The Way Home is the collective effort to prevent and end homelessness in the Houston region through permanent housing with supportive services.

Also known as the local homeless response system, The Way Home is made up of more than 100 partners — including homeless service agencies, local governments, public housing authorities, the local Veterans Affairs office, and other nonprofits and community stakeholders — and encompasses Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties, Texas. The partners of The Way Home work together to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in our region.

The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (CFTH), a 501c3, is the lead agency to The Way Home.

Our Shared Success

32,000+

people housed since 2012.

~90%

success rate in housing programs.

(don't return to homelessness

 within two years)

23,300

unique people accessed homeless assistance in 2022.

$59M

in CoC funding awarded to partners of The Way Home by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2023.

(coordinated by the CFTH)

According to data managed by the CFTH