Homes for Hearts

At Homes for Hearts, we are committed to building permanent supportive housing with quality, self-managed cottage courts, containing small, single-family houses within Memphis to help pave the way for men and women experiencing chronic homelessness toward home ownership. 

Memphis, TN is facing an affordable housing crisis. The Memphis Metropolitan area which has about 1.2 million people, has a shortage of 38,000 affordable housing units. On any given night, there are more than 1,200 Memphians without a roof over their head. Memphis needs more affordable options for everyone, in every neighborhood.

• Housing First approach to permanently house people experiencing homelessness, while providing connectivity, sustainability, livability, and opportunity in neighborhoods where there are few options.
• Creating a natural, beloved community and self-governed homestead to provide autonomy, responsibility, and respect that will help pave the way toward home ownership for each of our residents.   
• Work alongside community leaders to help reduce Memphis’ homelessness, mortality rate, poverty, blight, crime-rate, hospitalizations, medical costs, mental illness, trauma, drug abuse, and environmental impact.

Partnerships :

Room in the Inn Memphis

In 2021, RITI Memphis opened the Mid-South’s first Recuperative Care Center for people experiencing homelessness, a 21 bed unit offering recovery services for those who are released from hospitals throughout Shelby County. Families find shelter and support at RITI’s Family Inn, while staff serve as advocates with them along the journey toward sustainable housing.

Dwayne A. Jones Construction

Architectural engineer, Dwayne A. Jones has been working for over a decade to bring life back to vacant lots in Orange Mound, the neighborhood he grew up in. Dwayne got the idea while traveling on mission trips to Haiti and seeing people living in smaller homes. In 2015, Dwayne helped build a micro home community in Nashville for people experiencing homelessness. 

Arch Inc.

With offices located in Downtown Memphis, ArchInc’s principals offer over 85 years of combined experience with specialization in new construction, preservation, restoration and renovation of existing buildings, historic structures and National Park Service (National Register) certified projects.  ArchInc principals have worked to develop our multifamily housing, office, retail and restaurant markets as well as community engagement and neighborhood revitalization in and around Downtown Memphis for over 50 years.

Binghampton Community Land Trust

The Binghampton Community Land Trust (BCLT) is a community-based non-profit corporation committed to the revitalization and empowerment of the Binghampton neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Created in 2018, BCLT was formed in response to the consensus of Binghampton community residents that the crucial need for affordable housing in the neighborhood was not being met.

Board of Directors :

Zach Waters, President 

Lisa Anderson, Secretary

Avalon Yarnes, Treasurer