreddine

“Dignity is having a home; a ​roof over your head, and ​the items inside it to make ​it your own.”



EmilyJane Zahreddine

Founder, On The House Denver

After a decade-long career leading organizations through disasters and ​emergencies, EmilyJane refocused her efforts on her true professional ​love, Public Administration! She trained her eye on the most significant ​public administration challenge facing the Denver Metro Region, ​supporting our unhoused neighbors.


She founded On The House Denver in Summer 2023 after identifying and ​validating that furniture and household goods for our unhoused neighbors ​exiting homelessness is a gap in the region’s existing non-profit ​landscape.

On The House Denver distributes new household essentials and ​lightly used donated furniture and home furnishings at no cost ​to our unhoused neighbors in the process of becoming housed ​through government funded housing. To gain access to our ​services clients must be reffered by their caseworker, who ​applies on behalf of their client. Once clients are approved to ​access our services we engage with them and their caseworker ​to ensure the items supplied are needed and will fit in the space. ​finally, we move the items to their new home and assist in ​setting up the itmes.Add a subtitle

let’s make sure ​dignity is part of ​the process of ​ending ​homelessness

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Phone

(720)706-6335

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Email

EmilyJane@OnTheHouseDEN.org

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