As shared on KVMR: As the housing case manager, I offer a “Ready to Rent” class. A woman we’ll call “Shannon” attended all 5 sessions of my Ready to Rent class and graduated speedily. She’s been diligently working on finding housing and was able to find a room to rent in Grass Valley. With the […]

I am Debbie McDonald with Hospitality House, which is the only emergency homeless shelter in Nevada County, with 54 beds for homeless men, women and children. Transportation is a big issue in this rural area for people who don’t have cars, and many of our guests don’t. We are happy to announce that the United […]

I am Fred Skeen with Hospitality House, which is the only emergency homeless shelter in Nevada County, with 54 beds for homeless men, women and children. The shelter is looking spiffy this week thanks to the United Way of Nevada County Day of Action where five Telestream, LLC employees labored pulling weeds, painting and weed eating. Thanks United Way […]

There was a lot of discussion last winter about the warming shelter. We were so thankful that the City of Grass Valley and Nevada County partnered so we could open up 15 more beds in the dining room. Over the course of those four months, 157 people sheltered in the dining room alone, with 107 […]

Yesterday 50 people from the shelter and the community grabbed trash bags and gloves and hit the streets in Brunswick Basin to clean up trash. The teams cleaned up many campsites near Sutton Way and Plaza Drive in addition to areas around local businesses, like Safeway. Volunteers with dump trucks and pickup trucks collected over […]

I want to tell you about some of the work done by the Outreach Case Manager at Hospitality House. He works with people living “in the rough”. Sometimes he gets a call from the jail and they are releasing someone who has nowhere to go. He picks them up and either gets them connected to services […]

“Bruce “Utah” Phillips became famous the world over by performing songs, poems and stories that told the tale of normal, hard-working folks. Off the stage, he was well known as a labor organizer and advocate for the homeless. He was a local celebrity who placed high value on people being treated fairly and equally regardless […]

Did you see Steve Baker’s article in The Prospector yesterday about DJ Husky LePew celebrating his 100th show? That KVMR DJ talked to Steve Baker about the help he received from Hospitality House several years ago. “So I came here (KVMR) with an incredibly sexy voice and the rest is just seat of the pants […]

After steady declines in homelessness from 2007 through 2014, the number of people without homes in California has now risen for three consecutive years. California is home to 21 of the 30 most expensive rental markets in the nation and the state does not have enough affordable housing stock to meet the demand of low-income […]

Thank you to those of you who dropped off art supplies, deodorant and an iPad. Now I know you are out there listening    And down to the nitty gritty needs of the shelter for THIS week . . .  – More women’s deodorant please! – Extra-large hoodie – Photographer to do a 6-8 week project […]