Our Short-Term Vision
We’re building community.
We’re raising funds to buy and restore a multi-family property in an area of New Orleans that’s accessible to health care and employment opportunities. This will be our pilot permanent housing campus, and it will house up to 10 TGNC people at a time.
In addition, we’re working to acquire a separate space that can serve as a community center where TGNC people can safely access social safety net navigation, community programming, a hot meal, a shower, or a safe place to just hang out or do schoolwork.
Our Long-Term Vision
Housing Solutions.
According to the US Trans Survey, 1 in 3 trans people in Louisiana report experiencing homelessness at some point in their lives. House of Tulip will provide zero-barrier housing to trans and gender nonconforming people in need of a safe place to stay while growing the supply of affordable housing in New Orleans.
Citywide Benefits.
By operating as a land trust, the entire city of New Orleans (as well as anywhere we expand beyond our pilot campus) will benefit from the increase in affordable housing supply and safeguards against exclusionary development and gentrification.
Paths to Home-Ownership.
House of Tulip isn’t an emergency shelter or a transitional living house. It’s a long-term investment in housing solutions. The path from homelessness to homeownership is long and hard, but we will be there every step of the way for TGNC Louisianans. Meanwhile, House of Tulip will continue to own the land, ensuring our housing stays affordable forever.
Self-Sustaining.
While initially our funding will be entirely donation-based, our model will grow to include sustainable sources of income so that we can invest strategically.
We’ll need your help to make this vision come true.
We need 20,000 in monthly sustaining donations to operate at full capacity. Of that 20,000 needed we currently have about 7,500 in monthly sustaining donations. Sign up to become a monthly sustaining donor today!
We need 20,000 in monthly sustaining donations to operate our Stabilization Center at full 24 hour capacity and our long term housing sites. Will you become a monthly sustaining donor today?