Designed For Hope

Designed For Hope (DFH) is a non-profit interior design organization committed to designing soothing, beautiful homes for women at the crossroads of leaving homeless shelters, halfway houses, and transitional housing programs. We offer completely free full-service delivery, installation, and staging of interior design items (furnishings, decor, art, bedding, kitchen supplies, toiletries, and food in the pantry) needed for their new permanent home. Our mission is to help women struggling with homelessness through interior design, because four walls alone does not make a home. We are here to help alleviate some of the worries for women who are moving into a long term residence. Our goal is to create a space that is filled with items that they will love and in colors that they will enjoy. Our objective is to let them know that humanity has not forgotten about them. DFH will create something beautiful and thus light a spark that will bring about the manifestation of hope that will help transform their lives. Women and families represent the fastest growing group of the homeless population in the United States. Between 2020 and 2022, unsheltered homelessness increased among women by five percent and the share of homeless women currently rests at about 38%. Approximately 34% of the homeless population are families with children and 65% of homeless women with children under 18 live with their children. One of the primary causes of homelessness among American women includes domestic violence, with research finding that around 80% of homeless women have previously experienced domestic violence. Designed For Hopes, objective is to help homeless women who often leave shelters with literally only the clothes on their backs as they start a new chapter of their lives. Women fleeing violence and other forms of abuse are forced to give up homes, jobs, support systems, and more to escape traumatic situations.