Sacramento Self-Help Housing Inc.

Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH) began in 1990 as a housing counseling service out of Loaves & Fishes. At that time, the focus was to help homeless guests and community members navigate the rental housing market. Later that year, recognizing the need for a new model of Housing for its clients, SSHH began a shared housing program named "Friendship Housing." In 2000, we became recognized as a non-profit. SSHH continues to expand its housing and service-oriented programs while trailblazing the Housing First model.

SSHH works with families and individuals with exceedingly low incomes and is on fixed incomes, unemployed, underemployed, or employed in low-wage jobs. Households at these income levels face extreme barriers in locating and maintaining Housing in the Sacramento region, where average rents are rising rapidly. SSHH provides immediate assistance to this population through direct service while seeking long-term answers to the affordable housing crisis through ongoing advocacy, outreach, and continued program expansion. Some of our current programs include temporary and permanent Housing, housing location and counseling, affordable housing research, financial education, landlord-tenant helpline, community engagement, and outreach services. We work with over 20,000 households annually and partner with numerous organizations such as Dignity Health, WellSpace, HART (Homeless Assistance Resource Team), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the City and County of Sacramento.

Aside from providing direct services, SSHH is a resource to the unhoused community. We receive phone calls daily from all over the region; many clients and callers use our housing database or have questions about fair housing laws and rental processes.