Client Stories

Robert S.

In late 2023, Robert Stevenson needed help providing a home and stability for his daughter Cali, so he Googled places to get help, and he found Our House. Fortunately, he was able to get a room in our Family House, where he was able to access a full range of services to help build a […]

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Darcey S.

Life got hard for Darcey when she was seven months pregnant with her son, Gabe. She needed a place to stay, and while her sister helped look for options, it wasn’t manageable to live together, and there was no other family to turn to. That search brought Darcey from Hot Springs to Our House—a move

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Charisma L.

In 2024, Charisma Lindsey discovered that a significant black mold infestation in her apartment was causing her three children, including a newborn baby, to have repeated respiratory infections. “The breathing, the wheezing, it was just unbearable,” she recalls. She attempted to advocate for her family with her landlord, but her landlord instead evicted her. Having

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Todd H.

Todd lost his housing in 2024 and needed help from Our House to get back on his feet. “I was renting a house, and one of the co-owners passed away, and I was forced to move. I moved in with a former coworker for awhile, but it wasn’t a good fit, and I had to

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Brianna S.

Health care challenges are a very common factor that can drive a person to homelessness, and Brianna Searcy, who reached out to Our House in early 2023, clearly describes how this happened with her.  “I have always worked, but when I got sick, it made it hard to do my job.  I had so many

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Taylor K.

Taylor was living in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 2022, when he broke his arm, which caused him to miss several months of work. “By the spring of 2023, all my savings were drained, and I got evicted. I was in and out of tents or the one shelter in town, which is built to help 30

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Tanisha

Tanisha is a dedicated mother and advocate for her children, including one with special needs, but she has struggled to maintain employment while juggling her other responsibilities as a single parent. An extended period of unemployment had led led Tanisha’s family into housing instability. Tanisha never liked to ask for help, but on the advice of

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Jada G.

Jada is a mother of five whose marriage ended in 2024. For about a month, she and her children lived in her car, but at the urging of her mother she came to Our House in April 2024. She and her family were only the second family to live in our new Mabee House.  Her

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Tavia D.

For eight years, Tavia Dotson was a stay-at-home mom in an increasingly abusive marriage, but in 2023 she mustered the courage to leave her husband and find a safer home for her three children. She first moved in with her mother, but within a year her mother passed away. Struggling with grief, having nowhere else

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Brenda D.

Brenda came to Our House in 2024, fleeing domestic violence, in a bad financial situation, and needing a safe place for herself and her three children. Fortunately, our new Mabee Family House had just opened, so Brenda’s family was able to get a room and become one of the first families to benefit from our

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