HouseN2Home

Mission: To create homes where people can thrive.

We are a group of volunteers from southeast Michigan who help to provide furnishings for people, in our area, who are moving out of homeless shelters and into rental housing.  We began in 2017 as a small group of friends working together to furnish a home for one single mom and her children.

Inspired by that experience, and by the need in our community, we have grown to over one hundred volunteers. House N2 Home has completely furnished the homes of over 1000 individuals and families transitioning from homelessness in Washtenaw County.

We believe that one step in restoring dignity to a family who has endured homelessness is to help them create a home that is functional, comfortable, and inviting. Using both donated (and occasionally purchased) furniture and household goods, our team helps to convert a house (or apartment) into a real home – creating a space for families to thrive in.

• The process begins when we are informed by a caseworker, from one of the local shelters, that an individual or family has secured housing and is moving into a local house or apartment and needs our services.

• We meet with the clients to assess their needs and to evaluate their new space.

• Appropriate furniture and household items are pulled from our donations at our storage facility and we make a plan for move-in day.

• On move-in day, a team of volunteers load their cars and trucks and caravan to the new space.

• Finally, the volunteer team places the furniture and other items in just the right spot for the final reveal!