Francis House of Peace
Project HOME is on the front lines addressing one of the most devastating crises in the nation—homelessness. Francis House of Peace, named in honor of Pope Francis and located in Chinatown, offers 94 units of affordable housing. It is a culturally diverse building, providing services for both English and Chinese speaking residents. Project HOME’s partnership with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation on the development of the residence further illustrates our commitment to a collaborative approach to ending and preventing homelessness and poverty.
Francis House of Peace continues Project HOME’s work with youth, housing young adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and aging out of the foster care system.
Nationally, young adult homelessness is on the rise and an estimated 40 percent of homeless young adults identify as LGBTQ. Residents of Francis House of Peace will be connected to medical, behavioral health, and recovery services and are be eligible to receive employment and education services.
Additional Information
Affordable Housing
94 units: 24 affordable efficiency apartments and 50 fully-furnished efficiency apartments (12 designated for young adults and 20 designated for seniors 62 and older)
- Income restrictions apply
- Some age restrictions apply
- Young adult units are single occupancy
- Other units are single occupancy with exception of documented married couples
- On-site laundry
- Community room
- Fitness room
- Computer room
- Multiple terraces
- Outdoor grotto
Access the waitlist here. To check the status of an application, contact 215-320-0849.
Rent varies based on unit type.
With a transformational leadership gift from Leigh and John Middleton, Project HOME created a public/private initiative to end and prevent chronic street homelessness in Philadelphia. MPOWER comprises visionary leaders who have joined with Leigh and John Middleton to ensure that together we realize this bold goal. Francis House of Peace is the fourth MPOWER project.
Since 2011, Project HOME and its community partners have created a new strategic and collaborative approach to provide housing, healthcare, education, and employment. Under Project HOME’s lead, MPOWER has identified the longest-term and most vulnerable people living on the streets and developed a comprehensive program of permanent housing (with services designed to break the cycle of homelessness) and also the necessary capacity to prevent chronic street homelessness in the future.
In addition, the Partnership will pilot evidence-based practices in drug- and alcohol-free housing coupled with employment, leading to greater economic independence for people struggling with addiction and chronic street homelessness. To prevent future homelessness, MPOWER will create new permanent supportive housing with strong education and employment opportunities targeted to youth aging out of foster care or who are experiencing homelessness.
The financial leverage and collaborative impact of the MPOWER allows Project HOME to greatly expand its housing and services, including building six new residential programs with a total of 500 additional housing units – doubling overall housing capacity – and a new wellness center offering integrated health care services including primary, behavioral health, and dental care, together with wellness programs. Not only does MPOWER help Project HOME carry out its mission of ending homelessness, it generates economic and fiscal impacts throughout the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
On a daily basis, we witness the tremendous strength and courage of men and women who have overcome homelessness. And daily, we experience what happens when a community with a shared vision comes together – what Jon Bon Jovi calls “The Power of We.” Together, we can seize this opportunity and make the ambitious hope of ending chronic street homelessness in Philadelphia a reality. We invite every sector of society to join us in this hope – and help make Philadelphia the first major City in our nation to end and prevent chronic street homelessness.
None of us are home until all of us are home, and at Project HOME this means that we can all have a decent standard of living today without compromising our needs in the future. When thinking about the footprints – the waste, the greenhouse gases, the toxins – we leave behind through our daily living, we must recognize that the earth is our home.
This is why Project HOME has made sustainability a priority for current and future developments. Sustainability is based on a simple principle: everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Thus, our goal is to ensure that all developments reflect the shared values of economic, social, and environmental sustainability by:
- Decreasing energy usage
- Constructing all new buildings to meet Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification guidelines
- Reducing fuel use of Project HOME vehicles
- Procuring more sustainable products
- Reducing waste
- Engaging Project HOME community members in sustainability efforts
- Supporting neighborhood sustainability
- Increasing access to healthy foods for residents and community members
Guided by these principles, we’ve taken sustainability from offices to residences, and even to gardens to promote energy and waste reduction, environmental education and justice, and health and wellness for all.
