Housing Programs

Becoming homeless in late 2019 came as a complete shock to Xiomara who with four children and with another one on the way, this one a high-risk pregnancy, it meant she couldn’t work. Her abusive partner at the time left…

With an estimated 3,400 people living on the street in 2022, on Give Miami Day Camillus House wants to inspire you to help us serve Miami-Dade’s homeless. Since the pandemic began, life became more difficult for many Miamians, especially for…

The Gonzalez family – Josue, Sandra, their 6-year-old, Dante; and their two dogs, Cleo and Nina – rented a small place in southwest Miami with Josue’s parents living on the other side of the duplex. But when the owners decided…

Felicia Johnson engaging with a client Five days out, with Miami-Dade in the cone of uncertainty, the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust’s emergency weather activation began. Just prior to Hurricane Ian attaining Category 3 status, Camillus House implemented our comprehensive Emergency…

He was only six in 2007, but Lorenzo A. still remembers the nine-hour trip to Miami. He recalls piling into the car with his mother and three sisters and heading south. “My mom was trying to get away from my…

MIAMI, FLA – Today, Camillus House recognizes its 62nd Anniversary of serving homeless persons in Miami-Dade County. In 1960, Brother Mathias Barrett, founder of Camillus House, came to Miami and responded to a need to aid Cuban immigrants arriving in…

Lawrence is a 64-year-old who hails from Arkansas and is the youngest of three siblings. Raised in what he says is a “good family and someone who has always been surrounded by successful people,” tragedy struck Lawrence, a U.S. military…

By 7 a.m. Monday through Friday the four-person outreach team of Camillus House’s Lazarus Project piles into a City of Miami van. Lazaro Trueba, assistant program administrator for the Office of Homeless Programs with the City, gets behind the wheel…

The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, and CITY Furniture provided critical funding to help complete the recent renovation and furnishing of 12 apartments with 28 bedrooms at Camillus House’s Somerville…

Phillip Smith (name changed for privacy) is a United States Navy veteran who learned through careful research about Camillus House while still thousands of miles away. He successfully executed his plan to move to Florida and stay at Camillus House…