Paws Between Homes

Paws Between Homes strives for an Atlanta where people and their beloved pets can weather eviction and other temporary crises without suffering permanent separation as a result.  We provide temporary foster homes to the pets of people who are losing their housing through eviction or other means.

Atlanta has long had one of the highest eviction rates in the United States, and COVID-19 has escalated a crisis into a catastrophe.  Evictions affect not only humans — they also lead to the surrender of hundreds of family pets to area animal shelters each year. And while housing instability is often a temporary circumstance for the humans it affects, the surrender of a family pet to a shelter is permanent. 

Paws Between Homes believes that, when people get back on their feet in new housing, they should be able to do so as a complete family with no member left behind.  That’s why we provide temporary foster homes, supplies, and veterinary care to the pets of people who are getting evicted or otherwise losing their housing.