WHERE WE WORK

Hemlock & Forge focuses on cornerstone communities. Southeast Pennsylvania, Erie County, Allegheny County, and the state of Delaware.

Cornerstone Communities

Facilitating Funders Together for Housing Justice – Pennsylvania, the statewide funders collaborative to address housing equity
Working with a health foundation to launch the Montco Housing Loan Fund to provide low-interest, patient capital.
Supported a behavioral health provider implement a national model on trauma-informed homeless encampment resolution in Montgomery County

Serving as the Housing Director of Infinite Erie, a transformational investment playbook. Leading the “Housing Accelerator“, a 250-unit pipeline of affordable and workforce housing.
Developed and facilitate Housing First Erie, a public-private coalition to address chronic homelessness through new supportive housing.
Facilitating the development of Schoolhouse Apartments at Washington Square, a $11M rehab of an old school into 25 units of permanent supportive housing.

Working with a local foundation to address chronic homelessness by catalyzing partnerships to develop new permanent supportive housing units.
Supporting the local Continuum of Care with their communities of practice to increase quality of care among service providers

Supporting Housing Alliance Delaware with training and technical assistance in their deliver of Coordinated Entry for homeless services.
In partnership with BBS, designed a roadmap for a centralized housing-based system of care through the State of Delaware.
Working with a nonprofit developer to pilot a supportive housing set-aside in their new project.
Working to establish a statewide coalition on supportive housing.

Fervent belief in Housing First, equity, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and the idea that integrating our social service systems of care is better for our marginalized communities
Understanding that the homeless response system needs to evolve to focus more on permanent housing placement and more intensive supportive services
Being an established community leader with keen relationship-management skills and an enthusiasm for coloring outside the lines
Eagerness to fundraise for the cause of housing stability
Acceptance that housing is hard and a willingness to keep rolling the boulder up the hill

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